Hi All -

I was wondering if anyone has any information on whether content from www.ebooks.com is DRM or if I will be able to send onto my Kindle when it arrives?

I purchased some books online - seeing lots of content, but after browsing here, I notice most people here use fictionwise - which has no DRM?

I appreciate the feedback.

Hi All -

I was wondering if anyone has any information on whether content from www.ebooks.com is DRM or if I will be able to send onto my Kindle when it arrives?

If you click the "Help" link on the site it tells you that they sell three formats - Microsoft Reader, MobiPocket, and Adobe. All are DRM formats. With a little effort you can (if legal where you live) convert both Microsoft Reader and MobiPocket formats for the Kindle, but not the Adobe.

I purchased some books online - seeing lots of content, but after browsing here, I notice most people here use fictionwise - which has no DRM?

Fictionwise sell books both with and without DRM; the description of an individual book on the Fictionwise site tells you which formats it's available in.

harry - thanks for the feedback! i just wish i had read information on this forum prior to buying any content to begin with. i had planned on buying an e-reader, but never thought about content protection until i got really ready to plunck down the money. now i've got content that i won't be able to tranfer :(

Do you think if I sent the proprietary PDF format to the kindle, they will be able to convert it?

Do you think if I sent the proprietary PDF format to the kindle, they will be able to convert it?

Unfortunately no.

Basically, stay away from PDF DRM or not.

that stinks. i bought these books thinking that i was buying the sony reader. initially, i thought - i have to buy pdf b/c it supports pdf. now that i'm waiting for my kindle - i wish there was a way to break the drm! grr.

If you had purchased Mobipocket, MS Reader, or eReader format, then you would have a chance to remove the DRM to convert. But seeing that you've purchased PDF, the only thing you can do is read it on your computer. So it's not a total loss.