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azazel1024 · 01-17-2012, 03:13 PM

I certainly hope B&N well, I've been buying from them for ages, though I'll grant you with cheaper online prices Amazon and my local used book store has gotten 95% of my print book business for the last 5-6 years. I have a nook ST now, so I have a horse in the race so to speak. As it comes to being locked in to content. That is what DRM removal is for. I certainly wouldn't have gone with a nook if I couldn't remove DRM from content to load it on and I wouldn't buy from BN.com if I couldn't remove the DRM if for some reason they went under, or next year I decided Kobo had the best and newest ereader or Amazon or someone else. Frankly the same goes with buying a Kindle.

I HATE with a firey burning passion DRM, especially on books. If I pay for the content I should be able to do damn well whatever I want with it so long as I am not selling it or giving it away. None of this buying in to an ecosystem BS.

When it comes to ebooks (not that I have had the nook ST long, about 3 weeks now) I buy/plan to buy them from BN.com so long as the prices are the same or comparable to Amazon or others. I've bought a couple of ebooks from Amazon, because well...they were listed for $2.79 from the regular 9.79 and BN has them for 10.49. Buy, strip DRM, convert, side load. It ain't piracy no matter what someone may say.

I've bought a couple of other ebooks from BN because the price was the same or within a few pennies. I've still downloaded and stripped the DRM. If nothing else, so I can read them on my iPad 2 if I ever want, or on another ebook reader if I ever buy a different manufacturers.

Just my 2 cents and opinions. I wish BN well, but at the same time I only have a limited amount of money, and if someone else is a lot cheaper, well they get my business. The Nook ST I think is the best ebook reader (eink based at least ) on the market right now for what I want and need, so I got it. BN is not always the best ebook seller out there, so not all of my purchases will be through them (though to support them, same price or within a buck or so and I will buy from them).

01-17-2012, 03:13 PM	#137
azazel1024 Groupie Posts: 182 Karma: 346596 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Ellicott City, MD Device: Nook simple touch, iPad 2	I certainly hope B&N well, I've been buying from them for ages, though I'll grant you with cheaper online prices Amazon and my local used book store has gotten 95% of my print book business for the last 5-6 years. I have a nook ST now, so I have a horse in the race so to speak. As it comes to being locked in to content. That is what DRM removal is for. I certainly wouldn't have gone with a nook if I couldn't remove DRM from content to load it on and I wouldn't buy from BN.com if I couldn't remove the DRM if for some reason they went under, or next year I decided Kobo had the best and newest ereader or Amazon or someone else. Frankly the same goes with buying a Kindle. I HATE with a firey burning passion DRM, especially on books. If I pay for the content I should be able to do damn well whatever I want with it so long as I am not selling it or giving it away. None of this buying in to an ecosystem BS. When it comes to ebooks (not that I have had the nook ST long, about 3 weeks now) I buy/plan to buy them from BN.com so long as the prices are the same or comparable to Amazon or others. I've bought a couple of ebooks from Amazon, because well...they were listed for $2.79 from the regular 9.79 and BN has them for 10.49. Buy, strip DRM, convert, side load. It ain't piracy no matter what someone may say. I've bought a couple of other ebooks from BN because the price was the same or within a few pennies. I've still downloaded and stripped the DRM. If nothing else, so I can read them on my iPad 2 if I ever want, or on another ebook reader if I ever buy a different manufacturers. Just my 2 cents and opinions. I wish BN well, but at the same time I only have a limited amount of money, and if someone else is a lot cheaper, well they get my business. The Nook ST I think is the best ebook reader (eink based at least ) on the market right now for what I want and need, so I got it. BN is not always the best ebook seller out there, so not all of my purchases will be through them (though to support them, same price or within a buck or so and I will buy from them).