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spinningdoc · 05-02-2011, 10:34 AM

I'm planning to buy either a Kindle or a Sony Reader, but I have a couple of questions about DRM and the future.

As I understand it, which ever mainstream store I buy from (and in the UK it's basically Amazon or Waterstones - is that right?) I'm going to get DRM-d, regardless of whether it's mobi or epub.

Sooner or later, my gleaming new reader will get old and die, and I'll have to get another one. If either of those formats are no longer used (it happens, particularly with Sony, or Amazon goes bust and takes its DRM rights with it - remember AOL?), do I lose all my books? How do I avoid this? Or, if I decide I don't want another Kindle, do I lose all my books?

That last possibility in itself has me worried.

And as a side issue, for UK people: what's epub availability like, realistically?

05-02-2011, 10:34 AM	#1
spinningdoc Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Non	DRM and future proofing in the UK I'm planning to buy either a Kindle or a Sony Reader, but I have a couple of questions about DRM and the future. As I understand it, which ever mainstream store I buy from (and in the UK it's basically Amazon or Waterstones - is that right?) I'm going to get DRM-d, regardless of whether it's mobi or epub. Sooner or later, my gleaming new reader will get old and die, and I'll have to get another one. If either of those formats are no longer used (it happens, particularly with Sony, or Amazon goes bust and takes its DRM rights with it - remember AOL?), do I lose all my books? How do I avoid this? Or, if I decide I don't want another Kindle, do I lose all my books? That last possibility in itself has me worried. And as a side issue, for UK people: what's epub availability like, realistically?