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I changed credit card numbers a couple of times on my B&N account before I actually started downloading and stripping the DRM from my files and I had no trouble getting the older ones to work. |
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03-20-2013, 07:17 PM | #19 |
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Well thanks everyone. Hopefully it won't ever be an issue, but it's nice to know the large amount of money I've invested in B&N books won't be lost forever should it all go away. I might archive and re-download the books I'm most concerned about just in case, though I hope I B&N will stay around for a while and I won't have to change them.
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03-21-2013, 03:57 AM | #20 |
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IF, and that's a huge IF, they go down at some point I'm sure they will their user enough warning to make it possible to download their purchases!
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03-21-2013, 08:26 AM | #21 |
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Yes, but if they really go down and your current Nook device is your last one (because they are not made anymore), you won't be able to read your old Nook books on any newer device, unless you get rid of the DRM.
If B&N and/or the Nook division does go belly-up, what they should do is allow customers to download non-DRM versions of all their purchased books, IMHO. They probably won't do this because, as I understand it, ebooks are only "loaned" to you and you don't really own them. Nice, huh. Edit: Or maybe they could make them regular Adobe DRM books (like on Overdrive), so they could be readable on any device that uses that format (Kobo reader, Google, etc). The publishers would surely not allow complete removal of all DRM. Last edited by RAH; 03-21-2013 at 08:31 AM. |
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If B&N would go down than I expect that Kobo (and probably Sony) would immediately update their ereaders to enable the B&N DRM support to make their devices attractive for Nook customers. And do not forget that one advantage of B&N's social DRM is the fact that you do not need an DRM server after downloading a book once. So even if B&N would no longer exist, you will still be able read the books on all devices and programs supporting the DRM. |
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So, I panicked prematurely! All is well. |
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I agree that BN DRM is more user friendly. No Adobe ID or app authorization is required. Don't know why no other vendors choose it. |
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Seriously?! I'm in the same group, and the only problematic spammer that I've encountered recently is cafepress with their 5 or 6 spams PER EVERY F-----G day! Meanwhile I get MAYBE ONE email from B&N/d just like other sane etailers, although I've noticed a slight uptick from Amazon from a few/w to just about one/d now and, unfortunately mostly useless(the B&N ones are almost entirely useless BTW). Meanwhile the king spammer cafepress actually had some potentially nice discounts IF I were actually planning on buying anything in the 12-36h window most of them are, but... i.e. I'd be careful about bandying about spamming when there are other etailers(cafepress I'm looking squarely at you) that are FAR FAR FAR worse... |
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04-19-2013, 12:03 PM | #29 |
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Anyone know what happened to their blogs? They used to post the friday freebie on the nook blog and other readers would comment with other freebies but now I can't find it??
Also I used to really enjoy reading the Ransom Notes B&N Blog but I can't find that either. I then went looking for the member forums to ask where they went and they seem to have disappeared too ??? |
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