01-29-2011, 06:32 PM | #1 |
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ebooks from google store
Okay,
I have done a search in several thread and forums and can't seem to find the answer, so hopefully, somone can help me. Does Google Ebook store sells DRM free books? I have heard both, that they do and that they don't. I know they have books for the Sony (I have the 900), but I can't figure out if they have or do not have DRM. They have some that I want but . . . I am just now buying ebooks and I am going to do my best to buy at stores that do not support DRM. I know that there are a lot of free books and I have downloaded a LOT, but some I have to buy. So, does Google sell only DRM'd or both, those with and those without, and how do I tell the difference? |
01-29-2011, 10:58 PM | #2 |
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I have not purchased from Google yet but I suspect that anything still in copyright will have DRM attached to it. Any public domain books will probably not have DRM.
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01-29-2011, 11:15 PM | #3 | |
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Google has a huge number of out of copyright (e.g. published in the US before 1923) ebooks that are free. These are all DRM-free.
If they are selling ebooks from major publishers, they will have Adobe DRM - just as they would from the Sony Store. They do sell other ebooks without DRM. From DRM options for Google eBooks downloads Quote:
My guess is that their “oreilly books” are DRM-free, but if so I can't tell this from the book description. O'Reilly computer books are DRM-free when bought from O'Reilly and have DRM when bought from the Kindle Store. So it would not be a definitive test. |
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01-29-2011, 11:33 PM | #4 |
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hey, JL,
nice to find you here again. How are you and your son doing? |
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