Help on buying and sharing ebooks.

Dieter · 02-04-2012, 07:12 AM

Hi all,

I'm pretty new when it comes to buying ebooks. So I've got a question about sharing buyed books within the household:

I understand that when you buy an ebook from an online shop, you can only view it on a limited amount of devices (because of DRM). Both me and my father have an ereader (both support epub), so I wondererd:

Can I (or my father) buy a book and put it on both devices? Is it necessary that whe have the same adobe DRM account, or can we have different account and still share our books?

Thanks in advance for your helpfull answers!
Dieter.

Kumabjorn · 02-04-2012, 07:18 AM

If you register both devices you can access the same books.

Dieter · 02-04-2012, 07:26 AM

Thanks for your reaction. Can we register our devices to two different accounts (one for me and one for my father) or do we need to use the same account for buying books?

HarryT · 02-04-2012, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dieter

Thanks for your reaction. Can we register our devices to two different accounts (one for me and one for my father) or do we need to use the same account for buying books?

You can only (legally) share books if both devices are registered to the same ADE account.

RichL · 02-04-2012, 07:44 AM

Depends on who your account is with. The following link give you a quick rundown.

http://dearauthor.com/ebooks/how-to-...ipping-the-drm

wallcraft · 02-04-2012, 09:29 AM

To share Adobe ePubs without stripping DRM you need to use the same AdobeID. The nice thing about AdobeIDs is that they are not tied to a store or to credit cards. So you can both have separate accounts at one or more ebook stores, but still share ebooks by using the same AdobeID.

The exception is the Sony store, which does know your AdobeID and so you would have to experiment to see if two accounts with the same AdobeID works there. Two good alternatives to the Sony Store are Kobo (make sure they have an Adobe version of the ebook before buying) and Books on Board.

carpetmojo · 02-06-2012, 09:46 AM

It's up to 6 devices, isn't it ?

02-04-2012, 07:12 AM	#1
Dieter Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Help on buying and sharing ebooks. Hi all, I'm pretty new when it comes to buying ebooks. So I've got a question about sharing buyed books within the household: I understand that when you buy an ebook from an online shop, you can only view it on a limited amount of devices (because of DRM). Both me and my father have an ereader (both support epub), so I wondererd: Can I (or my father) buy a book and put it on both devices? Is it necessary that whe have the same adobe DRM account, or can we have different account and still share our books? Thanks in advance for your helpfull answers! Dieter.

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Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	If you register both devices you can access the same books.

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Dieter Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Sony PRS-T1	Thanks for your reaction. Can we register our devices to two different accounts (one for me and one for my father) or do we need to use the same account for buying books?

02-04-2012, 07:44 AM	#5
RichL Evangelist Posts: 407 Karma: 1096520 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: back to x51v	Depends on who your account is with. The following link give you a quick rundown. http://dearauthor.com/ebooks/how-to-...ipping-the-drm

02-04-2012, 09:29 AM	#6
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	To share Adobe ePubs without stripping DRM you need to use the same AdobeID. The nice thing about AdobeIDs is that they are not tied to a store or to credit cards. So you can both have separate accounts at one or more ebook stores, but still share ebooks by using the same AdobeID. The exception is the Sony store, which does know your AdobeID and so you would have to experiment to see if two accounts with the same AdobeID works there. Two good alternatives to the Sony Store are Kobo (make sure they have an Adobe version of the ebook before buying) and Books on Board.

02-06-2012, 09:46 AM	#7
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	It's up to 6 devices, isn't it ?

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