Thread: 12 more free B&N classics posted - 8/6
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Old 08-06-2010, 03:29 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by shall1028 View Post
I do appreciate B&N offering their classic series for download. I have seen their Dracula and it is vastly superior to any of the Project Gutenberg based alternatives (italics! glory be to the typography gods!)

But... B&N commit the same sin that Apple's iTunes Store does: the requirement for me to supply my credit card number to "purchase" a free item. Sorry B&N and Apple, you get my credit card number when the price is more than 0 cents and I expect that you will not keep it on file somewhere without me assenting to do so.

Yes I am being picayune but hey, I reserve the right to be so. So there!
B&N needs the credit card because B&N's social DRM uses the credit card number and name to encrypt the books.
This means your book is not tied to your reader hardware (Kindle) and not tied to any software ID (Adobe ePub), but can be read on any reader support the B&N DRM without any authorization needed.
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