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ATDrake · 08-07-2010, 02:49 AM

No, they do. Except on the three "starter" Classics that are included with every account signup (Dracula, Pride & Prejudice, Little Women). For some reason, those always re-download as DRM-free, no matter what format.

But dragging the freshly downloaded promo Classics' epub files from both my NookStudy and B&N Windows app on Wine userdata folders to EPUBReader on Firefox gives me the "can't open, DRMed" error message, and the corresponding PDB versions I get straight from the website always pop up the Name/CC dialogue in the B&N Mac app.

Apparently B&N made some changes to their apps and it seems that after you've entered a Name/CC combo once, it stores the hash for decrypting anything it matches that comes along instead of asking again.

Some people on the B&N forums have claimed to have successfully used this to "lend" books to their friends and families by entering the relevant info onto a device in person and later sending a copy of any future desired files on, though of course I can neither confirm/deny.

08-07-2010, 02:49 AM	#15
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	No, they do. Except on the three "starter" Classics that are included with every account signup (Dracula, Pride & Prejudice, Little Women). For some reason, those always re-download as DRM-free, no matter what format. But dragging the freshly downloaded promo Classics' epub files from both my NookStudy and B&N Windows app on Wine userdata folders to EPUBReader on Firefox gives me the "can't open, DRMed" error message, and the corresponding PDB versions I get straight from the website always pop up the Name/CC dialogue in the B&N Mac app. Apparently B&N made some changes to their apps and it seems that after you've entered a Name/CC combo once, it stores the hash for decrypting anything it matches that comes along instead of asking again. Some people on the B&N forums have claimed to have successfully used this to "lend" books to their friends and families by entering the relevant info onto a device in person and later sending a copy of any future desired files on, though of course I can neither confirm/deny. Last edited by ATDrake; 08-07-2010 at 03:07 AM. Reason: Speak like Yoda, I should not, especially since I no longer have a complete set of Star Wars action figures.