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Originally Posted by peitsao
Did anyone notice that books listed on Kobo are not even available on Borders? Makes me wonder if Kobo has a stable agreement with Borders. I wanted to buy a new book by Leslie Marmon Silko and Kobo has it but Borders does not. Prices for Penguin are set by the publisher, so I don't see any diff. in the 12.99 price across sites.
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Yeah, what's the deal with this? It sucks because I have some books purchased from Borders and some from Kobo but if I want to use the Kobo format (instead of ePub) so it syncs and remembers where I am in a book with different devices (I also use my iPhone to read when it's inconvenient to bring my Kobo with me), I have to sync with the respective app, and it removes books purchased from the other store.
Example: I have
The Talisman purchased from Borders and
Snow Crash purchased from Kobo since
Snow crash isn't available on the Borders store. If I want to read
The Talisman I have to sync with the Borders app which deletes things purchased from the Kobo store on my reader.
Is this some kind of DRM thing? Why can't I have Kobo format books on my device from more than one store? Kobo makes a lot of big talk about how they're committed to openness and letting a user do what they want with their purchases but for some reason we have to put up with annoyances like this...
*waits for the Kobo Defence Force to come and tell him to just use ePub*