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Honestly I could see amazon adding Adobe ADE support in an app with restrictions so that it can compete with nook/sony readers for digital library features now that I've looked into them.
Every digital library uses ADE which is EPUB.. Most allow 7 day loans, and you need a login/pass.
Would not be hard, make this app do the following:
- Support only ADE drm EPUB, drm free books not supported.
- Do not support books that have long lending periods <14 days (or some arbitrary number)
Problem solved. Amazon kindle users can check out books from the library. However, they can not buy drm books from other stores, and can not read epub books permanently. Keeps them in the running with other readers. No harm done.
Any user that really wants to read these books any other way will have to strip the DRM to do so (which isn't hard, but they shouldn't have to do this to read a book they check out from their library on kindle...) Convert to mobi, or install third party reader.
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