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SensualPoet · 11-23-2010, 07:07 PM

Actually, Joanna, this isn't a moot point or skirting the law at all. You are buying a license for 5 (or is it 6?) copies of a DRMed book from Kobo. If you choose to register 5 Kobos, and load them all with your purchased content from one account, good on you.

You can create a reading circle with one account, buy five Kobos, and buy one copy of Joanna Skibsrud's Scotiabank Giller winning novel The Sentimentalists for $9.99, and allow all five members of your circle to read the book simultaneously. Try that with a paperback!

So, you gave the Kobo to your mom, but the content is all attached to that Kobo and your account under the 5 readers rule. There's nothing grey here at all. Happy reading!

11-23-2010, 07:07 PM	#2
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	Actually, Joanna, this isn't a moot point or skirting the law at all. You are buying a license for 5 (or is it 6?) copies of a DRMed book from Kobo. If you choose to register 5 Kobos, and load them all with your purchased content from one account, good on you. You can create a reading circle with one account, buy five Kobos, and buy one copy of Joanna Skibsrud's Scotiabank Giller winning novel The Sentimentalists for $9.99, and allow all five members of your circle to read the book simultaneously. Try that with a paperback! So, you gave the Kobo to your mom, but the content is all attached to that Kobo and your account under the 5 readers rule. There's nothing grey here at all. Happy reading!