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Originally Posted by rhadin
I am new to ebooks so I apologize in advance if my question is naive, but here goes.
I wqas given a Sony Reader for Xmas and I have purchased 3 books from Sony Connect that I assume are DRMed (if Sony closes and I lose out, I'm out $20 so I won't complain right now). But to get the books onto my Sony, I had to download the books to my computer then transfer them to the Reader. So my questions:
If Sony stops selling ebooks and Readers, don't I still have access to the books I bought because they are on my computer (assuming I still have the Reader to upload them to)?
If I buy a new device, don't I still have the books to upload to the new device, assuming the format is readable by the new device?
If the format is not readable by the new device, isn't the problem of unlocking the DRMed books the problem of the book publisher, not of the device maker?
So, in the case of Paperback Digital, isn't the true culprit the book publisher, not Mobi? Or is it Mobi that insists on the application of DRM to the ebooks?
If it is the publisher, who is responsible for insisting on the DRM, then why not contact the publishers involved and ask what they are going to do. For those that are willing to help, encourage other ebook buyers to buy books from them; for those unwilling to help, encourage buyers to avoid their books.
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Sony allows you to register up to six devices and one of them has to be a computer. If you were to purchase another 505, you could register it with Sony and redownload the books again so the new 505 can read them. The new 505 will not read the originally downloaded books as they don't have the new device in the list of authorized devices.
Now, if Sony stops selling ebooks, you are still not in trouble. You can purchase MS Reader format ebook, remove the DRM using ConvertLIT and then use lit2lrf to convert the DRM free LIT into a DRM free LRF. Very easy to do once the software is all properly set-up.
PaperbackDigital is out of business and unless Mobipocket wants to allow former customers to have access to the books they purchased then you can never authorize any more devices or change the authorized devices via the DRM.
The problem here is that it's not the publisher's fault or issue that PaperbackDigital went under. The publisher does not have to help you out. And how could you prove what you bought anyway? Don't boycott the publisher because the store you bought the books from went under. If a local brick and mortar book store was to go under, would you go to the publisher for support or would you just find some other shop to go to?