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almagary · 01-26-2011, 04:47 PM

On Jan. 28 the NYT is publishing Open Secrets, about the Wikileaks dumps, but the initial announcement says it will be available as a NookBook, "coming soon to Kindle eBooks, iBookstore, & Google eBookstore." Kobobooks and Borders don't list this book. With some hesitation, I put in a preorder at Nookbooks.

These big device-oriented ebookstores don't go out of their way to attract users of other ereaders or even advertise any of their wares as device-neutral, but the Nookbooks are in fact epubs and will probably be downloaded via Adobe Digital Editions. But I understand there are "flavors" of DRM applied to epubs. So the question is: Any problems with buying epubs for our Kobo ereaders from the major Kobobooks/Borders competitors?

Open Secrets is only $5.99 but I don't like to buy hassles.

01-26-2011, 04:47 PM	#1
almagary Wears funny hat (cloth) Posts: 28 Karma: 26 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Limbo Device: Kobo WiFi, Kobo Touch	Buying epubs for Kobo from Kobobooks competitors On Jan. 28 the NYT is publishing Open Secrets, about the Wikileaks dumps, but the initial announcement says it will be available as a NookBook, "coming soon to Kindle eBooks, iBookstore, & Google eBookstore." Kobobooks and Borders don't list this book. With some hesitation, I put in a preorder at Nookbooks. These big device-oriented ebookstores don't go out of their way to attract users of other ereaders or even advertise any of their wares as device-neutral, but the Nookbooks are in fact epubs and will probably be downloaded via Adobe Digital Editions. But I understand there are "flavors" of DRM applied to epubs. So the question is: Any problems with buying epubs for our Kobo ereaders from the major Kobobooks/Borders competitors? Open Secrets is only $5.99 but I don't like to buy hassles.