Thread: Steve Jobs on the "iPod of reading"
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Old 01-17-2008, 01:35 PM   #93
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Originally Posted by JerryEF View Post
The second issue one might need to get past is the DRM issue. I do not buy any music that has DRM associated with it because I have various devices I use to listen to music: PC, ipod, my car's hard disk, ... I can honestly said that I do not recall ever re-reading a book. So, for me, that is not an issue, for some people it will be a major issue. The one thing about DRM that does piss me off is the inability to share books. My wife an I have a few authors that we both enjoy. DRM makes sharing books a PITA. I have never sold any used books, so that isn't an issue for me. I have recently started donating some of my older pbooks to local nursing / home facilities. Unfortunately, I will not be able to continue that with DRMed eBooks.
Actually almost every format I have seen permits you and your wife to share eBooks. Most permit 4 to 6 devices to share the same account thus you and you wife can use the same account and share eBooks all the time. The only real exception is DRM on PDF and no portable device can read those anyway so it is a non-issue. donation can be a problem unless you also donate the reader.

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