[canadadave]

Thank You for the input.

I was hoping for a simple answer for how to remove DRM from ePub files.

I have googled it and have found a very complex solution.

I think I will take another route, look for the books I puchased from Apple in a PDF open type format.

For the people who weighed in on readers, I did have an Apple iPad 2 in hand ready to buy yesterday. I put it back.

I think my tablet like device moving forward for reading will be some sort of Android device, I can use most of the eReader clients, PDF formats and can freely move my phone apps to tablet, it eliminates one ecosystem for me

I do believe that Apple has a right to make money and I do believe Apple should secure the content so users cannot freely share the content.

I also believe Apple should make a back door that allows users to make their book content portable, maybe a one time movement to another service like Kindle.

I do understand Apple has made like easy for many people by making their stores easy to use.

If I did more research and had a "do over", I would have purchased the iPad for other reasons, I did enjoy the portability and got good use out of it, I would not have purchased iBook content. It was fine for me as an eBook reader, the content lock in is a no go for me.

At least with the Kindle service, you can read your content almost anywhere, your computer, dedicated reader, iPad, android phone, android tablet, web. My point is the Kindle ecosystem locks you into their format, you have the flexibility to read almost anywhere.