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Originally Posted by Zarich
One of the major downsides to the kindle is lack of epub support natively. The biggest issue is the library lending. I get annoyed at amazon for not allowing it. Others get annoyed at Amazon not supporting as many formats (actually if you look at the format support charts amazon supports 1 more than most EXCEPT epub). People say epub is the open standard.
IS IT? I grabbed a library book to my computer last night. Couldn't open it without adobe digital editions??? So it appears that the group making bank off this situation is ADOBE. They have a massive DRM racket going that everyone seems to dismiss here. What is the deal?
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Don't confuse DRM with format. Library books have DRM. Books you buy from Barnes and Noble, or Borders, or Amazon usually have DRM. Adobe is in the DRM business (hence the Library books have Adobe DRM on them.)
Calibre converts formats to whatever you need. It can't convert DRM'd copies, however, without help. But help is available if you want it.
I have a Kindle. I read library books. I buy from Kobo, B&N, Amazon, whomever. And I read all of them on my Kindle. And if my next reader is not a Kindle, I'll convert
MY books to whatever format it needs. (Note: that does NOT include library books, which are deleted when I'm done.)
Please don't confuse DRM and format. DRM is the issue, not the format of the books you can buy or borrow.