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Originally Posted by cfrizz
I don't know about Kobo, but B&N has their own version of Adobe DRM & if you have another reader like Sony, you will be unable to purchase B&N books & load them onto your Sony.
But if you are just starting out with a reader, then you will be fine. It only messes up those of us who already have readers other than a Nook that lose out.
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Thanks for the help. I was attracted to buy one of these. I liked the nook's form factor and especially the paging buttons on the nook, and the bright screen on both offerings is something I don't want to do without.
I had a Sony PRS500 and later a PRS505 and got about 150 books for them. Some were Fictionwise multiformat books which I can read on my Kindle but I'd like to re-read some of the others and I feel cheated if I have to buy them again. It's enough to make one consider removing DRM since it's being used to force people to buy books from one store or another rather than to protect the copyright. Promoting the arts is supposed to be Congress's source of authority to grant copyrights in the US after all.
The prices they're asking for the new ereaders are attractive but I think I'll wait and see what Amazon offers before I buy an ereader just to read my old books. I have bought some books from Kobo and they worked on the Sony so the ones I got from the other bookstores will likely work on a Kobo ereader.
Thank you for your help. Sending some karma.