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Originally Posted by PeterT
Robko; it's worse than that... you can ONLY read them on the Kobo reader; not the Kobo Desktop.
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You're right. I never thought about that.
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Originally Posted by Monty01
I am talking about the 100 "free" ebooks, preloaded on the kobo. Unless someone posts to the contrary I am now given to understand that kobo is restricting access to material that is FREE anywhere else!
I haven't purchased any books yet from them, but if the above is in fact the case....why would I want to?
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The "free" books that are pre-loaded are done simply for your convenience. It's not a conspiracy to restrict them. If you want to read them elsewhere (ie. not on your Kobo itself) it's pretty simple to download them for free as an e-pub or several other formats. They are no longer protected by copyright. Kobo is arguably less restrictive with purchased books that many retailers (read Amazon (Kindle proprietary format) and Barnes and Noble (Nook proprietary format)). Almost all Kobo DRM protected books can be downloaded as ADE version e-pubs that can be used on many different readers, desktop software etc.