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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
They don't do those, things, but they have other issues.
They don't indicate on their site which books do & don't have DRM--it's a case of "buy it and maybe it's DRM'd; maybe it's not." (Amazon indicates indirectly--if the "device limit" is infinite, there's no DRM.) Also, B&N has a policy of "no returns on ebooks"--even when the book received is *not what was bought*, when they have put the wrong contents in the package. (Threats of lawsuit may have fixed this problem.) And their file-naming system is "LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_TITLE_O.epub"--32 characters, including .epub, which means multiple books in a series may write over each other in the folder. The only way around this is to download the book to a computer, rename the file, and sideload it to the Nook.
Early customer service was lousy. It's probably better now, but B&N's approach is very firmly in the camp of "What are you doing wrong with our bug-free product?"
Calibre doesn't natively deal with DRM, although since it's open source, some people have written plugins that cope with DRM.
Glad you're finding something that you like, or that you think will be okay.
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That's very good to know. Thanks for that - not a huge fan of the approach of not knowing what you're buying until you've already bought it.