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Originally Posted by =X=
No the issue is DRM. DRM prevents the ability to format shift an eBook and also from any ebook reader from viewing an eBook.
Right now the BB has several readers that read ePUB, PDB, and even Adobe DRM. But only one app that reads B&N's DRMed Books. Since B&N has dropped BB support they no longer have an eReader to read B&N books.
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Dropping support does not equal removing the app. They can still read their books on the app. They just can't download the books directly or purchase new ones. If there are other ereading apps on BB that support eReader DRM, the B and N books should work on those as well. The DRM is the same. At any rate, as long as the user has a back up copy of the B and N eReader app, a back up copy of their book, and knows their user name and password, they will not be locked out of their purchases, even if they have to get a new BB. The same cannot be said of adobe DRMed books or Kindle books or mobipocket books if the servers supporting those DRM schemes are shut down. For example, if I had not taken care to liberate the mobipocket books I purchased from Cyberread, I would not be able to access them right now because that ebook store has gone out of business. Fictionwise can go out of business and I will still be able to access my eReader books, because I have copies of their PC and android apps (and an android app that reads eReader DRMed books unofficially).