Thread: Penguin no longer participates in Overdrive Library Service
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Old 11-22-2011, 12:27 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by Daithi View Post
I think this is just a ruse. In the case of a lawsuit Penguin might have to justify why they permitted non-Amazon ebooks at the library but wouldn't permit the Amazon books. They wanted to yank the Kindle versions but not all their library ebooks, so they're using this security garbage as an excuse. At least that's my guess.
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Originally Posted by whitearrow View Post
And what garbage it is. It is just as easy to remove the DRM from epub as it is from mobi/azw.
I'm inclined to agree.

I'd still like to know what they hope to accomplish.
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