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Originally Posted by geertm
The great thing about the B&N DRM is that after downloading a book you do not need an DRM server anymore. The encryption is completely enclosed within the ebook file. Even if B&N would not exist anymore, you would still be able to read your books with any device or program supporting the DRM.
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I was a long time ereader.com buyer, and the no phone-home element is a nice feature. Yet even with that, software support falls by the wayside pretty quick. ereader only barely started their android port. It sorta functions, but won't scale, for instance, for tablet reading, and is missing odds and ends.
As to deDRM, I resent the fact that I'm forced to choose between risking legal entanglments (dedrming is arguably legal, but only arguably) and losing the books I purchased.
I would be a lot happier with B&N if they'd offered to let me transfer my ereader library to them after the acquisition and fallout from agency. Right now I'm just adrift. I haven't bought this few ebooks in a year since 2003.