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Originally Posted by bla
The bottom line is that B&N are saying if you want to read our books you have to buy our reader...
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Actually, according to this
FAQ from Adobe, B&N DRM is a type of Adobe DRM, and B&N and Adobe's long-term plan is for all ADE devices to read both B&N-flavored Adobe DRM and the traditional Adobe DRM that we're all familiar with.
Adobe is clearly behind schedule, but
ADE 1.8 (currently in preview/beta) can read B&N ebooks, but per
this post, it looks like no one's been able to successfully sideload B&N ebooks to Sony readers using ADE 1.8. A handful of other devices (e.g., Ectaco jetBook Lite) as well as Bluefire Reader app for iPhone etc. can already read B&N ebooks.
It seems to me that B&N wants all ADE devices to be able to read their books, and it's Sony, not B&N, that's preventing us from reading B&N ebooks on our Sony readers. I can understand why Sony would do that, but it frustrates me.