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Originally Posted by Joques
This is terrible. I just bought The Tin Drum by Günter Grass, and when I went to the library to download the EPUB, there appeared no ADOBE DRM EPUB download button for the book. Thinking it was a bug with the scripting of the page or something, I queried Kobo customer service, and to my absolute chagrin, they said that, quote, "this only means that this particular eBook can only be read on Kobo devices or third party devices using the Kobo Application."
No EPUB download, no archiving/backing up the book locally, no editing metadata. This is completely and utterly unacceptable. There wasn't even any indication in the book description that this would be the case.
I assume Kobo will be pushing this policy going forward? It seems I have to find myself another bookstore to frequent. I am furious!  |
Seems a shoot yourself in the foot policy to me. Why would they care how you read the book as long as you have given them money? Perhaps they think their DRM is or will be unbreakable, which is vaguely possible but not that likely IMO.
Helen