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Old 12-31-2013, 12:18 PM   #18
Little.Egret
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Originally Posted by Mike L View Post

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But the vast majority of ebook users in the world have not the slightest interest in these topics. They buy (or are given) a reader so that they can read books. All the technical paraphernalia is irrelevant. (Which is exactly how it should be.)

Mike
I agree they are not interested, but the terminology that questions from them use suggests that it isn't irrelevant as soon as they get a second reading device or app.

Thus it is always (Amazon) "How can I transfer my books from xxx to my new yyy" betraying that they don't realise the encryption is per device.

Same when there is confusion between downloading via a computer and downloading to read on a computer.

If you are an author or publisher and get complaints that a certain book doesn't display right, but only on some models of reader you will soon start to demand standards and emulators.
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