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Originally Posted by Apache
I Alf'ed all of my old eoub books as soon as I got them. If the new DRM does not allow me to Alf new epub purchases I will not be buying them. In that scenario it looks like Amazon would win all of my business.
Apache
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Exactly. I don't like being beholden to a system or a DRM scheme once I have laid out my good money.
I had this experience with Apple. I bought some songs, and then got a new email, my apple id was hacked and anyway, I changed apple ids. So, these songs, (which I paid for!) will no longer copy to my ipod. Solution--rebuy the songs on Amazon, upload all my songs to the Amazon Cloud, and download all songs I bought at Amazon into iTunes. The fact that only iTunes seems to allow syncing to a portable device, keeps me using it, but not buying anything from Apple.
Luckily, I have over 3000 epubs in my library. Which are all Alfed and backed up multiple ways. The idea that I would not have that option with epubs in the future sends me to Amazon for all my purchases. After all, I have to convert the epubs to AWZ3 anyway.
I am really worried about libraries, and that is probably what this is directed at in the first place. Given the prices publishers charge libraries, and the other restrictions they impose (26 total borrows, etc.) and the fact that libraries have to have ereaders to lend out to their patrons who do not want/cannot buy an ereader, they have two real choices--only offer kindle books, which will work on current kindle devices they have in stock, or stop carrying ebooks altogether.
Publishers cannot help shooting themselves in the foot, can they?