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Old 02-09-2014, 02:48 AM   #537
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Originally Posted by cybmole View Post
no one has mentioned Overdrive / library books as yet ?

100s , maybe 1000s of libraries offer epubs via overdrive & with ADE DRM, will they be forced to migrate to the new scheme, is that even practical given their investment in books already at libraries ( we are talking millions of library owned epubs here ) & the huge customer base who are as of now borrowing books via overdrive onto all sorts of devices ?
Oh, they'll probably update pretty quickly. After all, the customer is the library, not the reader, and it's apparently pretty easy to screw the libraries.

Besides, they're paranoid that libraries are just a way for people to steal/pirate books -- much more than if you buy it.

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