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Originally Posted by sirmaru
Most folks, who read eBooks, are just interested in READING. They are probably not technophile hobbyists who like to work all kinds of other software products to play around with their eBook files.
Just learning to use their eBook reader is challenge enough. Many probably cannot even master that task and stay with pBooks.
Most of those eReader fans probably don't even know what DRM means much less try to remove it.
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You know?
You're 100% right.
And that is
exactly why they
will get into trouble some day.
"Why can't read my Amazon books on my new Kobo? They're e-books, right?"
Then they go looking for a solution.
- Oh, the Kobo uses a format different from Amazon's. OK, makes sense.
- Hey, Calibre can convert my books. Too Cool!
- *download Calibre, install*
- *import books*
- *convert*
Yay, done... NOT.
ERROR
$%@$#%^%%#&@!%$!$#4
And then they start asking around, discovering that they CAN'T convert the books because of DRM, and they have to solve THAT problem first.
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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
Some - being rereaders - are interested in being able to read their stufff in 10+ years from now. If they are ignorant of DRM they WILL end up screwed one day. It's not about being technophile. It's preparedness in a digital environment.
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Correct. At some point, people get screwed up *BECAUSE* they are ignorant.
And I certainly want to re-read some stuff. Less than before, but still. (I have some books that I've re-read 5 times or more, sometimes in different languages.)