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Originally Posted by eschwartz
As I DeDRM and anyways mostly use ADE for library loans that don't have the Kindle option, I never really bothered to learn/remember this.
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You and I both. It has been so long since I actually messed with DRM outside of book loans that I too wasn't sure if I remembered correctly.
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Originally Posted by radius
As an aside, one of the reasons I like epub as a format is that not only can I de-DRM easily, but also I can deconstruct/store/edit to my heart's content using only easily available tools without having to rely on any manufacturer or publisher. So big props to Sony from me for going epub.
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This is also the reason I ever buy a book from Amazon. It is easy to de-DRM and now with their new format (azw3?) I can use the same tools I use for epub to clean up the content if necessary. If I could not remove DRM from Amazon books I would never buy from them.
Since I mostly read books in novel format I stay away from PDF as best I can. Even PDFs though are easy to liberate.
Back on topic, I went away from an my Sony e-ink devices and bought a Nexus 7. I use Calibre Companion and Moon+ Reader Pro to organize and read the books. To my surprise even though reading from a backlit screen truely strains my eyes I have never experienced a problem with reading from my Nexus 7 because Moon+Reader has the ability to drop the brightness level down below what was possible with the first Nexus 7. Now the new Nexus 7 does well with the brightness levels in the main OS.