Thread: B&N removed download option on all books in "My Nook" library
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Old 09-18-2014, 06:57 PM   #116
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I wonder if this is related to the new ebook sharing methods announced by Amazon en Apple (IOS8).
Are the publishers perhaps trying to end (or at least make more difficult) other ways of sharing ebooks than these new (publisher sanctioned?) methods?
Or is disabling these downloads perhaps a publisher requirement if B&N also wants to offer such a way to share ebooks?
Might this even be related to HarperCollins going to use a digital watermark as an extra layer of DRM? Is this the start of an offensive by the publishers to end ebook piracy? Have the publishers somehow become convinced that they can win such an offensive?
Read some info in the comments on the Dear Author website that some download buttons have also been removed at Kobo. So this seems to be something not limited to B&N.
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