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Old 12-23-2015, 04:42 PM   #6
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by petercreasey View Post
Is it still necessary to strip DRM in order to get Kindle books onto a Sony PRS 950?
No.
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Wrong question.
It is still often necessary -- mostly with BPH ebooks -- to strip DRM if you want to get those ebooks onto any device that doesn't support a specific DRM scheme.

That is because many books -- particularly BPH ebooks -- are still sold with DRM.
Inherent in "DRM" is that it needs to be stripped in order to make the book usable except under very specific circumstances.
  • calibre doesn't support any DRM.
  • Many Android/iOS ereader apps don't support any DRM.
  • Kindle doesn't support Nook DRM, Kobo DRM, or ADE DRM.
  • Kobo doesn't support Kindle DRM or Nook DRM.
  • Nook doesn't support Kindle DRM or Kobo DRM (though Kobo books are also available in ADE DRM which the Nook supports).
  • Sony doesn't support Kindle DRM, Nook DRM, or Kobo DRM (though Kobo books are also available in ADE DRM which the Sony supports).
  • iBooks works with nothing, and nothing works with iBooks.

Moral of the story -- strip your DRM.

Last edited by eschwartz; 12-23-2015 at 04:45 PM.
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