MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - The advisability of stripping DRM

Jean · 10-16-2016, 08:53 PM

Speaking to the importance of removing DRM from your purchases..........

I own a K1 that I purchased in January 2008 that still works perfectly. I have spent the last 8 years buying a very large number of books from Amazon.

Sometime during the previous summer (July?) Amazon removed my ability to download these books for my K1 saying they "weren't compatible" with my K1. I can't download them to my computer or transfer them wirelessly to the K1. They are all "incompatible" even though some of them are currently on my K1 and are all novels comprised of text only - no complicated formatting. 300 ebooks out of 540 Total and over $1100.00 USD all of which would have been inaccessible had I not made a practice of routinely stripping the DRM from them.

Had I not also owned a Kindle Fire my only recourse would have been to purchase a new Kindle in order to access my books.

Your’s could be the next device Amazon decides in no longer compatible with your already purchased books.

10-16-2016, 08:53 PM	#1
Jean Zealot Posts: 109 Karma: 1069296 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Washington State Device: Kindle 1 / Kindle Fire / Kindle Paperwhite / Kobo Libra Colour	The advisability of stripping DRM - a cautionary tale Speaking to the importance of removing DRM from your purchases.......... I own a K1 that I purchased in January 2008 that still works perfectly. I have spent the last 8 years buying a very large number of books from Amazon. Sometime during the previous summer (July?) Amazon removed my ability to download these books for my K1 saying they "weren't compatible" with my K1. I can't download them to my computer or transfer them wirelessly to the K1. They are all "incompatible" even though some of them are currently on my K1 and are all novels comprised of text only - no complicated formatting. 300 ebooks out of 540 Total and over $1100.00 USD all of which would have been inaccessible had I not made a practice of routinely stripping the DRM from them. Had I not also owned a Kindle Fire my only recourse would have been to purchase a new Kindle in order to access my books. Your’s could be the next device Amazon decides in no longer compatible with your already purchased books.