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Originally Posted by DNSB
Out of curiosity, exactly what do you find to be more restrictive when using Adobe's DRM compared to Amazon's DRM?
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First of all, on my PC, the Adobe Digital Ed. is a very awkward program to use. I much prefer Kindle. In fact I have read ebooks on palmtops and PC since the time of PalmOS and Windows Mobile. What I really like about Kindle is the synchronization between various devices and the ability to sideload books (as long as they are available in mobi format), use dictionaries from various sources etc. ADE is so limited that it reminds me of my old Palm Reader, which I happily dumped. But I still use Mobipocket daily - mainly because of dictionaries I bought in that format and which can be easily browsed and searched on Mobipocket.
The real pain in the neck, however, is the ADE authorization procedure. It is OK as long as it works. When it doesn't (and it happened in my case), you are left in the wild guessing what went wrong and trying to resolve the problem. After trying many solutions suggested on the net, I finally managed to authorize the books I bought, but still do not know what caused the problem and how to solve it if it happens again in the future. It seems to be related to an old version of Windows still existing on my drive (I upgraded from XP to Win 7). All in all, compared to other DRM systems, ADE seems to be the most awkward for me.
I have changed my devices many times and never had any problem with Amazon DRM (it is relatively easy to add new devices and remove the old ones), in contrast to ADE.
I wonder why watermarking is not enough and why bother with the complex authorization procedures in the first place! Watermarking is commonly used when I buy ebooks and magazines in my mother tongue (Polish) and for what I know it is considered adequate protection.
Last, the concrete book I bought recently from Google Books looks great on my tablet (real pages preserved, consistent formating), while the same book on my PC (ADE) looks terrible - no page numbers, many paragraphs don't have a line break before them etc. I don't know why this should be so, but it certainly does not build my trust in ADE.