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Old 02-26-2018, 07:03 PM   #1
Shorkan
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Device: Kobo Glo HD N437
Kobo DRM multiple devices, library not readable

I'm trying to make sure I can access any ebooks I buy on other devices than just kobo, so I downloaded Adobe Digital Editions to set an Adobe ID on my devices (for starters just my PC and my Kobo). Using Adobe I was able to open the test ebook on my pc and export it to my kobo, but after that I can't open the ebook from my synced library anymore. Even though I do have Adobe authorization on it. So is this a case of the DRM locking on a single device, making sure I will never be able to open this ebook through my library again? That seems a bit harsh. If so, does that mean any ebooks on my kobo are locked to that device, and will have to be exported in a special way to my pc? I did not seem to be able to drag books from my ereader to my pc, only the other way around. I'm a bit confused about the DRM restrictions and what I can and cannot do. I would like to be able to access the ebooks I legally own on the devices that can handle them, and to me it would seem that using a single Adobe ID on these devices should be sufficient authorization. So right now I'm hoping I have overlooked something .
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