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Originally Posted by Raphi'Elohim
Actually, that was for B&N books the library books , on the NOOK, use the old school digital editions method which is easier to get around for stripping DRM.
I find B&N has books that amazon does not have in ebook format but they are expensive for that reason so I was protecting my investment by stripping the DRM. Also, my library system in New York has a pathetic amount of ebooks available compared to Amazon, B&N and Kobo and yours probably does too.
You are an intellectual philistine if you don't find the fact that Amazon pulled George Orwell's 1984 off of millions of peoples devices alarming.
In a story just dripping with irony, Amazon Kindle owners awoke this morning to discover that 1984 and Animal Farm had mysteriously disappeared from their e-book readers. These were books that they had bought and paid for, and thought they owned. Apparently the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic edition, and apparently Amazon, whose business lives and dies by publisher happiness, caved. It electronically deleted all books by George Orwell from people's Kindles and credited their accounts for the price. Amazon customer service may or may not have responded to queries by stating, 'We've always been at war with Eastasia.
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07...nd-animal-farm
Laziness and a corporate entity that owns you because of it in Orwellian fashion. You lose the debate. |
I stated a preference for an ereader and you turned it into a ad hoc personal attack while pushing your preferences. Congratulations you "won" an internet debate. Meanwhile, I'll live my miserable life as I continue my preference for how I get my library books via Amazon. God forbid, that is somehow not that big of deal in my life. If that makes me an intellectual philistine, I'll have to manage and survive this world. Didn't know a preference for an ereader would elicit a "debate" but I suppose some people can't accept other people's preferences or state their own without being a dismissive prick. Compare and contrast with rcentros replies to yours. One shares information and opinion in a congenial manner. The other diminishes. I'll just leave it at that. If you wish to continue this 'debate', just know it will be a one way conversation.
Back to topic on hand, I'm glad BN has offered something new and if they ever do away with ADE/tethering for Overdrive books, I'd consider going back. Consider because all in all I really like my PW as an ereader. I like how it uses the entire screen (without large headers/footers), I don't care about buttons nor large storage size nor waterproofing. It's pretty much an ideal reader for me....I just want it in a 8 inch screen.