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Originally Posted by rana
Talldog - first of all, welcome to these forums ... you came to the right place  |
Thanks for the welcome, but I guess I did a really poor job of asking my question. I'm a long time corporate IT guy (MCSE, build my own computers, etc.) and I understand what DRM is, although not down to the bits and bytes level. I don't like it, but I imagine it's a fact of life until enough pressure can be brought on DRM proponents, like what happened with Apple and the iTunes store.
What I was really trying to get at (and failing miserably, apparently) was that I am new to dedicated ebook readers, and all the stuff I was reading about DRM, competing ebook formats, and what can and can't be read on different readers had me confused about whether I purchased the right reader. I'm still in the return period, and I was trying to determine whether I should switch devices, although it seems that my question was interpreted as "what's the big fuss about DRM?".
At the end of the day, I just want to own the device that gives me the best chance of getting the books I want, and it looks like the Kindle is probably it. Library books aren't really an option, since I don't live anywhere near any libary with an extensive ebook collection, and my online travels didn't turn up much, unless I want to pay $100/yr to the New York Public Library. I've checked a lot of the ebook sellers like Fictionwise, MobiPocket, Books on Board, etc. and couldn't find a single book I might be interested in that isn't also available at Amazon. I even downloaded those Python scripts in just in case the lawyers end up getting them outlawed, but where could I even legally purchase DRM mobi books that aren't also available at Amazon?
At some point, Amazon is going to lose this war anyway, just like Apple did.