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Old 01-03-2021, 06:56 AM   #79
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Device: PocketBook Touch Lux (had Onyx Boox Poke 3 and BeBook Neo earlier)
  • Scenario 1: I buy a book from Amazon, download it to my PC, and read it on my PC using the Amazon provided program "Kindle for PC".
  • Scenario 2: I do everything in scenario 1, then strip DRM, convert the book to epub, and read it on my ereader, sitting comfortably in my sofa.
ottischwenk, please explain how scenario 2 steals from the author!

I don't like reading long texts on my PC, so if scenario 2 stops being available, I go to:
  • Scenario 3: The book I want is only available on Amazon, and Amazon doesn't publish in formats compatible with my ereader. I don't buy that book.
That is, obviously, not a better outcome for the author.
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