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Originally Posted by fabricalado
You're right, it's not related. Still, it takes a bit of legwork to migrate your library if you're registering and buying from these platforms (I remember having to downgrade my ADE, installing Calibre add-ons etc).
Speaking of that: it's been a while since I did that, but last time I checked Amazon was making it harder to de-DRM stuff bought from them? If so, that'd be another reason for me not to want to register (if I were a newcomer to ereaders).
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Yes, it's harder to de-DRM Kindle books, but not impossible, at least not yet.
Still, registering one's ereader doesn't force one to buy from the built-in store. I buy my ebooks from many different stores and read them on any of my ereaders, depending on which of them I'm using at the moment. All my readers are registered, but I don't have to buy from Amazon, B&N or Kobo, unless I want to. Of course I've been using Calibre and the relevant plugins from the start. In fact, I would never have bought a single ebook at all if Calibre and Apprentice Alf didn't exist. Registering or not registering is not related to the DRM issue at all, in my opinion.