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Originally Posted by jhowell
Apparently stronger DRM is more important to the publisher than flexibility of use by customers. Hopefully other publishers will not follow this lead.
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It is the reason why I bought over a thousand books back in the time when Kobo tried to break into the market with those 60-70-80%+ coupons that could be used multiple times; between 2011 and 2015. I bought every book I had in paper (where possible), everything I wanted, might want, and could possibly want for the future, and de-DRM'd it. Then I added 60+ Delphi Classic books for every writer I knew about and was remotely interested in.
Everything is de-DRM'd, converted to EPUB, cleaned up and fixed (one book at a time... and yes, that took YEARS), so even if I don't buy another book, ever, I can read until the day I die and beyond, without reading anything twice.
(If I'd read one book per week, I could conceivably read my entire library in +/- 30 years. So I could achieve to read everything before I die, but I have too many other hobbies to read one book 350+ page per week.)
If I can't buy books without de-DRM-ing them, I just stop buying books. I did so with games. If it doesn't appear DRM-free on GOG.com, I don't buy it. Same with software: if I can't just buy it, install it with a serial and be done with it, I won't buy it.
If I'd want to rent books (and read enough to do so), I'd have a Kindle Unlimited or Kobo Plus account.