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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
It seems like a distinction without a difference to suggest that people should use Calibre for their library loans, while also saying that it's unacceptable to remove DRM on them, when it's well known that Calibre is also an integral part of the DRM removal process, and many Calibre users here have it set up for that purpose. How are people supposed to redeem their library loans in an acceptable manner while also being able to remove the DRM on the books they purchase?
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What a crock. I know several people who use calibre without the DeDRM plugin. You can also remove DRM without invoking calibre. Epubor is not the only company selling DRM removal software. Stating that some calibre users use DeDRM so
all calibre users must use DeDRM is a logical fallacy and not a valid argument. Then you have the Kobo users who get their library loans OTA on their Kobos from the Kobo store.
Virtually all of my library loans are fulfilled through syncing with the Kobo store so neither ADE nor calibre come into play. I do keep my library loans in calibre but this as dummy book entries which serve to allow me to keep track of which books I have borrowed and read. Not removing the DRM does permit the library loan period to expire so I get notified that a book has expired on my Kobo.
What I have noticed is that for quite a few people who use calibre to fulfill library loans with DRM removal is that it seems to be very easy for them to slide down the slope of keeping the books in calibre for a possible future re-read. And, yes, I can see myself giving in to the "Who am I hurting by keeping a library loan?" so I prefer to keep temptation at arm's length.
I can feel sympathy for an American Kindle owner who wants to borrow a book that is not available in a Kindle format and so needs to remove DRM and format convert. Since most of my ereaders happily handle ePub and PDF ebooks, that is not a worry for me since those are the formats supplied by the local libraries.