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Old 05-08-2009, 04:47 AM   #301
joneall
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Consequences of Mobi encryption

I'm new to this forum. I just bought a Cybook Gen3 and only after I got it learned that you have to enter the devices PID or use the Mobipocket Reader, which I suppose does it for you, to download books.

Frankly, it ticks me off quite royally to think that I can only load books to one reader! (I'm probably not alone there.) A number of questions spring up:

1. What happens when I want to change readers? Or when mine breaks? Or when Mobipocket is replaced by something else?

2. I'm used to lending books (real books) to friends. Why can't I do this with Mobipockets (Or other prooprietary formats)?

I read on this site

http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2006...-letters-mean/

that you can save the files to 4 different readers, but have no idea how to go about that. It also says you can delete a device and add another, without more explanation.

Why are the ebook manufacturers trying to make things so complicated? Ok, ok, I know... the bottom line. Their bottom line.
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