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Originally Posted by JCShortcovers
To address the specific topic here, we definitely hear from a lot of users that they want to read their books on devices they already have, and read using the reading software they want to read with.
We currently use a custom DRM that works without our devices, but we will be releasing support for a more open reading platform in the next few weeks.
Are we going to remove DRM from our applications? We know users want DRM free reading and we are talking to publishers about opportunities to remove DRM, and all our DRM technologies are optional on a per-book basis, so as soon as publishers are comfortable delivering digital book content DRM free, we are ready to flip that switch.
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While it is nice to be able to get a prompt reply here, in a community forum, the topic here has not been addressed at all. The thread title was a sarcastic remark on my part - undownloadble ebook being the ultimate DRM. Shortcovers offers ebook in ePub format, even offer ePUb conversion program to publishers. My interest is to be able to download the ebook (to my PC, Laptop, Netbook, iPhone, Smartphone), not whether the ebook is DRM or DRM free. ADE on my laptop solves this for me.
When I open Shortcovers eBook using my internet browser, i see no DRM there. But what I open is not an ePub ebook, but a collection of htmls. When I open shortcovers ebook with m iPhone app, the same thing happens. No ePub, only collection of chapters.
When I download ebook with my stanza for iPhone app, I download ePub ebook. I can then turn off my wifi connection to conserve battery power, and then start reading.
So, the undownloadable issue has not been addressed.