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JEMelby · 07-02-2007, 02:57 PM

After a fairly successful thread regarding ereaders for reference purposes, let me pose a question about content here:

I have resigned myself to getting one of the current, or near-future E-ink devices that have cropped up. I now have questions regarding DRM and sources of content. I think it's best to proceed by way of an example. Please do not fixate on the particular example I use, but rather think in general terms.

Let's assume I purchase a Sony Reader. I have been to their connect.com web site and seen many great e-books for sale. but there are other sources of e-books out there for purchase. As far as I can acertain, the books sold at the sony site only work on the sony reader (based on research at wiki). Conversly, DRM protected books sold at other sites (like Amazon) will not work on the Sony Reader. I have not waded into the myriad of converters and utilities available, but I will assume that most folks here are not in the business of hacking DRM protection (though I know places that do). Of course, I can always read RTF files of my own creation (wink-wink).

If any of the previous paragraphs is in error, please hasten to point it out. If it is primarily true, I'll likely be ready to drop the coin.

07-02-2007, 02:57 PM	#1
JEMelby Save the Stone Tablet Posts: 31 Karma: 23 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Planet Earth (Mostly) Device: Coleco ADAM (With high-speed digital tape drive!)	A Question of Sources for Books and DRM After a fairly successful thread regarding ereaders for reference purposes, let me pose a question about content here: I have resigned myself to getting one of the current, or near-future E-ink devices that have cropped up. I now have questions regarding DRM and sources of content. I think it's best to proceed by way of an example. Please do not fixate on the particular example I use, but rather think in general terms. Let's assume I purchase a Sony Reader. I have been to their connect.com web site and seen many great e-books for sale. but there are other sources of e-books out there for purchase. As far as I can acertain, the books sold at the sony site only work on the sony reader (based on research at wiki). Conversly, DRM protected books sold at other sites (like Amazon) will not work on the Sony Reader. I have not waded into the myriad of converters and utilities available, but I will assume that most folks here are not in the business of hacking DRM protection (though I know places that do). Of course, I can always read RTF files of my own creation (wink-wink). If any of the previous paragraphs is in error, please hasten to point it out. If it is primarily true, I'll likely be ready to drop the coin.