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Originally Posted by theducks
Don't blame you 
You speak as if DRM was a single entity. It is NOT.
It is like tires: There are all kinds from Roller skate to huge earth-mover versions. They are not interchangeable.
If you want to read an Adobe Digital editions e-book, you need to install it just to authorize your PEz (just did mine this weekend). |
DRM (Digital Rights Managment) is, if I understand it, an encryption of the file. Epub is a format for ebooks. I imagine (though since I don't have ADE, it is supposition) that ADE will read non-DRM'd epubs. I'm assuming that ADE also reads DRM and non-DRM pdb. (Is there any other ebook format they read?)
(Egad, I'm talking in alphabet soup....
)
I also understand that Barnes and Noble are working with Adobe to using their own proprietary DRM scheme for epubs.
One of my questions was is their
any other software that will read DRM'd epubs besides ADE?
The other question was can I buy/download a DRM'd epub WITHOUT having ADE installed and authorized on my PC?
Incase you didn't catch my aim, I don't like being
forced 
to use a particular program just to read purchased books. I dare say a great percentage of the MR members feel the same.
Meanwhile, as opposed to buying books, I'm scanning all my favorite books that I've had for 30-40 years. Books out of print but not public domain. It's basically the only way I can get them on my PP. This is approximately 80% of the reason I bought a PP.
AJ
