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Originally Posted by LaughingVulcan
That depends on how you want to cut it up.... I expect to have all the ebooks I've purchased from now until the end of time. The problem is that for me to read all of them I have to be on a Win machine (Palm Reader, MS Reader, Connect Reader, Mobipocket reader.)
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Fortunately for me, I am not in your position. I decided several years back to never buy any DRM ebooks. This spring I finally caved because there are a number of authors I desperately want to own but can't buy any other way.
I consider my self very lucky to have found this forum before I bought any DRM ebooks.
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Originally Posted by LaughingVulcan
What I'd really love is for someone to offer a secure conversion solution.
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I would really like one too, but it's not gonna happen.
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Originally Posted by LaughingVulcan
Aside from all that, I think I understand your point. Just that legal alternatives aren't all that many. And if you've got the credit, why not use it? Granted, you want to use it smartly, but why worry about it excessively?
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At some point in the foreseeable future, my Sony Reader will die. It might be 2 years from now, it might be 5. When that happens, I will want to buy a new ebook reader, preferably the best on the market. This device will very likely not be one that reads BBeB.
What will be the value of the ebooks I bought from Sony with the $50 credit? Zero.
I will then have to spend money to replace the ebooks, and possibly also my time to convert them to the format I need. If I know that I will need to do this, why not do it now while I am in the process of doing my other ebooks?
That is how I plan to use the Connect credit smartly.