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Old 03-21-2013, 03:25 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by RAH View Post
Yes, but if they really go down and your current Nook device is your last one (because they are not made anymore), you won't be able to read your old Nook books on any newer device, unless you get rid of the DRM.

If B&N and/or the Nook division does go belly-up, what they should do is allow customers to download non-DRM versions of all their purchased books, IMHO.

They probably won't do this because, as I understand it, ebooks are only "loaned" to you and you don't really own them. Nice, huh.

Edit: Or maybe they could make them regular Adobe DRM books (like on Overdrive), so they could be readable on any device that uses that format (Kobo reader, Google, etc). The publishers would surely not allow complete removal of all DRM.
Most (all?) current ereaders using Abobe software can technically support the B&N DRM, but manufacturers have disabled this.
If B&N would go down than I expect that Kobo (and probably Sony) would immediately update their ereaders to enable the B&N DRM support to make their devices attractive for Nook customers.

And do not forget that one advantage of B&N's social DRM is the fact that you do not need an DRM server after downloading a book once. So even if B&N would no longer exist, you will still be able read the books on all devices and programs supporting the DRM.
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