MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - NOT a debate -just a DRM question

friktion · 10-21-2010, 09:21 PM

Legally - No.

How do I know? I had a Sony 700, lots of ePubs. I had a "mini-library of bought books with an online ebook seller. I wrote and asked if I could download .mobi versions so I could use the SAME books I bought from them within 60 days or so onto my Kindle 3.

My reply was a very nicely-worded explanation that the store could only allow me to re-download (as much as I wanted) the SAME format only of a book, as a different format would be considered by the publishers a 2nd purchase. The book vendors themselves would be charged a second time.

Does that help? Very frustrating.

10-21-2010, 09:21 PM	#4
friktion Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 11204 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canada Device: Sony 700, Kindle 3Wi-Fi, Skytex Primer 7", Kindle Fire	Legally - No. How do I know? I had a Sony 700, lots of ePubs. I had a "mini-library of bought books with an online ebook seller. I wrote and asked if I could download .mobi versions so I could use the SAME books I bought from them within 60 days or so onto my Kindle 3. My reply was a very nicely-worded explanation that the store could only allow me to re-download (as much as I wanted) the SAME format only of a book, as a different format would be considered by the publishers a 2nd purchase. The book vendors themselves would be charged a second time. Does that help? Very frustrating. Last edited by friktion; 10-21-2010 at 09:25 PM.