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Originally Posted by Tanzaku
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Most contemporary books will need to be purchased The contemporary book I just bought from Sony Connect (a NYT best seller title) is "DRM managed" -- which means I can read it on my reader, but not share it with you. Copyright violations, income theft, etc. DRM managed books are encoded to recognize your reader and will only open on the correct device. (I'm fuzzy on the details, but the outcome is certain -- you can't share books you pay for.)
This is obviously a serious disadvantage for people who like to read a book and then pass it to their friends, donate it, or sell it to a used bookseller. ...
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Brooks,
Contrary to what you've written, there is a way of sharing Sony-DRM books, on up to 6 devices (Windows PC's and/or Reader devices) simultaneously. There are other threads in this forum discussing it. Sony's scheme still has drawbacks (a device can't be "authorized" to more than one account at a time*, and there is still no mechanism to donate or re-sell), but you CAN share your DRM'ed e-Books.
*This means that I can't switch back-and forth at will between a book that I've bought from the Sony store and one that you've "loaned" me. A reader would have to be "authorized" to the correct account every time I want to switch between reading books purchased under separate accounts.