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Originally Posted by MerLock
What drives me crazy is the number of different DRM's out there for the same format. For example, I think Barns and Nobles uses their own DRM on Epub's versus Adept Epub versus whatever Apple uses for their Epubs.
1 DRM scheme with 1 standardized format I can live with. 3 different DRM's on one format makes me want to abandon ebooks.
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* Apple's format can only be sold to those who own devices which can read Apple's format, so it's more-or-less irrelevant at this point.
* B&N's new format is going to be supported by future mobile devices using Adobe Mobile DE.
* B&N's new format is arguably better than standard Adobe; rather than tying it to the Adobe account, it works like the old eReader one where there's a key based on name/credit card number. As long as you have those, you can use it on any future device supporting the format; no need to worry about activation like with MS Reader/old Adobe ePub, or servers still willing to issue you the book like Mobipocket.
It's frustrating, but I think that B&N's new DRM will eventually be for the better.
