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Gandulf · 11-21-2020, 07:20 AM

Came across an interesting article sometime ago. The person had all her books deleted off her kindle. The reason was she bought them from Amazon in a different country.

Turns out Amazon don't sell ebooks

they sell licences and the ebooks where not licensed for her country. Yes that icon you click on " buy the ebook" really means buy a licence for the ebook.

My question is are you also only buying a licence from places like kobo, B&N etc?

Sirtel · 11-21-2020, 07:24 AM

That's pretty old news and has been talked about here many times. It happened several years ago.

Yes, technically you buy a license when you buy an ebook. You cannot resell it, for example.

Apache · 11-21-2020, 09:17 AM

That is also why it is important to use of Calibre. Backing up and stripping DRM means you never lose your books.
Apache

Gardenman · 11-21-2020, 10:02 AM

Make sure to have your backup in several places.

Apache · 11-21-2020, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Gardenman

Make sure to have your backup in several places.

Mine is The Cloud, 5 different Hard Drives and a couple of flash drives. The hard drives are on different computers. Call me paranoid.

Apache

Thasaidon · 11-21-2020, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Apache

Mine is The Cloud, 5 different Hard Drives and a couple of flash drives. The hard drives are on different computers. Call me paranoid.

Apache

O.K.You are paranoid.

pwalker8 · 11-21-2020, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Apache

Mine is The Cloud, 5 different Hard Drives and a couple of flash drives. The hard drives are on different computers. Call me paranoid.

Apache

Got me beat. Two raid hard drives, one cloud and two different computers.

DNSB · 11-21-2020, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Thasaidon

O.K.You are paranoid.

Of course, I'm paranoid. I just don't know if I am paranoid enough.

Luffy · 11-22-2020, 12:31 AM

I have my books on the laptop's hard drive, the external one, and a backup that's not so up to date.

Sirtel · 11-22-2020, 02:32 AM

3 external drives, Dropbox and 4 different computers/tablets. Yep, I'm paranoid.

DrNefario · 11-22-2020, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Apache

That is also why it is important to use of Calibre. Backing up and stripping DRM means you never lose your books.
Apache

Or alternatively be aware of what you're buying and pay only what you think it's worth.

pwalker8 · 11-22-2020, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apache

Mine is The Cloud, 5 different Hard Drives and a couple of flash drives. The hard drives are on different computers. Call me paranoid.

Apache

Years ago, I heard the advice of a professional photographer that you backed up your pictures in three places, with at least one of those places being off site. I have a copy on my main computer, two different drobos, my laptop and dropbox. The trick is to have a system that automatically backs up on a regular basis.

Apache · 11-22-2020, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Thasaidon

O.K.You are paranoid.

"Help the paranoids are after me."
This was a quote from a book on graffiti I read when I was a teenager.

Apache

Sirtel · 11-22-2020, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by pwalker8

Years ago, I heard the advice of a professional photographer that you backed up your pictures in three places, with at least one of those places being off site. I have a copy on my main computer, two different drobos, my laptop and dropbox. The trick is to have a system that automatically backs up on a regular basis.

I don't trust any automatical backups. Always manual for me. That way I can be sure the necessary things really are backed up.

Yeah, I'm obviously more paranoid than you!

DiapDealer · 11-22-2020, 09:12 AM

I don't remove DRM or back up. I read books. Then I read other books. I have been (willingly) paying for the one-off experience of reading a book for all of my reading life.

11-21-2020, 07:20 AM	#1
Gandulf Addict Posts: 210 Karma: 4491791 Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: South Africa Device: Kindle PW4	Did you know? Came across an interesting article sometime ago. The person had all her books deleted off her kindle. The reason was she bought them from Amazon in a different country. Turns out Amazon don't sell ebooks they sell licences and the ebooks where not licensed for her country. Yes that icon you click on " buy the ebook" really means buy a licence for the ebook. My question is are you also only buying a licence from places like kobo, B&N etc?

11-22-2020, 09:12 AM	#15
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,880 Karma: 207000000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I don't remove DRM or back up. I read books. Then I read other books. I have been (willingly) paying for the one-off experience of reading a book for all of my reading life. Last edited by DiapDealer; 11-22-2020 at 09:14 AM.

11-21-2020, 07:24 AM	#2
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,983 Karma: 243829945 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	That's pretty old news and has been talked about here many times. It happened several years ago. Yes, technically you buy a license when you buy an ebook. You cannot resell it, for example.

11-21-2020, 09:17 AM	#3
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,306 Karma: 90981752 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	That is also why it is important to use of Calibre. Backing up and stripping DRM means you never lose your books. Apache

11-21-2020, 10:02 AM	#4
Gardenman Wizard Posts: 1,122 Karma: 9335038 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA Device: sony prs-350,Nook HD+, Kindle 2nd gen, kindle keyboard	Make sure to have your backup in several places.

11-22-2020, 12:31 AM	#9
Luffy Wizard Posts: 4,468 Karma: 429063498 Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Mauritius Device: Kindle Paperwhite 4	I have my books on the laptop's hard drive, the external one, and a backup that's not so up to date.

11-22-2020, 02:32 AM	#10
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,983 Karma: 243829945 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	3 external drives, Dropbox and 4 different computers/tablets. Yep, I'm paranoid.

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