Can you get DRM free books from Sony Reader Store?

wannabee · 06-19-2011, 10:41 PM

Hi

I'm looking through the contract with Sony to put books on their store and it mentions DRM quite a lot. Does anyone know if books are sold through Sony that don't have DRM?

Bookworm_Girl · 06-19-2011, 11:35 PM

I believe that everything sold through their store has DRM. There is no search category that allows you to find anything that would be DRM-free. Hope that helps!

wannabee · 06-19-2011, 11:55 PM

Thanks bookworm-girl. I was just returning to the thread to say I found a paragraph in the contract that says certain books might be sold without DRM by mutual agreement. But it looks like it's a very big exception to the rule. They imply that any book without DRM would be at risk and would be a Security Incident.

edit: that should read "could be a...."

Bookworm_Girl · 06-20-2011, 01:05 AM

Gotta love those "mutual agreement" clauses. Security incident is an interesting use of words.

ScalyFreak · 06-20-2011, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

Security incident is an interesting use of words.

Especially considering recent hacking events...

My guess, based on past experiences with Sony in general, is that if they can put DRM on something to prevent you from sharing it with others, they will. Not to mention, the store is one of the ways their reader is different from the others on the market, they benefit form forcing us to use their hardware, or at least software, to read their ebooks.

ilovejedd · 06-20-2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

Not to mention, the store is one of the ways their reader is different from the others on the market, they benefit form forcing us to use their hardware, or at least software, to read their ebooks.

Umm, isn't the DRM used in the Sony Readers just run-of-the-mill Adobe ADEPT? Granted, you're required to use the Reader Library software if you want to purchase ebooks from Sony, but I'm pretty sure you don't even need to install Reader Library to get DRM'ed ebooks from BooksOnBoard, Kobo, etc on the Sony. Indeed, a PRS-950 user was able to use Kobo's software to transfer DRM'ed ebooks to their device.

ScalyFreak · 06-20-2011, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ilovejedd

Indeed, a PRS-950 user was able to use Kobo's software to transfer DRM'ed ebooks to their device.

I know, I get a lot of my books from Kobo.

I was referring to books purchased from Sony, that require the Reader Library and a Sony reader unless you feel like doing format conversion on every book you get.

JSWolf · 06-20-2011, 02:59 PM

While I've never bought any eBooks from Sony without DRM, all I've bought no longer have DRM.

ScalyFreak · 06-20-2011, 04:12 PM

I should clarify my earlier statement about getting Kobo books: Their ePub books sync effortlessly and easily to my 950. The remainder don't, unless of course I download them from the website and do (de-)constructive things to them first.

06-19-2011, 10:41 PM	#1
wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,382 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	Can you get DRM free books from Sony Reader Store? Hi I'm looking through the contract with Sony to put books on their store and it mentions DRM quite a lot. Does anyone know if books are sold through Sony that don't have DRM?

06-19-2011, 11:55 PM	#3
wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,382 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	Thanks bookworm-girl. I was just returning to the thread to say I found a paragraph in the contract that says certain books might be sold without DRM by mutual agreement. But it looks like it's a very big exception to the rule. They imply that any book without DRM would be at risk and would be a Security Incident. edit: that should read "could be a...." Last edited by wannabee; 06-26-2011 at 11:13 PM.

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Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	I believe that everything sold through their store has DRM. There is no search category that allows you to find anything that would be DRM-free. Hope that helps!

06-20-2011, 01:05 AM	#4
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	Gotta love those "mutual agreement" clauses. Security incident is an interesting use of words.

06-20-2011, 02:59 PM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,181 Karma: 144286760 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	While I've never bought any eBooks from Sony without DRM, all I've bought no longer have DRM.

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ScalyFreak Sith Wannabe Posts: 2,034 Karma: 8017430 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: I'm not sure... it's kind of dark. Device: Galaxy Note 4, Kobo Aura H2O, Kindle Fire HD, Aluratek Libre	I should clarify my earlier statement about getting Kobo books: Their ePub books sync effortlessly and easily to my 950. The remainder don't, unless of course I download them from the website and do (de-)constructive things to them first.