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Old 04-28-2008, 12:02 PM   #16
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I agree.
Yeah... BooksOnBoard is def. the best. AND they're coming out with non-DRM titles (https://www.booksonboard.com/index.p...reen_ebooks_P2), which is exciting.
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Old 04-28-2008, 02:18 PM   #17
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Yeah... BooksOnBoard is def. the best. AND they're coming out with non-DRM titles (https://www.booksonboard.com/index.p...reen_ebooks_P2), which is exciting.
I have to disagree. PDF is not exciting. Sorry.
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Old 04-28-2008, 04:37 PM   #18
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I have to disagree. PDF is not exciting. Sorry.
It's the principle of it. And it makes me expect better things in the future.
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I think it's exciting, too. I'm always happy to see companies moving to DRM-free even if it's not a format I'm keen on. And welcome to Mobile Read! I see you're a new member. I don't want you to feel discouraged from posting.
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Old 04-29-2008, 11:12 AM   #20
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I think it's exciting, too. I'm always happy to see companies moving to DRM-free even if it's not a format I'm keen on. And welcome to Mobile Read! I see you're a new member. I don't want you to feel discouraged from posting.
well said. and i agree, about the move to DRM-free being exciting, even if it meanders through some less interesting topography on its way.

don't mind JS ; you know those wolves are such savages.
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Yeah... BooksOnBoard is def. the best. AND they're coming out with non-DRM titles (https://www.booksonboard.com/index.p...reen_ebooks_P2), which is exciting.
Well, you can spot the Jane Austens straight off.

(the ones with the silhouette, for the non-Janeites in the house)
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Old 04-30-2008, 07:27 AM   #23
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Well, you can spot the Jane Austens straight off.

(the ones with the silhouette, for the non-Janeites in the house)
they do stand out quite a bit...

for anyone interested, we have some very fine editions of Austen here on MR, illustrated, thanks to Harry. available in several formats, not including pdf.
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Old 04-30-2008, 10:15 AM   #24
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When my current reader goes west in 10 years time ( ! ) I'll have a library that I can't access ' cause I doubt Fictionwise etc will keep my downloads for that length of time in case I need to re-adjust for a change of PID .
FictionWise has a good history of preserving downloads, but they depend on the DRM provider to update the authorized PID's.

The loss of a DRM provider has actually happened for eReader books bought before June 1, 2004. FictionWise still allows you to download new copies of these ebooks, but the PID (in this case a credit card number) can't be changed. See What does the Archived mark mean on some of my eReader eBooks?. FictionWise is actually doing more than some other companies would in archiving these old ebooks for you. For example, Amazon deleted all the Secure Adobe ebooks it sold a year after it stopped selling them. Since the eReader DRM is not device specific, the loss of a DRM provider was not catastrophic. This could easily happen to MOBI or LIT or Secure Adobe ebooks too. Based on past behavior, Amazon would likely delete all Kindle ebooks from its servers if it stopped selling Kindles.
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Where in the .prc file does the PID / DRM info get saved ?

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