02-23-2018, 01:26 PM | #46 | |
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Effectively the same thing. I have an open ended license to a work. Last edited by Greg Anos; 02-23-2018 at 01:29 PM. |
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Yep. And people have been left "high and dry" when a seller goes belly up. How does Sarmat89 think that situation should be remedied? Or is it only one-sided to him?
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02-23-2018, 03:24 PM | #48 | |
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What is "long periods" to you that it precludes any reading in direct sunlight? I have never had an overheating incident despite reading in direct sunlight for a couple hours at at time. And the last few days I have been reading in approximately -5°C weather at my bus stop with no problems. And that is probably just the operating temperature, not a storage temperature, which is likely lower. As long as you let it warm up or aren't outside with it too long your coat pocket is just fine. Yes, I do need to take the e-reader inside at night rather than leaving it in my car. From that perspective, I suppose it is more delicate than a normal book. But then again, I have seen many paperback books fail at the bindings and start losing pages. I haven't seen that in an e-reader. Paper books certainly aren't any better in water than e-readers either. You can put an e-reader in a plastic baggy and read all day in the rain. Good luck doing that with a paper book. |
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02-23-2018, 04:36 PM | #50 | |
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Also out of curiosity, you do know that deDRM tools are available in standalone versions as well? Such as the case of Epubor who will sell you paid versions of free software. |
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After taking a quick look at Amazon and Kobo terms, it would appear that I am allowed to sync/read the ebook on at least 5 or 6 devices. Google and other book stores I've checked don't seem to have a device limit other than that imposed by Adobe's licensing limitations. |
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02-23-2018, 09:22 PM | #55 |
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I live in DFW (like you, it's "whether I like it or not") and we sometimes get "Houston weather" (or as my brother calls it, "dog breath weather") but I don't see how anyone could live in it all the time. Basically I console myself in the middle of a humid heat wave in Dallas by saying, "at least I don't live in Houston."
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That was a great article. I might just have to check out that author's ebooks.
I prefer my dedicated e-Ink reader, like many others here, and I pretty much gave up on print books, although it probably took me five years to make the switch (2002-2007 or thereabouts). As I get older, I find it hard to imagine going back to books I can't change the font size on. I agree, however, that if somebody came up with a way to make a tablet have the battery life (and weight) of my eInk reader, I'd be glad to narrow down to a single device. I think for lots of casual readers, the phone (or even tablet if they have one) will suit them just fine. Even $50 for a dedicated reader is an expensive choice for a 1-book-a-year reader. They might be happy to inherit an older model from one of us more enthusiastic readers who like to upgrade now and again, though. |
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DRM and profitability of publishing have no connection. Case in point: Tor dropped all DRM some years ago and it had no impact on their sales.
Since having DRM or not makes no difference to publishers' sales, customers removing DRM makes no difference either. |
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If anything it improves sales of the format that can be disinfected vs the locked down formats. |
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I agree with that. It's pretty rare that I buy a format that I can't remove the DRM. The few times that I do, it's because the tools haven't quite caught up with the latest changes and I expect that I will be able to remove the DRM fairly soon.
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