11-21-2020, 07:20 AM | #1 |
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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? |
11-21-2020, 07:24 AM | #2 |
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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. |
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11-21-2020, 09:17 AM | #3 |
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That is also why it is important to use of Calibre. Backing up and stripping DRM means you never lose your books.
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Make sure to have your backup in several places.
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11-21-2020, 06:17 PM | #5 |
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11-21-2020, 07:56 PM | #6 |
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11-21-2020, 08:39 PM | #7 |
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11-21-2020, 10:52 PM | #8 |
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11-22-2020, 12:31 AM | #9 |
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I have my books on the laptop's hard drive, the external one, and a backup that's not so up to date.
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11-22-2020, 02:32 AM | #10 |
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3 external drives, Dropbox and 4 different computers/tablets. Yep, I'm paranoid.
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11-22-2020, 03:59 AM | #11 |
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11-22-2020, 05:44 AM | #12 |
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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.
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11-22-2020, 08:12 AM | #13 |
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11-22-2020, 09:12 AM | #15 |
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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.
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