Do you avoid DRM ebooks? - Page 3

JSWolf · 08-24-2010, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gandor62

I got caught out very badly with Mobiread ebooks. I used to read on a Palmpilot then an HP Ipaq, I then purchased an Apple Touch ipod, now I use an Apple Ipad, I have also ordered a Kindle for the Wife and have purchased a couple of Kobos for My adult children. So all the ebooks I bought up to 10 or more years ago are not readable to me or other family members in their current DRM mobi and LIT formats. Over two hundred books now useless. I still obtain ebooks, but only non DRM formats. I have to admit that if I came across a copy of one of the books that I already own that did not have the DRM on it I would take it, legally or not.
Its a sad situation, I don't have a social life due to being a shift worker and can purchase up to 100 books a year, I no longer want them in Print and some good authors are missing out on on income from me.
I would accept DRM if the license would guarantee that I own the Ebooks and if I change or use multiple devices I could re download in the format I require, Forever. If not, well, enough said.

If you remember your PID for your Mobipocket DRMed eBooks, PM me please.

DiapDealer · 08-24-2010, 03:32 PM

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and 135 azw books I have been unable to work "magic" on.

Download them all to K4PC and "magic" the hell out of them in one shot. There are at least two magic wands that will do this easily.

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If you remember your PID for your Mobipocket DRMed eBooks, PM me please.

I was thinking the same thing! The LIT files are still viable as well -- if one of the PC's that had Microsoft Reader activated for it is still around.

chilady1 · 08-24-2010, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Download them all to K4PC and "magic" the hell out of them in one shot. There are at least two magic wands that will do this easily.

I have been doing that and this brings up a good point, the old version of K4PC is slow as molasses when using the "magic wands" on them.

Does anyone else experience that? I am running version 1.1.0 of K4pc. This is part of the reason it is taking so long? Is it just me or do other experience this? Any thoughts on how this process could be faster or is that just part of the magical experience?

DiapDealer · 08-24-2010, 04:23 PM

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the old version of K4PC is slow as molasses when using the "magic wands" on them. Does anyone else experience that?

K4PC isn't running when I'm doing my magicking.

CHunter_Author · 04-04-2011, 04:30 AM

The thing about Amazon is once you pick DRM that's it. The book will stay DRM. No switching back. As an author/publisher, you have chosen. But the simple way around that is if someone insists that their purchase be DRM-free, simply see if the book is available on Smashwords or another DRM-free distributor.

terencek · 04-04-2011, 08:57 AM

My principles may be warped, but it's a matter of principle to try not to buy anything which has DRM, whether ebooks, music or film. If we could sell on or lend an LP, CD, dead-trees book or indeed a bicycle, why not any other man-created item? If Gutenberg had added DRM to his invention we would live in an illiterate world (or one where only a tiny elite would be able to read and write).

RainingLemur · 04-04-2011, 10:48 AM

I don't go out of my way to avoid them. Sometimes, the books that I want have them, so I am forced to settle. If worse comes to worse, it can be stripped if the need arises.

KevinH · 04-04-2011, 11:04 AM

Hi,

One thing about DRM is that it can (and does in the case of Amazon) change which can prevent you from removing the DRM on your current books at some future time. Storing a current clean DRM copy is not enough without storing other pieces of information needed to remove the DRM (key files, kindle-info files, the software necessary to run the removal, etc).

The key point is that although stripping DRM is painless now, this can and does change (and did so quite recently - simply redownloading a book from your own Archive can recode it to the new version of the DRM once it changes) and you can't always rely on someone like ApprenticeAlf/IHeartCabbages/DarkReverser/etc to be around to find a new solution in the future.

So I strongly recommend to anyone that cares about long-term archiving of their purchases to take their current DRM versions and remove the DRM now and store the DRM-free copy someplace as a long term archive. Don't allow a future DRM change make all of your previous purchases "obsolete".

My 2 cents ...

Mark Rehorst · 04-05-2011, 12:37 AM

Yes, I avoid them.

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04-04-2011, 04:30 AM	#35
CHunter_Author Zealot Posts: 118 Karma: 503896 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bronx, NY Device: iPhone	The thing about Amazon is once you pick DRM that's it. The book will stay DRM. No switching back. As an author/publisher, you have chosen. But the simple way around that is if someone insists that their purchase be DRM-free, simply see if the book is available on Smashwords or another DRM-free distributor.

04-04-2011, 08:57 AM	#36
terencek Groupie Posts: 170 Karma: 1010944 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The African bush Device: Kindle 3	My principles may be warped, but it's a matter of principle to try not to buy anything which has DRM, whether ebooks, music or film. If we could sell on or lend an LP, CD, dead-trees book or indeed a bicycle, why not any other man-created item? If Gutenberg had added DRM to his invention we would live in an illiterate world (or one where only a tiny elite would be able to read and write).

04-04-2011, 10:48 AM	#37
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	I don't go out of my way to avoid them. Sometimes, the books that I want have them, so I am forced to settle. If worse comes to worse, it can be stripped if the need arises.

04-04-2011, 11:04 AM	#38
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,644 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Hi, One thing about DRM is that it can (and does in the case of Amazon) change which can prevent you from removing the DRM on your current books at some future time. Storing a current clean DRM copy is not enough without storing other pieces of information needed to remove the DRM (key files, kindle-info files, the software necessary to run the removal, etc). The key point is that although stripping DRM is painless now, this can and does change (and did so quite recently - simply redownloading a book from your own Archive can recode it to the new version of the DRM once it changes) and you can't always rely on someone like ApprenticeAlf/IHeartCabbages/DarkReverser/etc to be around to find a new solution in the future. So I strongly recommend to anyone that cares about long-term archiving of their purchases to take their current DRM versions and remove the DRM now and store the DRM-free copy someplace as a long term archive. Don't allow a future DRM change make all of your previous purchases "obsolete". My 2 cents ...

04-05-2011, 12:37 AM	#39
Mark Rehorst was engr, now dentist Posts: 143 Karma: 18558 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Riverside, Ca Device: Kindle DXG	Yes, I avoid them.

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