Re: eBook Readers

[Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rich

From a quick read in the forums it seems like you can strip DRM from=20=20
many of the formats. I am not condoning this action but it would=20=20
appear that the DRM is 'weak'

Ben


On 17 Nov 2008, at  12:14, Richard Challis wrote:

> Good point about the DRM,
>
> When I was looking at eBooks, that was one thing that put me
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> off.
>
> Sony has their own DRM, as well as several other manufactures. So if I
> change make of eBook then the books for the old reader are
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> unless I
> keep within the same manufacturer (in theory)
>
> So at the moment, unless there is a common format, I'm not interested.
>
> Pity really, as the amount of books I have at home is really
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> my
> other half and I am still buying more.
>
> But one good thing about a nice solid paper based book - I don't=20=20
> cause grief
> with it at airport security and I dont' have to shut it down
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> the take
> off and landing!
>
> Please correct me about the DRM, I would love to at least give
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> tech a
> go.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rich
>
> 2008/11/17 Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxx>
>
> > I was just looking at this over the weekend.
> >
> > John Lewis and one of the other book shops have the =A3199 Sony
reader
> > in stock and for you to 'play' with.
> >
> > Here are some of the stuff I found
> >
> > http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/sony-reader-review.ars
> > http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/
> > http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3D15202
> > http://www.mobiletechreview.com/gadgets/Sony-Reader-PRS-505.htm
> >
> > Looks like there is not yet one standard and also DRM stuff
around.
> >
> > Regards
> > Ben
> >
> >
> > On 16 Nov 2008, at 19:58, darren_karp2001 wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm interested in buying an ebook reader. Does anyone have
any
> > > recommendations or are they a waste of money?
> > >
> > > I do realise that they cannot be used in the dark as they
have no
> > > backlight (shame!).
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Darren
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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