I have been trying to place my finger on why I feel this way. When it comes to ebooks there are many perks, don’t get me wrong. Ease of purchase, long lasting, saves trees, access to out of print materials and more compact to name a few.
My issue with ebooks mirrors my issue with digital gaming. Because of (I believe it’s called) DRM and where you purchase your book from is tied to an account. You don’t actually own them.
Say the service goes down you cannot or your access gets removed for whatever reason. You’re out of a lot of money.
Another thing over noticed and I’m not sure if it’s media putting into my head is the new trend of making edits to content to match the current norms or any flavor of censorship. If an outlet does like something they can alter the book on the fly and then the original book you purchase has been changed without your consent or removed from your library because the company you purchased from decided to not sell the book.
I know burrowing from the libraries are an option but with the current world views they can remove books just as quick as they add them.
What’s your alls thoughts on this?
by Folium249
2 Comments
Fortunately I know how to remove DRM 🙂
> Say the service goes down you cannot or your access gets removed for whatever reason. You’re out of a lot of money.
Once the book is on your e-reader you can read it without worry. You don’t even need to access the internet on your e-reader. That’s a lot easier if you use a PC and not a tablet or smartphone as your “primary computer” though.
If Kobo (my e-reader company) falls off the internet for some reason, I won’t be able to buy new ebooks from them, but I can still *read* the ones I got from them. E-readers can use the cloud but they do not have to do so.
I don’t buy ani ebook if i can’t just get the film so i can’t have it on whatever device or storage of my choice. Watermark stuff is great middleground for limiting piracy and give user enough freedom to not worry about the things you listem. It’s not ani ebook problem. It’s platform problem.