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But now, Kobo has announced that it is ending all support for their Sony ebook customers. Remember that Sony was the company that pioneered ebooks. In 2014, the Sony Reader store closed down. However, six months later, Sainsbury’s closed their newly acquired ebook store and told customers to go to Kobo. Many UK Nook owners ended up with worthless devices.

It happened when Barnes & Noble sold its ebook business to Sainsbury’s, a supermarket chain. Nook owners in the UK found out how DRM worked against them. You might think that your Kindle library will be safe forever. When you buy any media file that is DRM protected, it can be taken away from you at any time. It doesn’t matter where you buy or what reading apps you use. So forget about giving a copy to your grandchildren. Your rights to read it are for as long as the retailer allows you to do so. You have no way to control people who scan and copy your book in pdf. It is not much different from a print book. Nor will it limit the number of copies a determined ebook thief can make. They can then remove DRM from ebooks in 30 seconds for any copyrighted works.ĭRM won’t protect you from copying or file sharing. Right so, so long, and thanks for the fish!Īre you an author and publishing a Kindle book? Don’t think that Amazon’s protect media DRM on your book will help you.Īnyone with half an ounce of technical ability can find DRM removal tools such as a DRM removal plugin for ebook software. As a result, buyers can be left both out of pocket and lose their ebooks. Smaller and less well-funded retailers than Microsoft can and have closed up shop overnight. They will get their money back.īut the Internet is a vast space for continual change, and so many sites come and go. It is not a tragedy for Microsoft customers. It is only about copy protection for retailers. Remember that DRM has nothing to do with copyrighted materials.