Sometimes it seems like someone on the inside at Barnes and Noble is secretly trying to take down the Nook business from the inside out. That’s about the only thing that could explain the continued bad decisions that keep sending more and more people away from Barnes and Noble’s Nook devices and Nook books. This […]
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Sony Working on New eBook DRM, Could Enable Sale of Used eBooks
Despite closing down their own ebook store and sending customers to Kobo, and deciding to discontinue their line of dedicated ebook readers, Sony still continues to remain attached to the ebook industry. According to reports on the German ebook website, Lesen.net, Sony has developed new copy protection for ebooks that will compete with the widely-used […]
HarperCollins Now Adding Digital Watermark DRM to eBooks
HaperCollins has started using a new digital watermarking DRM, in addition to regular ebook DRM, to add additional security to their ebooks. HaperCollins and LibreDigital are the first companies to start using Digimarc’s new Guardian Watermarking DRM technology, which inserts unique, traceable code into ebooks at the time of transaction. The watermark DRM gives publishers […]
Adobe Hardens DRM Protection, Likely to Send More People to Amazon to Buy eBooks
The world of ebooks is going to get a lot more complicated thanks to Adobe, a company that has nothing to do with the actual writing, making, or marketing of the ebooks you purchase, but that doesn’t stop them from wanting to cash in on them as much as possible nonetheless. The way they’ve found […]
Adobe DRM Just Went From Bad to Worse
As if being forced to buy ebooks crippled by Adobe’s DRM isn’t bad enough, now Adobe’s system has been hacked and all the Adobe DRM ID’s and passwords have been compromised. If you’ve ever been required to create an account with Adobe just to be able to read your purchased ebooks on the device or […]
How to Remove Adobe DRM From ePub and PDF eBooks
A couple of weeks ago I posted an article about how to remove DRM from Kindle ebooks in four easy steps. This time around I’ve got a tutorial on how to easily remove Adobe DRM from ePub and PDF ebooks. All you have to do is install Adobe Digital Editions on your computer, along with […]
How to Remove DRM From Kindle eBooks in 4 Easy Steps
If you’ve ever bought an ebook from Amazon, you’ve likely heard that it comes with Amazon’s proprietary DRM that locks it into the Kindle platform (for more info about DRM see The eBook DRM Guide). The only way to read Amazon’s ebooks on a non-Kindle device or app is to remove the DRM. This may […]
Where to Get DRM-free eBooks for Kindle, Sony, Nook, and other eReaders
One big misconception about the Kindle is that you can only buy ebooks from Amazon. While that is true for ebooks laced with DRM, you can still buy ebooks to read on a Kindle from websites that sell DRM-free ebooks. The same goes for the Sony Readers, Nook, and other ereaders. DRM-free ebooks will work […]