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[johnridley]

• Fri, 09:48: This is hilarious. The irrational hatred of cyclists https://t.co/Y1sZuSo2XQ via @YouTube
• Fri, 10:54: Got my B&N ebook settlement. Trying to spend it. Things are 2-3x more on Barnes and Noble than on Amazon. Wonder why they're not doing well
• Fri, 11:00: At least there's price parity on eBooks btwn Amazon and B&N. Spent my $11. Tonight I'll see if I can get a Nook book to load on my Kindle.

Comments

[whl.livejournal.com]

I had the Nook app on my Kindle Fire; in that setup, it would forget the current page unless I exited all the way to the Carousel before putting the device to sleep.

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

I don't load DRM'd media on any device, even one that will handle it. Even if I buy from Amazon, the DRM comes out immediately, then the book goes into Calibre, then it gets side-loaded into whatever device I'm using today. That way I can use whatever app I want.

The Kindle app on the tablet is definitely not the best ebook reader out there.

The Kindle Paperwhite is great design, though the software is kind of stinky.

[whl.livejournal.com]

Well, the default on the Nook store is DRM, and they changed it so I have not seen a good technique to remove it. So you'll have to limit your Nook purchases to books where the author or publisher has forced DRM-free. I'm planning on using my B&N credit in a brick & Mortar.

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

Ok, Calibre DeDRM can strip DRM from B&N books, but it's kind of a hassle. I don't really need it anyway, I bought a copy so I'm legal, I'll just DL a usable copy from elsewhere.

I think this is why I stopped buying from B&N and now spend hundreds a year with Amazon/Kindle. Amazon's DRM cracks so easily that you actually don't even notice it happening. You just install the DeDRM plugin to Calibre and drag/drop files in. The DRM just melts off invisibly.