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I have bought lots of books in MS Reader and eReader format. Having moved to a VGA device I am reading eReader books only because it has support for VGA (MS Reader doesn't) and because I can read all the books I purchased by entering the unlock codes (which are under my control).
MS won't activate my new PPC, claiming I am out of activations, which isn't surprising given that their method of detecting devices is flaky and you have no way to deactivate a device you no longer use.
Although I have championed MS Reader in the past, I shan't be purchasing any more titles in that format. If I want to read the books I own first I have to steal them. It isn't right!
As for a common format, I am not holding my breath. The OEBP format was hijacked by the vendors and has become a proprietary closed (and seemingly moribund) format. Interestingly the more restrictive the DRM the quicker a tool appears to defeat it. There don't seem to be any tools to break eReader DRM because it is flexible enough to satisfy legitimate uses, and to deter sharing, one of the keys is a credit card number.
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