shawnc
12-18-2003, 03:31 AM
I don't really understand how the whole DRM concept works. All I know is I've got two MS Reader books that I placed on my SD card shortly after purchasing my Axim. I moved them from my 128 to my 512 card and now I can't open them :evil: in either my Axim or HP 4150.
As pissed of as I am at this whole concept, I'm going to try it again, but this is going to be a significant purchase so I want to make sure I know what I'm doing. I've identified 7-8 books from fictionwise.com that I plan on purchasing and loading to my 4155 (the minute my wife lets me open it after xmas). I have a couple of questions for any one gracious enough to help out.
1. I'm thinking about loading directly to the ipaq (no storage card). I don't run a lot of programs, so I'm not overly concerned with using up the 50+ meg of available memory. If however I decide to move them to a storage card at a later date, is that option available to me?
2. If a secure MS reader book is loaded on a memory card, can it's contents be read on any PPC or is it only accessible to the PPC it was initially opened on? Please let me know if I haven't phrased this question very clearly.
I understand that we have to protect authors from piracy but this process (IMO) will do more to kill the concept of ebooks than a lack of interest. It is insane to me that I have to worry about whether I can read a legally purchased book on a different PPC. If I decide to visit my son in Florida, I should be able to take my SD card and read my ebooks on his PPC.
In scanning this forum, I have noticed that there are other ebook readers (palm digital, etc.). I really like the way the MS reader works (when it actually works) and would rather not introduce any other formats to this mix. But I am definitely open to suggestions from anyone on the relative merits of competing formats, especially if I am not able to do what I want with the MS reader.
Thanx in advance for your help.
As pissed of as I am at this whole concept, I'm going to try it again, but this is going to be a significant purchase so I want to make sure I know what I'm doing. I've identified 7-8 books from fictionwise.com that I plan on purchasing and loading to my 4155 (the minute my wife lets me open it after xmas). I have a couple of questions for any one gracious enough to help out.
1. I'm thinking about loading directly to the ipaq (no storage card). I don't run a lot of programs, so I'm not overly concerned with using up the 50+ meg of available memory. If however I decide to move them to a storage card at a later date, is that option available to me?
2. If a secure MS reader book is loaded on a memory card, can it's contents be read on any PPC or is it only accessible to the PPC it was initially opened on? Please let me know if I haven't phrased this question very clearly.
I understand that we have to protect authors from piracy but this process (IMO) will do more to kill the concept of ebooks than a lack of interest. It is insane to me that I have to worry about whether I can read a legally purchased book on a different PPC. If I decide to visit my son in Florida, I should be able to take my SD card and read my ebooks on his PPC.
In scanning this forum, I have noticed that there are other ebook readers (palm digital, etc.). I really like the way the MS reader works (when it actually works) and would rather not introduce any other formats to this mix. But I am definitely open to suggestions from anyone on the relative merits of competing formats, especially if I am not able to do what I want with the MS reader.
Thanx in advance for your help.