Kindles, Calibre, and DRM

[boedicca]

Well, I have just discovered today that FRELLING AMAZON has put DRM on FREE BOOKS downloaded from the Kindle Store.

What this means is that even though the books are free, I can't read them in the Calibre ereader.

So, I deleted them all and redownloaded them from Project Gutenberg whilst watching the game.

Lessons learned. Sadly, purchased content from Amazon for the Kindle will still have this problem. VV Annoying.

 

[JBeukema]

Viva Gutenberg!

 

[Ropey]

The ownership of proprietary products are the bane of standards. This seems to happen whenever new tech comes out.

Then it is time to wait until they all follow a single standard. DRM is a killer.