E-books and e-readers
It's been ages since I've posted, but I thought I'd record my recent experience with e-books and e-readers. As context, I've recently dusted off my original Nook e-reader , and have been trying to get as much of my e-book library on to it as possible. At the same time, I've been researching new e-readers because there have been a number of technology improvements since the release of the first edition Nook. E-books My e-book purchases have come from a number of retailers: Pragmatic Programmers Manning Publications O'Reilly Books Barnes & Noble Nook store Google Play books Amazon Kindle books Of course, the name of the game with e-books these days is DRM: some distributors apply strong DRM, some weak DRM, and some none. Both Kindle and Nook e-books are useless except within their ecosystem. Kindle books can be downloaded with a "Download & transfer via USB" option, but the AZW3 file is encrypted to a specific device. I