"This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only….If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you would like to share it with."
If this is an actual hardbound book, the quote above would not have been written. Authors do need to get paid for their books but to be told that I can’t share the copy I bought with whoever just annoys me. I do recall sharing an ebook once (kindle). I couldn’t open it while my friend had it, which is fine. Now, it’s blocked. I can no longer share books. Will I purchase it for my friend, NOPE. They may not even enjoy the genre or the book.
Venting…this is just frustrating.
by Caria99
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It’s a side effect of how ebooks work. You can’t lend digital files because there is no way to prove who has the true copy. Hell, stealing library copies is so simple that it is just basic good manners that stops people from doing it.
Hell, most ebooks are now sold without DRM the same way MP3s are. Again is it just good manners that keeps it from being a major issue.
Strip the DRM and send it to your friend.