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Re:All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to... by booleandilemma on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @08:12PM (#16541463)
This is why I’m reluctant to shift completely to ebooks.
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Re:All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to... by bo1024 on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @09:14PM (#16541729)
Not all e-books (or readers) have DRM. I understand and share your concern, but you can shift to only DRM-free e-books with your own backups and under your own control.
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Re:All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to... by sohkamyung on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @09:41PM (#16541846)
That's the only kind of ebooks (non-DRM) ones that I buy. Some publishers (like O'Reilly or Tor dot com) exclusively publish non-DRM books.

I politely ask authors or publishers to release non-DRM ebooks when I can. Apart from best-sellers (or time sensitive books), I believe most books are stuck in the long tail of obscurity and releasing them as non-DRM won't affect their sales.

This also means I don't visit pirate websites that claim to have ebooks. It takes two to tango. :-)

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Re:All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to... by nerpderp83 on Thursday March 08, 2018 @12:55AM (#16542621)
O'Reilly no longer publishes non-DRM books except via 3rd party agreements.
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Re:All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to... by PinkMilkshake on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @08:56PM (#16541653)
My solution is to legally pay for ebooks and keep a [partial ;)] backup of each.
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