Re: [Nolug] E- Readers

Michael Jeter <michael.damian.jeter@gmail.com> writes:

> Actually, as I am doing a paper on E-Readers, and I know about the
> major players - kindle, iPad, Nook, and I see downloads of e-reader
> software from Barnes & Noble and Amazon for Windows and Mac machines,
> I wanted to know about all versions of e - readers and to include a
> mention of Linux in my work.

Unless B&N or Amazon decided to support Linux, you're really not going
to find “E-Readers” that support reading books from Amazon.com or B&N on
a Linux system.

This is because the difference between an E-Reader and a PDF reader is
DRM. Since DRM is based on secret encryption, only developers at B&N or
Amazon could produce software to support it.

Unless, of course, someone breaks their encryption protocols like they
did for DVDs.

Mark.

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