Children don't make your hair grey, but DRMed eBooks do

[ert]

So last night I decided that I would finally sit down and successfully borrow an eBook from my local library and read it on my iPhone.

I realized there would be some bumpiness in the process, but noted that having a book show up at my door via Amazon was more streamlined than getting a book from the local public library, but not overwhelmingly so.

Comments

[arachne8x]

Yeah, that's why for me the nook was worth it. The whole DRM thing is supremely annoying, especially since the music industry has already learned this lesson... why can't the publishing industry learn it too? I will say that using Overdrive works brilliantly with nook and with other ereaders so I hear. I wonder how it works with the IPad.

(Unfortunately ePub is the norm because mobi is now owned by Amazon, who forced through firmware updates that make devices that used to read mobi, not be able to. This is what happened to lucasthegray's 3rd party ebook reader.)

[booknsnail]

Alas. I tried to do the same thing to read library books on my iPad. But no luck. I wish there was a netflix for ebooks. Or is there?

[minkrose]

I remembered your post and right now, I have to create a hypothetical evaluation that I could do in a library. I've decided to design a hypothetical study to evaluate user experience with downloaded ebooks and audiobooks.

The thing is, you should DEFINITELY tell the Somerville library that you're having issues with the system - even if they can't fix the problem, it's good for them to know that it's not universally successful the next time they decide to renew the contract. I'm not precisely sure who the best person to speak to would be, but you could probably call and ask who to give feedback to.