I borrowed an ebook from the local library a few days ago, to read on my Sony PRS-350 ereader. The software supplied by Sony is useless, but Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) successfully downloaded the book and I was able to copy it to the ereader.
Flushed with success I downloaded another ebook from the same place, but I can't read it. My ereader says that "this book is protected by DRM". Well that's no surprise, I wouldn't have bothered using ADE if it wasn't protected would I?
What the hell does the message mean? I used ADE to download, so I expected to be able to read the book on my activated devices!
ADE does not show my ereader as a collection, which the help file says it should do. Calibre allows me to see the book, but says that "this book is protected by DRM". I think that we've already established that Sony's Reader Library isn't worth the space it occupies.
What can I do to forced ADE to let me read the book I've borrowed? Buggy DRM software doesn't encourage sales of ebooks, it just encourages piracy.
I think that I'm going to have to return the PRS-350 for repair. It doesn't seem to be recognised by ADE or Reader Library and Calibre can't copy DRM protected ebooks. That's a major fault as far as I'm concerned. An ereader that won't allow me to read books that I've bought is just an expensive coaster.
