[airmondii]

I haven't purchased ebooks through Barnes and Noble, but I understand how annoying it can be getting all the ebook stores/ecosystems/formats/devices to play nice with each other. It was the reason I continued to buy paper books up until recently.

My solution: buy your ebook in any store that allows downloads (Amazon, Google, Kobo), and import into Calibre. Change settings to automatically convert imported ebooks to .epub format if they aren't already (the DRM-stripping plugin is optional ;-)). Set your library folder to dropbox, and voila, you have unfettered access from anywhere (and transferring to your Kobo Aura is easy too).

[rikkus]

This is exactly what I've been doing and it works fine for me. Like you, I just buy from wherever sells.

By stopping downloads, they're obviously trying to stop piracy, but if other companies follow suit, surely there will be technical solution found sooner or later. Maybe they're just trying to do as much as they can.

Perhaps they don't know that those of us who download and strip DRM aren't necessarily pirates - just looking after own own (legally purchased) books in a system that we prefer?

[airmondii]

As long as there are multiple sources where you can download your paid-for ebook, this decision by B&N will accomplish nothing, other than killing potential sales to people like us.

I don't mind paying $10 for an ebook. I just want a good user experience. This means no DRM and full control of the content.

[jmcunningham]

Yep, this is exactly what I've been doing for years. Using Dropbox as Calibre's library folder is awesome...gives me instant access to all my books from just about any device.