Removing Kindle DRM

I have heard that some people don’t like reading on the iPad because of it’s backlit screen making their eyes sore. I have not experienced that at all. I have read on my iPad for several hours at a time and have had no eye problems. I have finished one book, and have started my second.

The thing that bugs me the most is the DRM on the different eBooks. You can buy books with the iBooks app, but you are stuck with watching them in that app. The same with the Kindle app. Both apps are very suitable for reading books on the iPad, but I much prefer the iBooks app. The iBooks app has page numbers, and tell you how many are left in the current chapter as you go. It’s much easier to track your process through a book. The problem is the iBooks store is currently very limited. Fortunately breaking the Kindle DRM was only a Google search away, making Kindle books readable in the iBooks app.

I despise DRM. I believe I should have the right to consume the media I buy in whatever way I prefer. I never bought DRMed music, and if it wasn’t so easy to break, I wouldn’t buy DRMed eBooks. Maybe someday eBooks will be DRM free and readable on any reader, but until then, I will just have to remove it.