Adobe Reader 8’s woes for library users

“…Acrobat Reader 8 no longer will allow you to work with downloading DRM books with your public library-–it interfaces with the new digital reader. This gives you less functions and abilities then Acrobat Reader; I cannot adjust fonts, cannot change page color, cannot stream page and cannot return book early to library.” – Vincent.

The TeleRead take: Because large publishers love “protection,” we can’t have e-book standards without DRM standards, and Vincent’s example shows why libraries should take a stand. If only DRM did not infest e-books! As long as proprietary DRM is common, we’ll have the Tower of eBabel. Adobe will be addressing the above problem, but in an industry that’s constantly updating products, it comes with the territory and will show up again—whether from Adobe or another vendor.