Re: DRM-PID question

--- In [email protected], "auwg" <auwg@...> wrote:
>
> I just received this from Cyberread.com:
> ------
> "We have eliminated the need to store your "PID" for Mobipocket books
> on CyberRead.com. Now, when you want to purchase a Mobipocket title,
> you can just follow these easy steps:
>    1. Purchase your Mobipocket Book at http://www.cyberread.com
>    2. Click "Download." (found in My Orders section)
>    3. Open the file. Your system should automatically select your
> Mobipocket Reader.
>    4. Your purchase will quickly download and appear in your
> Mobipocket Reader."
> -------
> 
> They receive my Mobi-format titles from Mobipocket, so how are they
> getting around use of a PID?
> Or maybe I just don't understand how PIDs work. That's very possible,
> since I've always left such details up to the retailers.
> Ed
>

Just a guess, Ed, but I think that in the past CyberRead has worked very closely with 
Mobipocket, so maybe the PID is now stored only on the Mobipocket server accessed 
through CyberRead rather than having to be stored separately on CyberRead as well.

John





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