I've been able to strip the Kobo DRM out of a couple of book bundles using Calibre. Haven't bought this one yet, but I'd assume there wouldn't be a problem.

[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes and yes. They use a couple of different drm schemes and you might need an adobe digital editions login for anything using the older one. The newer one doesn’t need anything special.

[–] weariedfae@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Good to know, thanks!

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Not in Canada, it’s not.

[–] Dharkstare@mastodon.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

@YurkshireLad I hadn't noticed that. I just checked the other book bundles and didn't see any restrictions so I'm guessing it has something to do with this bundle coming through Kobo which would be odd since Kobo is a Canadian company.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago

Not Canadian anymore, Indogo sold them to Rakuten.

[–] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

Not available in Aus either, and other Kobo bundles have been. Probably a publisher issue.

[–] QuikxSpec@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Could you use a vpn and buy it?

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

You could access the website, but I'm unclear on how the payment process works. Would canadian credit cards not be identifiable as being from Canada?

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

Not in Canada, it’s not.

Y’arrr… there’s an answer to that.

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Just found out from that other Lemmy thread? Haha

[–] passepartout@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://archive.org/details/discworld-complete-43-books-by-pratchett-terry-z-lib.org

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev -1 points 9 months ago

And for those of us who can afford it, the bundle is a great way to loosely support the actual author (or his estate, in this case). No shade thrown at any book sharing because that’s what libraries are for.