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I'm all for people doing this if they can.
Meanwhile, I love my Kobo e-reader and I only purchase e-books from Kobo (since Amazon eliminated "side loading").
Do you have an easy way to strip the DRM from the Kobo ebooks? If not, then is it much different thank Amazon? I also have a kobo but don't buy from their store. I mainly buy books on ebooks.com if they are DRM free. And maybe acquire others that aren't DRM free.
I use Calibre with a couple of plugins. KoboUtilities and Obok DeDRM. It is easy.
Ok, good to know. Next time I buy an eBook I'll look at it