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Saw some posts and comments from a while back about the Trek books and decided to give them a try. Starting out with "Q-Squared" because it was on sale for $1.99 and I figured a Q-centric story would be a fun entry point. I am now kind of regretting that frugal decision.

It follows multiple parallel realities (called "tracks" in the book) with Q and Trelane central to the plots, so my usual casual reading style of a chapter each evening is not working out well because I just cannot keep up.

The only saving grace is that I've at least read "A Stitch in Time" so I know not all Trek books are this confusing. Probably going to have to just power through this one and not let it ruin the medium. It's not that it's a bad story, just hard to follow.

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[โ€“] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm considering buying this one next

https://www.ebooks.com/en-co/book/211126328/pliable-truths/dayton-ward/

What does "EPUB (encrypted)" mean?

Also it's much much more expensive than Kobo. 16 AUD with included taxes is 10.60 USD. This book is 13usd and I bet I need to add taxes.

Also Kobo had is 69% off= 5aud.

[โ€“] ptz@dubvee.org 1 points 1 week ago

EPUB (encrypted) means you have to use their reader app or maybe Adobe Digital Editions or some other walled-garden horseshit to read it. It seems to be up to either the author or the publisher on whether to offer it DRM-free. I haven't found much rhyme or reason, but it looks like the ones from Simon and Schuster are available without DRM about 5 years after it's been published.

I only buy DRM-free since I like to read on multiple devices (Kobo, Phone, or CalibreWeb in a browser in a pinch) and get tired of jailbreaking them myself. I'd gladly pay more for DRM free than not be able to read it without asking for permission every time or being locked to specific reader apps.