Backing up your books will ensure that your library is safe no matter what happens. There are a growing number of stories of ebook sellers yanking specific titles from people's devices without warning or closing accounts and denying the customers access to their purchases. Or, worse, because he suddenly decided to up and sell them because he felt like being a dick one day (note: my dad is not actually a dick). Or he asked me not to visit one day because he and my stepmother were sick. If I kept them at, say, my dad's house, I could still come over and get them any time I liked, unless it was the middle of the night. Personally, I keep my physical books and movies on shelves in my home, where I have control over when and where I have access to them. Why do I need a backup? My purchase information is saved on the site where I buy my books, and I can re-download them as many times as I need to. If you buy your books through Apple, you're out of luck, as the DRM removal software doesn't currently support iBooks. The necessary software is also available for Mac OS X and Linux I'm just not comfortable enough with either OS to write instructions for them. I'm assuming you buy your books from either Amazon or Barnes and Noble, and use Windows. You'll need to be able to download and install programs from the internet and understand how to navigate to different drives and folders. This guide is intended for a reader with at least a basic level of computer literacy. This will allow you to read the ebooks you bought on any device you want. In the process, we'll be stripping DRM (Digital Rights Management) software - i.e. This is a step-by step guide on how to make a backup copy of your purchased ebooks.
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