company designed an ereader and sold it, it would handle the typical formats. I'm not sure why anyone would want to buy a reader that only handled those "free" books out there. I bought and read real books from a bookstore prior to buying me ereader, and I thought that buying an ereader meant I could go digital and green and just buy those same books to read on my reader. I have read a lot of those "classics" in my life, and now I wanted to read newer books. This forum wasn't about removing DRM, it was about whether Calibre could respect and honor the protection, yet allow us to load it onto our readers. I guess many of you out there that might have some snippy things to say to me (or thinking it), it is because you forget that you were once a newbie. Everyone starts as a newbie before they can gain the knowledge and experience. You aren't born knowing everything. Thanks to everyone for your replies. DRM isn't a format, it's a sort of security key added to the ePub (or other format). If your reader doesn't support it, the only way to use it is to strip the DRM. I'm sorry, but there simply isn't another way if you can't get a reader that can handle DRM. It's not a Calibre or Adobe issue, it's your device. Stripping DRM is easy, but we're not allowed to discuss it on the forum. A couple of