How to share an ebook?

[razz]

Since I have a Kobo, I have used it to download some books from the library as I have also used my Playbook tablet.
I read somewhere that some are buying ebooks and sharing them. How is this done? Anyone succeeded?

[bUU]

There are two kinds of "sharing": legal and illegal. (Hopefully folks respect that instructions for illegal sharing are not appropriate for the forum (http://www.simplelivingforum.net/faq.php?faq=vb3_board_usage#faq_vb3_troublesome_us ers).)

Many e-book readers have their own means of legal sharing. If I recall correctly, Kobo happens not to be one of them:
All literary works at kobobooks.com are the exclusive property of the publisher or its licensors and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. The download of these literary works is intended for Kobo's Registered Users' personal and non-commercial use. Any other use of literary works downloaded from kobobooks.com is strictly prohibited. Registered Users may not modify, transmit, publish, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit, any of the content of these literary works, in whole or in part. By downloading literary works from kobobooks.com, the Registered User hereby acknowledges and agrees to these terms.
Q: Does Kobo allow sharing of books between Kobo devices, like Kindle and Nook do?
A: At this time it is not possible for a Kobo customer to lend or share eBooks from their library with another person. The eBooks in your Kobo library are tied directly to your account and password.

Limits on sharing is the standard practice for digital content. "Sharing" would mean taking the digital file away from one device and putting it on another device. What most people actually want to do is "copy" - have a copy of the digital file on their own device, and give copies of it to friends and family. Since each copy of a digital file is practically a perfect copy of the original, why would anyone buy their own copy of the book if they could have a friend "share" (copy) the book with them?

This is one of the main reasons we chose Kindle, the fact that they allow people to share books among up to six devices, three PCs and three readers. It saves us a lot of money since my spouse and I can share books readily.

[ToomuchStuff]

Any ebook with DRM (Digital Rights/Restrictions Management), and to share the book, you have to loan out your ereader. The main company that libraries use (from what I have read), uses DRM, in part due to check out restrictions (library can only have x number of copies out, and time expires in so many days, so they can recheck it out, etc).
I was given an ereader for Christmas, but tend to use it for free books (Project Gutenberg), as I generally buy used books cheaper then ebooks are sold for, and I can loan them, give them away, or sell them in a garage sale, to refund the book budget.