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That is something that concerns me as well. I don't know what Comixology's DRM technologies are, or if they even have any. I haven't looked, but it would be nice to know that I can export those books that I have paid for to another DRM free format, like PDF.

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The storage format is proprietary and some kind of obfuscation of the image data is done.

According to the ToS, you don't own a license to the comics, so you can't export them, or even hold onto the comics if comiXology disappears.

Damn, didn't realize that. But to be honest, it won't change my habits. I enjoy reading comics, not the actual comics themselves. I don't "collect" them, I just buy and read them, and will probably never reread a book.

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