I've been checking ebooks out of the library and stripping the DRM from them. That gives me the best experience with minimal hassle, and I can use Calibre to cu

I've been checking ebooks out of the library and stripping the DRM from them. That gives me the best experience with minimal hassle, and I can use Calibre to customize the format to what works best for my e-ink devices. Sometimes I have to wait a few weeks in a queue because the library has a license for a limited number of copies to be "loaned" out at once, but I have a backlog longer than I have time to read what I already have. I figure the publishers get paid the same whether I read the book during the time I have it checked out, whether I scan my ebook reader page-by-page, whether I do absolutely nothing with the digital file and let the loan period expire (probably happens all the time with other patrons), or whether I strip the DRM and keep the epub file around until I get around to reading it later. The act of checking out the ebook from the library signals demand and leads to my tax dollars and local library donations (yes, I do in fact donate to my local library) being allocated toward the publishers of those books. I've heard there are pirate web sites that host pre-stripped epub files, but I don't want my IP address logged or tracked with pirate sites, I don't want the hassle of a VPN just for the occasional ebook, and I want my taxes and donations to veer toward the publishers of the books that I prefer to read.