Why is there no 99$ Kobo anymore? - Page 2

ProfCrash · 01-03-2011, 08:37 AM

The only e-book store I have heard has not been cracked is Apples. I could be wrong. I know Kobo, BN, and Amazon can all be stripped. Since I had not heard anyone say Sony's was not cracked I have been assuming it can be.

Maybe no one has mentioned it because Sony's bookstore is awful and was more expensive before Agency Pricing so no one bothered cracking it. (evil grin)

speedlever · 01-04-2011, 07:48 AM

So true, ProfCrash. My daughter and I have had our K3s a very short time, but we've already bought books from Amazon, B&N, and Borders. I fail to see how DRM locking into one store/format is an advantage. I find calibre and plug-ins nicely bypass that issue.

viviena · 01-04-2011, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jbcohen

If one buys a book from Sony's book store its encypted to work only on Sony ebook readers. I didn't think that the ebooks could be convereted to work on other readers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I know Kobo, BN, and Amazon can all be stripped. Since I had not heard anyone say Sony's was not cracked I have been assuming it can be.

... no? I'm not sure why this misconception is so prevalent. Books bought from the Sony Reader Store are EPUBs with Adobe ADEPT DRM, just like Kobo, Diesel, BooksOnBoard, Borders, and just about every other bookstore that sells EPUBs other than B&N and Apple. Perhaps you're both thinking of Sony's proprietary BBeB format, which has been discontinued for some time now.

ProfCrash · 01-04-2011, 09:36 AM

The question isn't what readers can read the Sony DRM it is can the Sony DRM be stripped.

I know Sonys can be read on the Nook and Kobo. I think it is the BN DRM that cannot be read on Sonys and Kobo. But the BN DRM can be stripped.

viviena · 01-04-2011, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

The question isn't what readers can read the Sony DRM it is can the Sony DRM be stripped.

Yes, the Sony DRM can be stripped, because it uses exactly the same DRM as most other EPUB-based bookstores such as Kobo, Adobe ADEPT DRM, and you already know that can be stripped.

B&N-DRM EPUBs can be read on the Nooks and the JetBook Lites. Both Nooks and Jetbook Lites can also read ADEPT DRM EPUBs. Apple's iBooks can be read only on iOS devices. All the other ereaders mentioned here, such as the Kobo and Sonys, support ADEPT DRM but not B&N DRM.

ProfCrash · 01-04-2011, 09:53 AM

I only asked because someone said they didn't think that the DRM could be stripped. My assumption was that it could be but I figured clarification is a good thing. I have a Kindle so I really don't know squate about the Adobe Adept DRM and if it is possible for companies to slightly tweak that. I error on the side of needing a sledgehammer to hammer in the answer. (winks)

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01-03-2011, 08:37 AM	#16
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	The only e-book store I have heard has not been cracked is Apples. I could be wrong. I know Kobo, BN, and Amazon can all be stripped. Since I had not heard anyone say Sony's was not cracked I have been assuming it can be. Maybe no one has mentioned it because Sony's bookstore is awful and was more expensive before Agency Pricing so no one bothered cracking it. (evil grin)

01-04-2011, 07:48 AM	#17
speedlever Fanatic Posts: 592 Karma: 138200 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: NC, USA Device: PW2014, PW2012, iPad Pro	So true, ProfCrash. My daughter and I have had our K3s a very short time, but we've already bought books from Amazon, B&N, and Borders. I fail to see how DRM locking into one store/format is an advantage. I find calibre and plug-ins nicely bypass that issue.

01-04-2011, 09:36 AM	#19
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	The question isn't what readers can read the Sony DRM it is can the Sony DRM be stripped. I know Sonys can be read on the Nook and Kobo. I think it is the BN DRM that cannot be read on Sonys and Kobo. But the BN DRM can be stripped.

01-04-2011, 09:53 AM	#21
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I only asked because someone said they didn't think that the DRM could be stripped. My assumption was that it could be but I figured clarification is a good thing. I have a Kindle so I really don't know squate about the Adobe Adept DRM and if it is possible for companies to slightly tweak that. I error on the side of needing a sledgehammer to hammer in the answer. (winks)

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