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Old 04-03-2016, 08:14 PM   #31
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I never heard of one; all of the ones I know can at least read ePUB as well. Which ones can only read PDF?
The ultra-expensive Sony 13" one. It's purely a PDF reader.
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Just purchased Star Trek: Voyager: A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer from Kobo. It was indeed DRM-Free!!!!!! *happy dance*

Most of the sci-fi publishers seem to sell DRM-Free. Wonder when the rest will get with it.
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Old 04-03-2016, 11:21 PM   #33
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Note, incorrect. You can get Star Trek eBooks from Amazon. I don't know about DRM at Amazon.
Hi JSWolf. I was specifically reporting on my experience of purchasing Star Trek books from Simon & Schuster.
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The ultra-expensive Sony 13" one. It's purely a PDF reader.
Noted But, in all fairness, doesn't Sony put that device down as a replacement for paper drawings, mostly technical in nature, and not as an e-reader?
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Noted But, in all fairness, doesn't Sony put that device down as a replacement for paper drawings, mostly technical in nature, and not as an e-reader?
No, you're thinking of the Pocketbook CAD reader. The Sony is sold as a business document reader. It'll read PDF, DOC, etc, but not ebook formats.
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If I don't go blind I will, but maybe it isn't a good idea to start buying 700 books more than 30 years in advance. I've already done that with the Forgotten Realms novels and many other books. I don't expect to be able to read my entire *CURRENT* library in the rest of my life... except if I get down to reading two or three books a week and then live another 10+ years
I'm planning on solving my TBR list problems by becoming immortal, haven't quite worked out all the details yet but if all goes to plan I should have plenty of time to sort them out. I may have a slight Catch 22 problem there.
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No, you're thinking of the Pocketbook CAD reader. The Sony is sold as a business document reader. It'll read PDF, DOC, etc, but not ebook formats.
Meh. Now I've painted myself into a corner
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Trek fan but have never read any of the books. What are some must read ones?
As has been mentioned, the quality wildly varies book by book. I haven't read much of the newer stuff but here are some of my favorite older books:

TOS:
Dreadnought! by Diane Carey
Battlestations! by Diane Carey
Final Frontier by Diane Carey
Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah
IDIC Epidemic by Jean Lorrah
Yesterday's Son by A.C. Crispin
Time for Yesterday by A.C. Crispin
My Enemy, My Alley by Diane Duane
The Romulan Way by Diane Duane & Peter Morwood
Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan
Ishmael by Barbara Hambly

The Entire New Frontier series by Peter David.
The first four books are available together titled as New Frontier.
Entire list of New Frontier can be found here:
http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/lcars-FNT.php

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Maybe if you have one of those large e-ink tablets that can only read PDF?
Or if you read on a computer. From the publishers mentioned, it sounds like they usually only buy tech manuals in digital format so pdfs are what they're probably just accustomed to.
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I never heard of one; all of the ones I know can at least read ePUB as well. Which ones can only read PDF?
The 13.3" eInk device by Sony only handles PDF.
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The must read ones are every single book that's been released after the Star Trek movie Nemesis starting with A Death in Winter by Jan Michael Friedman.

These books are part of an expanded universe. So reading them in published order is a good idea.
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Heads up...Enterprise Rise of the Federation series on sale for $1.99 each all DRM-Free!! Plus the Q Continuum trilogy by Greg Cox $1.99 each. Get them while they're cheap!
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Heads up...Enterprise Rise of the Federation series on sale for $1.99 each all DRM-Free!! Plus the Q Continuum trilogy by Greg Cox $1.99 each. Get them while they're cheap!
Also Star Trek: Titan: Absent Enemies is $1.99
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That's a novella, seems like the regular price.
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As has been mentioned, the quality wildly varies book by book. I haven't read much of the newer stuff but here are some of my favorite older books:

TOS:
Dreadnought! by Diane Carey
Battlestations! by Diane Carey
Final Frontier by Diane Carey
Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah
IDIC Epidemic by Jean Lorrah
Yesterday's Son by A.C. Crispin
Time for Yesterday by A.C. Crispin
My Enemy, My Alley by Diane Duane
The Romulan Way by Diane Duane & Peter Morwood
Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan
Ishmael by Barbara Hambly

Enjoy!
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