08-14-2009, 03:34 AM | #286 | |
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ePub rendering with ade is prety lame. I have a pdf with some "first-letter" in my css, sigil renders them right, ade don't... What a shame. Mobi rendering when fine, ade makes a mess. ahi, do you think publisher can make multiple version of pdf ? They can't edit even one version properly ! And, if you don't see the point of changing font size, you'll change your mind when your eyes gets old and you don't see that well anymore. And once again, the problem is not ePub itself, but the fact it's used badly. Last edited by EowynCarter; 08-14-2009 at 03:38 AM. |
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08-14-2009, 03:49 AM | #287 |
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I'm not an expert by any means, but I suspect the reason LRX hasn't been cracked is that there isn't a huge market for LRX books--and most if not all LRX books are available in other formats. I'm sure if someone who knows how to do these things decides to try cracking LRX, it'd get done.
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08-14-2009, 03:50 AM | #288 | |
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EVERYTHING get cracked given enough time and energy. |
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08-14-2009, 03:54 AM | #289 |
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The LRX format is significantly better protected than for example epub.
Sony has reasonably effective anti-debugging routines in its software, and it uses multithreading and virtual machines (although the use of VMs isn't at the right place, it doesn't improve protection very much) to make reverse engineering from disassembly and debugging more complicated. Of course all drm is by definition crackable, but the pool of people who can do it for lrx is significantly smaller than for epub. |
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I wonder if you have actually bought any LRX books? Because I have to say that the professionally created LRX's that I have seen are significantly less readable than most of the books posted here. Were they in ePub format, you could strip the DRM and then edit to suit your own taste. However, since there is no tool to break LRX DRM at the moment, you are stuck with the ugly looks of LRX books. For that freedom I will gladly "put up" with the page number in the right margin. |
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The new devices will display LRF/LRX and ePub. Because of the number of devices already with (and forthcoming) ADE/ePub, it makes sense from a financial standpoint to support ePub in the eBookstore. LRF/LRX is a losing battle. This way, Sony can get sales from owners of non-Sony readers. |
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I do think this is a very good thing for the 500. I've been converting eBooks to ePub for my 505 and I won't have to also convert to LRF for my mother-in-law's 500 for when she wants to read something I've converted to ePub. I've been keeping Calibre 0.5.14 installed since 0.6.6 does not (currently) do as good a job converting to LRF. |
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You are wrong, and your assumptions come from having insufficient understanding of the subject matter you are discussing. Knowing one's limitations is a virtue. If you are not both a programmer and a typographer of some half-decent level of expertise, you are as likely to be correct in your assumptions about these issues as an English major is about the finer details of orbital interactions. What is it that makes people assume their opinions are necessarily insightful and authoritative on what are essentially computer science and typography expert-issues, just because they like reading books and can throw together HTML documents? - Ahi |
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