Opinions on ebooks.com ADE-on-505?

KDawg · 08-03-2008, 04:20 PM

Now that we have ADE support I've been browsing around ebooks.com. On the plus side I see a lot of books that aren't on the Sony site. On the minus side, when comparing books on both, the ADEs are consistently more expensive and usually significantly larger.

I hate to spend more money and use up more space, but that beats wasting money on what could be next week's inductee for the Dead Formats Hall of Fame, which is what Sony's format is looking like now. Any happy or miserable ebook.com ADE-on-505 customers?

JSWolf · 08-03-2008, 04:23 PM

What I am thinking is that these are mostly PDF with DRM.

KDawg · 08-10-2008, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

What I am thinking is that these are mostly PDF with DRM.

I bought one and that is the case. And the one I bought doesn't reflow well.

So what I really need is an A4 sized Reader...

Hadrien · 08-10-2008, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KDawg

I bought one and that is the case. And the one I bought doesn't reflow well.

So what I really need is an A4 sized Reader...

No what you need is quite different: send a mail to ebooks.com explaining why PDF files shouldn't be named "Adobe", and that to support the PRS-505, they need to publish ePub files instead.

08-03-2008, 04:20 PM	#1
KDawg Junior Senior Posts: 94 Karma: 81 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: nookColor, nook, PRS-900, PRS-505, PRS-500, Kindle PW, Kindle Oasis	Opinions on ebooks.com ADE-on-505? Now that we have ADE support I've been browsing around ebooks.com. On the plus side I see a lot of books that aren't on the Sony site. On the minus side, when comparing books on both, the ADEs are consistently more expensive and usually significantly larger. I hate to spend more money and use up more space, but that beats wasting money on what could be next week's inductee for the Dead Formats Hall of Fame, which is what Sony's format is looking like now. Any happy or miserable ebook.com ADE-on-505 customers?

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08-03-2008, 04:23 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,893 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	What I am thinking is that these are mostly PDF with DRM.

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