Converting Fictionwise's Secure eReader to something my 505 will read

RWJ · 08-28-2009, 11:22 PM

I am a complete computer idiot, but I learned to deDRM mobi files so I could run them through calibre and get them onto my Sony. Now, I'm dying to read the new Dan Brown (sorry, don't throw rotten produce) and the only format it's being sold in is Secure eReader. I found discussion of script from the Dark Reverser, but it's no longer alive on pastebin.

So if someone would explain, as if to an idiot, if and how I can get a secure eReader file from FW, deDRM it, put it through Calibre (which looks like it should work fine once the DRM is gone) and so on, I would be most grateful.

wallcraft · 08-28-2009, 11:49 PM

I suggest searching the comments to Dark Reverser's weblog for the string "pastebin".

Note that ereader2html has not changed for about a year, although there was a recent "0.03b" post that only includes the updated parts of the 0.03 script.

RWJ · 08-29-2009, 12:32 AM

Awesome, thank you.

RWJ · 08-29-2009, 01:35 AM

OK, I'm well on my way, but getting this message:
"incorrect eReader version 10 <error 1>"
I have no idea what it means. Anybody know what I should do next?

FizzyWater · 08-29-2009, 02:41 AM

See this thread, message 168.

columbus · 08-29-2009, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWJ

Now, I'm dying to read the new Dan Brown (sorry, don't throw rotten produce) and the only format it's being sold in is Secure eReader.

I see Books on Board have it in Epub (when released).

HarryT · 08-29-2009, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWJ

I am a complete computer idiot, but I learned to deDRM mobi files so I could run them through calibre and get them onto my Sony. Now, I'm dying to read the new Dan Brown (sorry, don't throw rotten produce) and the only format it's being sold in is Secure eReader.

No, it's available in ePub too.

RWJ · 08-29-2009, 12:51 PM

Thanks, all.

OK, I'm playing with the free secure eReader books from FW. So far, if I use the PY script, it hangs up at the version problem, but if I then run it through Calibre, it works beautifully. Not the most elegant solution, perhaps, but serviceable!

bkilian · 09-08-2009, 05:24 PM

Can you point me to these files? I've been fiddling with an app to decode eReader for the last while. My biggest issue so far is that they appear to scramble the normal header record. It's easy to convert stuff to HTML, but I want to convert a secure eReader to an open one. Then I can use Calibre to convert it to other stuff.

wallcraft · 09-08-2009, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bkilian

I want to convert a secure eReader to an open one. Then I can use Calibre to convert it to other stuff.

See ereader2ereader in two steps. This converts to PML, but Calibre can import PML now.

user_none · 09-08-2009, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWJ

OK, I'm well on my way, but getting this message:
"incorrect eReader version 10 <error 1>"
I have no idea what it means. Anybody know what I should do next?

This means the file does not have DRM.

wallcraft · 09-08-2009, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by user_none

This means the file does not have DRM.

Calibre can convert DRM-free eReader into many formats.

BookLoverToo · 09-11-2009, 04:33 PM

I really try to stay away from ereader-formatted files. I find they just don't seem to convert as well as Mobi or .lit files, and the results are very disappointing. Personally, If FW doesn't offer another format, I will be buying it from BoB in ePub.

08-28-2009, 11:22 PM	#1
RWJ Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 170 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS-505	Converting Fictionwise's Secure eReader to something my 505 will read I am a complete computer idiot, but I learned to deDRM mobi files so I could run them through calibre and get them onto my Sony. Now, I'm dying to read the new Dan Brown (sorry, don't throw rotten produce) and the only format it's being sold in is Secure eReader. I found discussion of script from the Dark Reverser, but it's no longer alive on pastebin. So if someone would explain, as if to an idiot, if and how I can get a secure eReader file from FW, deDRM it, put it through Calibre (which looks like it should work fine once the DRM is gone) and so on, I would be most grateful.

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08-28-2009, 11:49 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	I suggest searching the comments to Dark Reverser's weblog for the string "pastebin". Note that ereader2html has not changed for about a year, although there was a recent "0.03b" post that only includes the updated parts of the 0.03 script.

08-29-2009, 12:32 AM	#3
RWJ Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 170 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS-505	Awesome, thank you.

08-29-2009, 01:35 AM	#4
RWJ Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 170 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS-505	OK, I'm well on my way, but getting this message: "incorrect eReader version 10 <error 1>" I have no idea what it means. Anybody know what I should do next?

08-29-2009, 02:41 AM	#5
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	See this thread, message 168.

08-29-2009, 12:51 PM	#8
RWJ Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 170 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS-505	Thanks, all. OK, I'm playing with the free secure eReader books from FW. So far, if I use the PY script, it hangs up at the version problem, but if I then run it through Calibre, it works beautifully. Not the most elegant solution, perhaps, but serviceable!

09-08-2009, 05:24 PM	#9
bkilian Zealot Posts: 131 Karma: 24870 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony PRS/505	Can you point me to these files? I've been fiddling with an app to decode eReader for the last while. My biggest issue so far is that they appear to scramble the normal header record. It's easy to convert stuff to HTML, but I want to convert a secure eReader to an open one. Then I can use Calibre to convert it to other stuff.

09-11-2009, 04:33 PM	#13
BookLoverToo Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 104 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	I really try to stay away from ereader-formatted files. I find they just don't seem to convert as well as Mobi or .lit files, and the results are very disappointing. Personally, If FW doesn't offer another format, I will be buying it from BoB in ePub.

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