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The file is, indeed, TEXtREAd but I'd somehow got the impression that this had been dealt with (it's reported by MobiReader as PID-encrypted rather than content-encrypted). I tried editing the test in the script to compare with that string rather than for BOOKMOBI as I remembered reading that suggested somewhere but, after uninstalling, editing, packing and re-installing the plug-in after a re-start, success still eluded me.
The UK website of the tandf ebookstore requires just the first 8 chars of the PID so I'd also tried that but believe that the script expects all 10. PBDShred or other available utilities don't seem to be relevant. Snookered, I guess, so a different start-point may be required.
Specific vision problems mean that reading on the PC for more than a few minutes is as problematic as print (or the dedicated reading devices that were tried) whereas reading on the netbook has been a revelation. Having to buy a higher-end netbook to run Windows just to read this title and any future purchases of similar ilk is not really an attractive option. The PDF download can be purchased but I doubt that would work well on a netbook. The LIT is also available so I guess it's worth buying that to see if we can "downconvert" the lit file using the readily-found tool and then use Calibre (which I've just satisfactorily tested using a non-DRM lit file to convert to ePub).
I'm really reluctant to give up on this mobi file but my wife is only interested in the end result so I guess she'll have to get a Passport and all the other MS stuff to test the lit start-point.
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