MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - "Exceeded" Allowable Clippings for a Book

KevinH · 02-20-2011, 04:10 PM

Hi,

Be very careful. Very recent Kindle ebooks have changed to use the clipping limit as one of the metadata fields that are used in the calculation of the PID key for all of its books. So if you have bought a new Kindle ebook (with DRM) and remove or change the clipping limit, you will probably not be able to view it in Kindle or remove the DRM using the "tools".

So if you decide to change the clipping limit on a book purchased very recently (in the last few days) you may not be able to actually open the ebook if you do not remove the DRM first. So please remember to keep a completely unmodified copy of the ebook around.

02-20-2011, 04:10 PM	#35
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,911 Karma: 6120478 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Hi, Be very careful. Very recent Kindle ebooks have changed to use the clipping limit as one of the metadata fields that are used in the calculation of the PID key for all of its books. So if you have bought a new Kindle ebook (with DRM) and remove or change the clipping limit, you will probably not be able to view it in Kindle or remove the DRM using the "tools". So if you decide to change the clipping limit on a book purchased very recently (in the last few days) you may not be able to actually open the ebook if you do not remove the DRM first. So please remember to keep a completely unmodified copy of the ebook around.