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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Secure eReader are eReader PDB format, which use a credit card number as the DRM identifier; you have to enter the number the first time you open the book on a given device. The software for it is at ereader.com, which has a list of the devices it works on. (It also worked on the first Nooks before they switched to ePub; I don't know if they disabled eReader support or not.)
The format itself is very similar to mobi: it allows bold, italics, centered & indented text, larger fonts, and limited types of pictures. It can have internal links (like, for a table of contents); it can't have embedded fonts or paragraph formatting beyond alignment (like, can't have double-spaced paragraphs). I used to love the ereader format for my Clie; I'm annoyed that none of the eInk readers besides the Nook support it. |
The problem is that most eReader eBooks are formatted very user unfriendly. They have no indents, spaces between paragraphs and the format is not actually based on HTML. I am rather happy that it eventually going to go away. Now if we could only get Mobipocket/AZW to start dying we'd bet better off. ePub handles everything eReader and Mobipocket does yet it does it in a way that is easier in almost every way.