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eschwartz · 11-13-2013, 01:33 AM

Sorry, my experience is with my Kindle, + infrequent use of ADE. Never had a Kobo or used their software. I leapt to a conclusion -- I assumed the DRM was applied at the zip level. Now that I actully think for a second I could kick myself -- I KNOW calibre can read the metadata from DRM'ed files, which should only be possible if some part at least is readable.

On Kindle and in ADE or K4PC they don't use UUID's to name an ebook file. I thought only Apple was that stupid -- apparently I was wrong!

As far as file extensions go, I simply find it objectionable that I should have to make the change at all. And linux makes sense where .filename is hidden, it's totally different.

11-13-2013, 01:33 AM	#9
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Sorry, my experience is with my Kindle, + infrequent use of ADE. Never had a Kobo or used their software. I leapt to a conclusion -- I assumed the DRM was applied at the zip level. Now that I actully think for a second I could kick myself -- I KNOW calibre can read the metadata from DRM'ed files, which should only be possible if some part at least is readable. On Kindle and in ADE or K4PC they don't use UUID's to name an ebook file. I thought only Apple was that stupid -- apparently I was wrong! As far as file extensions go, I simply find it objectionable that I should have to make the change at all. And linux makes sense where .filename is hidden, it's totally different. Last edited by eschwartz; 11-13-2013 at 01:36 AM.