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Originally Posted by JSWolf
If there is no DRM, you CAN read ePub eBooks in iBooks. It may not display properly in places because iBooks is Apple's take on ePub. For example, Baen & Tor are two publishers with no DRM and their ePub can be viewed in any software that handles ePub with no conversion needed. Amazon's KF8 (DRM free) needs to be converted to read in third party programs except for Calibre.
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Stop nitpicking. You know perfectly well that we were discussing DRMed books.
I absolutely refuse to start writing lengthy disclaimers on every one of my posts just because you want to willfully misunderstand everything you think you can get away with.
Pointing out that Amazon books require conversion (using free and open-source software!!!) separate from their DRM status is exactly the kind of pointless hobby horse I have come to expect from only one person on all of MobileRead... and you are
still the only person who cares with such
religious devotion. (Yes, this qualifies as a minor religion.)
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How much is is to license RMDSK? The thing is, you can do it if you want. You cannot license software to handle KF8 with DRM. That's why it's only Amazon that has such software because they don't let it out in the wild.
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It doesn't matter how much it costs, the fact that there is a cost is a definitive barrier to adoption. And... Amazon has offered to license out MOBI/AZW3 and their homegrown DRM.
But just for the sake of argument, this
stackoverflow question claims that the cost to license RMSDK is $75,000
(One answer says you can get it cheaper, but apparently in order to find the actual price I have to obtain an evaluation trial first.)
I never doubted it would be to the tune of multiple tens of thousands of dollars.
I can just see all those free ereader apps paying tens of thousands of dollars to make an app that works with your DRMed books.
I reserve the right to completely ignore any response you make, if I feel you are just nitpicking and riding your hobby horse again.