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RSaunders · 01-30-2009, 11:04 AM

Without having seen the book, this is why I don't buy $11 DRMed anything. You just don't know what you're getting, you can't fix it, and you can't return it. None of this would be acceptable in a real-world bookstore.

With Calibre and all the other tools we have to tweak non-DRM content, you can have a very attractive ebook if you want one.

The Kindle folks have had a lot of problems with what's called the Topaz format. Publishers are scanning paper books from back catalog and putting the resulting scans out for Kindle as books. Since each page is a picture, you don't get all the cool reflow and search features. I haven't heard of this process for us, but then I don't buy DRMed stuff. Would you share the publisher of this non-good product? I'd like to be able to avoid their products if I'm ever at Books-on-board.

01-30-2009, 11:04 AM	#3
RSaunders Groupie Posts: 162 Karma: 2054 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500	Without having seen the book, this is why I don't buy $11 DRMed anything. You just don't know what you're getting, you can't fix it, and you can't return it. None of this would be acceptable in a real-world bookstore. With Calibre and all the other tools we have to tweak non-DRM content, you can have a very attractive ebook if you want one. The Kindle folks have had a lot of problems with what's called the Topaz format. Publishers are scanning paper books from back catalog and putting the resulting scans out for Kindle as books. Since each page is a picture, you don't get all the cool reflow and search features. I haven't heard of this process for us, but then I don't buy DRMed stuff. Would you share the publisher of this non-good product? I'd like to be able to avoid their products if I'm ever at Books-on-board. Last edited by RSaunders; 01-30-2009 at 11:10 AM.