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Old 07-07-2009, 06:29 AM   #115
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Originally Posted by Snuffi View Post
But then it would be possible to offer .prc support (non-DRM) in the ePub version. I wonder how the other readers/tools out there do it if the SDK provides only DRM-ed mobipocket support.
E.g. calibre can read and write .prc files (of course only non-DRM), so I assume there must be some way to access the SDK without the DRM components.
But maybe they can't use Mobipocket's SDK without DRM, just as they can't use Adobe's without DRM. So they would need some alternate software for either .prc or .epub (or both) without DRM. It's possible, yes, there's no otherworldy mystery in those formats, open solutions exist or can be developed... but that needs time, work, testing, etc., which it seem's they don't have.

On the other hand, I really wish they would develop their own solutions instead of relying only on Mobipocket and Adobe, I want someone to provide more features, to fix bugs and remove limitations, I don't want the same old problems and restrictions to appear in every other reader.
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