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moonlit · 07-08-2009, 09:00 AM

Lots of great feedback here, thanks!

I have mailed HarperCollins to see if they feel like doing anything about this, and I'll open uip a case with Sony International support center when they open this evening.

I've gotten the python scripts to work, so I have stripped the DRM off the PDFs I bought. Have been trying to get Calibre to fix them now by fiddling with the conversion options, but Calibre seems to remove the empty lines altogether in the conversion process.
Flipping the orientation doesn't help the bug, but the Small font does indeed get slightly larger. It's not a working solution though.

This bug seems by nature to be a pretty stupid programming bug by Sony, because there is enough information in the PDF to display the indents and 1/2 line breaks properly everywhere that doesnt have Sony software. Even the excerpts of e.g. "Thud!" on the Sony ebook store are flawed; chapter breaks are not distinguishable there.

I want to be able to strip the DRM off the books I buy. Not to be able to share them, really, I just want to be able to use any software I like to sync them to the Reader and avoid hassle. Stripping DRM for this purpose is legal in Norway, where I am purchasing the books.

So to avoid hassle I guess I should buy MOBI files instead, since they can be DRM stripped and converted to e.g. Epub in Calibre so I can get them on the Reader?

After I get answers from Sony and HarperCollins I'll try to be nice to Diesel Books and ask if they can swap my books for MOBI files. Worth a shot.

07-08-2009, 09:00 AM	#12
moonlit Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oslo, Norway Device: Sony PRS-505	Lots of great feedback here, thanks! I have mailed HarperCollins to see if they feel like doing anything about this, and I'll open uip a case with Sony International support center when they open this evening. I've gotten the python scripts to work, so I have stripped the DRM off the PDFs I bought. Have been trying to get Calibre to fix them now by fiddling with the conversion options, but Calibre seems to remove the empty lines altogether in the conversion process. Flipping the orientation doesn't help the bug, but the Small font does indeed get slightly larger. It's not a working solution though. This bug seems by nature to be a pretty stupid programming bug by Sony, because there is enough information in the PDF to display the indents and 1/2 line breaks properly everywhere that doesnt have Sony software. Even the excerpts of e.g. "Thud!" on the Sony ebook store are flawed; chapter breaks are not distinguishable there. I want to be able to strip the DRM off the books I buy. Not to be able to share them, really, I just want to be able to use any software I like to sync them to the Reader and avoid hassle. Stripping DRM for this purpose is legal in Norway, where I am purchasing the books. So to avoid hassle I guess I should buy MOBI files instead, since they can be DRM stripped and converted to e.g. Epub in Calibre so I can get them on the Reader? After I get answers from Sony and HarperCollins I'll try to be nice to Diesel Books and ask if they can swap my books for MOBI files. Worth a shot.