Thread: I Hate Having to Return to Paperbooks!
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Old 07-08-2009, 03:18 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Elsi View Post
Why "no sale" ? Because your reader doesn't support Secure Mobipocket or Secure eReader? The OP stated "MS Lit format (the only one I know how to strip & convert)", indicating that he/she was willing to remove DRM and thus Secure Mobipocket might be a reasonable alternative. The OP also has the option of buying from Sony, but says "since the price rise I won't buy them at Sony (besides the fact I don't like their wide margins)."

I can understand that the OP wants to shop at Fictionwise: "I have lots of lovely micropay to use at Fictionwise if only Lit format would return or if Fictionwise would add (secure) ePub." But if he/she is willing to liberate secure LIT files, then it would be possible to do the same for Secure Mobipocket files.


If your objection is because it Secure Mobipocket and Secure eReader have DRM, then that would still be the case with ePub. The only benefit in buying Secure ePub is that the OP wouldn't have to do any formatshifting or dDRMing in order to read the book on his or her Sony reader.
Elsi hit it right on the head; I'm willing to de-drm and format shift if only I could figure it out with mobi. Of course the latest Trek book is only in ereader at FW now; Diesel has mobi though and both BoB and Diesel have it in Adobe ePub but BoB is cheaper. Does anyone know if BoB takes Paypal?
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