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epstewart · 01-20-2010, 10:51 AM

I bought a Nook, the new eBook reader/"Kindle killer" from Barnes & Noble. I was (apparently erroneously) under the impression that it is able to side-load and read Adobe PDF files. My first attempt to do so met with failure. An eBook which works fine in Adobe Digital Editions on my Mac — "The Keepsake" by Tess Gerritsen, borrowed from Maryland's Digital eLibrary Consortium — refuses to open on the Nook.

I tried using v2 of the ineptpdf Python script from i♥cabbages on it. The script was able to successfully decrypt the book, but on the Nook the decrypted version opens to a blank page (1 of 0!), while on the Mac it fails to open in Adobe Reader at all, complaining, "There was an error opening this document. The root object is missing or invalid."

When I open the decrypted version on the Mac using Adobe Digital Editions, I get the same weird blank page as on the Nook.

I would like to try a later version of ineptpdf, but I can't seem to locate one on the Web. If any of you have one or know how to get one, would you kindly PM me with the necessary information?

Thanks,
Eric

Edit: Further experiments show that neither Adobe PDF nor Adobe EPUB files borrowed from Maryland's Digital eLibrary Consortium can be used on the Nook, though (at least one of) the same books seem to work fine on the Nook when I buy them commercially. In general, I seem to have no problem reading non-borrowed Adobe PDFs and EPUBs on the Nook. It is only the borrowed versions that fail to work. Also, an experiment with a different borrowed Adobe PDF showed that at least that book could in fact be successfully decrypted by v2 of ineptpdf and then read in decrypted form on the Nook, so it looks as if I just happened to pick an Adobe PDF with an extra problem when I tried decrypting it as my first experiment with borrowed Adobe PDFs.

01-20-2010, 10:51 AM	#147
epstewart Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 558 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: iPhone 3G 16GB, B&N nook	I bought a Nook, the new eBook reader/"Kindle killer" from Barnes & Noble. I was (apparently erroneously) under the impression that it is able to side-load and read Adobe PDF files. My first attempt to do so met with failure. An eBook which works fine in Adobe Digital Editions on my Mac — "The Keepsake" by Tess Gerritsen, borrowed from Maryland's Digital eLibrary Consortium — refuses to open on the Nook. I tried using v2 of the ineptpdf Python script from i♥cabbages on it. The script was able to successfully decrypt the book, but on the Nook the decrypted version opens to a blank page (1 of 0!), while on the Mac it fails to open in Adobe Reader at all, complaining, "There was an error opening this document. The root object is missing or invalid." When I open the decrypted version on the Mac using Adobe Digital Editions, I get the same weird blank page as on the Nook. I would like to try a later version of ineptpdf, but I can't seem to locate one on the Web. If any of you have one or know how to get one, would you kindly PM me with the necessary information? Thanks, Eric Edit: Further experiments show that neither Adobe PDF nor Adobe EPUB files borrowed from Maryland's Digital eLibrary Consortium can be used on the Nook, though (at least one of) the same books seem to work fine on the Nook when I buy them commercially. In general, I seem to have no problem reading non-borrowed Adobe PDFs and EPUBs on the Nook. It is only the borrowed versions that fail to work. Also, an experiment with a different borrowed Adobe PDF showed that at least that book could in fact be successfully decrypted by v2 of ineptpdf and then read in decrypted form on the Nook, so it looks as if I just happened to pick an Adobe PDF with an extra problem when I tried decrypting it as my first experiment with borrowed Adobe PDFs. Last edited by epstewart; 01-20-2010 at 01:23 PM. Reason: More information added ...