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Originally Posted by ATDrake
I suggest having a look at the store's Help section. Generally most places will list prerequisite software/systems for reading their e-books.
For example, here's Books On Board's help page. Lays out the computers/readers they support and the formats they offer, and when you click the Adobe icon, it goes straight to telling you that Adobe Digital Editions needs to be installed if you intend to get your books in this format.
Similarly, here's Kobo's FAQ page on other compatible e-ink readers which prominently mentions both ADE and the lack of Kindle support.
Direct Ebooks, who sometimes supply gift certificate prizes for MobileRead's contests, also have a likewise "here's what you can use to read on, and what format you should be reading with it" type of help page entry.
But you should be pretty safe with just about any of the stores.
Outside of Apple's iBooks and Barnes & Noble, just about nobody else has applied their own DRM-scheme to ePubs. Any other place offering them will either have them DRM-free to begin with, or have licensed Adobe's ADE form of DRM, which will usually be labeled "Secure" by the stores which sell it.
Among the majors, this includes the Kobo and Sony stores which often offer promo freebies, in case you want to test things out with no financial commitment. So you shouldn't have any significant compatibility worries.
For what it's worth, B&N's DRM is even easier to strip and significantly less intrusive and more convenient (no device limits, no special software needed to "activate"), in case you ever decide to get books from them, as well. They have an excellent annotated classics series which is exclusive to their store and occasionally available via free promotions. |
thanks again, i was mainly looking at simon & schuster. the trouble with b&n seems to be that they mix their ebook formats, seemingly randomly.
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Alan
