iPad Epub with DRM ebooks for the Ipad

hippoherder · 04-28-2010, 01:14 PM

I'm thinking buying an Ipad. I already own a Sony Pocket Edition and have bought many epub format books for it. Can I transfer these ebooks to the Ipad? I have read that non-DRM epub books can be transferred but have not found any info on ebooks bought from Sony or Kobo.

Thanks for any info.

leebase · 04-28-2010, 01:18 PM

You'll have to strip off the DRM to read Sony books on the iPad. There is no Sony reader app like there is for the Kindle and soon Barnes and Noble.

Lee

Rique · 04-28-2010, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by leebase

You'll have to strip off the DRM to read Sony books on the iPad. There is no Sony reader app like there is for the Kindle and soon Barnes and Noble.

Lee

Fortunately, this is easy to do on a PC or a Mac.

-- Riq

nikkie · 04-28-2010, 06:24 PM

You can technically read them in txtr. The app hasn't been updated yet for the iPad though, so you have to either have the app be roughly iPhone sized, or double it and have the text blurry and illegible.

So no, not really. Not yet anyway.

hippoherder · 04-29-2010, 09:25 AM

Thanks for the info. I don't think i'm tech savvy enough to strip the DRM so it looks like an Ipad is out, at least until Sony releases an App.

leebase · 04-29-2010, 09:29 AM

Makes sense to wait

Lee

scottjl · 04-29-2010, 10:03 AM

Kobo books can simply be redownloaded in ePub or PDF format. I try and buy all my content from Kobo because they work very hard at supporting multiple platforms.

Sony has made no mention of an app for the iDevice platform and I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for one. I did purchase a few titles through them when I first got my 600 but stopped when I found the alternatives. If you're really interested in an iPad (and in my opinion it beat my 600 without much contest) then you might want to look into stripping your purchased titles of their DRM and moving them over. Even if you don't go to an iPad, you'll be able to take them to any other device that supports the ePub format. The process isn't all that difficult, doesn't take long and only needs to be done once. There are plenty of guides if you search google.

JCKobo · 05-01-2010, 04:26 PM

We're is considering adding support for loading DRM'd ePubs to our iPad app. Not 100% decided yet and we're still working out the details. Once I know more, I'll sure we'll let everyone know.

We are trying to gauge interest in this feature, so please leave a message here or PM me if you think that would be an important feature for you.

scottjl · 05-01-2010, 04:30 PM

I would like to see Kobo allow me to import my own ePubs. I'm a far bigger fan of your store than Apple's and could ditch iBooks for good.

I'm appending to my list..

1. Fonts, more choices than the four available. The iPad has a lot more fonts installed, why limit me?
2. The ability to change the colors, the background from white, the text from black. If not free-form (and allow me to save some presets) then give us some options, a light grey, or a parchment color, something other than bright-white.
3. Copy snippets of of text. Along with this, if I tap on a URL, give me the option to copy it, or open it in Safari.

Highlighting text, annotations, built-in-dictionary. All nice extras, but farther down the list than these four.

Please keep your landscape mode and don't add two-page, or make it an option, it's pretty, but silly, at least to me.

I like the bookmarks, cute options, maybe allow me to set the style when I set the bookmark (a sort of highlighting pages..).

I do like Kobo and am a big fan of your store. Please keep up the good work! And I would be willing to pay a few bucks for a "pro" version of your app that would add extra features.

nikkie · 05-01-2010, 04:31 PM

@JCKobo That would be a wonderful feature to add! I would definitely use the Kobo reader instead of readMe if I could add my own books to my e-library. Kobo would be one of the first apps in that space for the iPad.

foghat · 05-01-2010, 04:53 PM

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