fictionwise?

bean · 10-04-2009, 08:14 PM

It seems that fictionwise a) gives you the best bang for the buck on the long run with club and micropay and stuff b) unusable with the EZReader Pro because neither Secure Mobipocket nor eReader are supported with this little marvel...

This is really troubling, right now it seems to be cheaper to buy paper books than eBooks and that really makes no sense at all.

I do love my Astak. It's the most amazing gadget I ever got and I am a gadget addict for like two decades now.

ficbot · 10-04-2009, 10:20 PM

You can buy multiformat titles (including magazine subscriptions to Asimovs, Ellery Queen and some other good mystery and sci-fi anthologies) for use on your EZReader. Or you can buy secure formats and then 'liberate' them

bean · 10-04-2009, 10:48 PM

Does that liberate script work reliably?

ficbot · 10-04-2009, 10:58 PM

I ave had maybe two out of 100 books choke on it. On of them had all the em-dashes replaced with question marks no matter what I did, and the other had line breaks in really odd places and it was just too much work to edit them out. I read those two on my ipod Touch. Everything else has been fine, but I do find I can't just run the script and be done. I usually copy the HTML from within a web browser, paste it in again to remove any funky coding, then run a search in a plain text editor to remove the extra line breaks.

AnemicOak · 10-04-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bean

Does that liberate script work reliably?

DRM removal for MS Reader (LIT) and Mobipocket (MOBI/PRC) are very reliable. DRM removal for eReader (PDB) isn't quite up to the same standard, but works OK.

FizzyWater · 10-05-2009, 01:50 AM

Has Astak announced they are no longer planning to release a firmware with eReader DRM on it? I haven't been following the forums for Astak lately, because that would be the only reason I'd consider buying one.

So unless I missed an announcement (entirely possible), it's possible Astak will eventually allow you to read eReader DRM.

AnemicOak · 10-05-2009, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

Has Astak announced they are no longer planning to release a firmware with eReader DRM on it? I haven't been following the forums for Astak lately, because that would be the only reason I'd consider buying one.

So unless I missed an announcement (entirely possible), it's possible Astak will eventually allow you to read eReader DRM.

As far as I know it's still in the works. Haven't seen anything to the contrary.

cvkemp · 10-05-2009, 10:34 AM

I have hinted about it serveral times and have gotten no responds from Robert B

Chuck

10-04-2009, 08:14 PM	#1
bean Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 12026 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kobo Aura HD	fictionwise? It seems that fictionwise a) gives you the best bang for the buck on the long run with club and micropay and stuff b) unusable with the EZReader Pro because neither Secure Mobipocket nor eReader are supported with this little marvel... This is really troubling, right now it seems to be cheaper to buy paper books than eBooks and that really makes no sense at all. I do love my Astak. It's the most amazing gadget I ever got and I am a gadget addict for like two decades now.

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10-04-2009, 10:20 PM	#2
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	You can buy multiformat titles (including magazine subscriptions to Asimovs, Ellery Queen and some other good mystery and sci-fi anthologies) for use on your EZReader. Or you can buy secure formats and then 'liberate' them

10-04-2009, 10:48 PM	#3
bean Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 12026 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kobo Aura HD	Does that liberate script work reliably?

10-04-2009, 10:58 PM	#4
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	I ave had maybe two out of 100 books choke on it. On of them had all the em-dashes replaced with question marks no matter what I did, and the other had line breaks in really odd places and it was just too much work to edit them out. I read those two on my ipod Touch. Everything else has been fine, but I do find I can't just run the script and be done. I usually copy the HTML from within a web browser, paste it in again to remove any funky coding, then run a search in a plain text editor to remove the extra line breaks.

10-05-2009, 01:50 AM	#6
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	Has Astak announced they are no longer planning to release a firmware with eReader DRM on it? I haven't been following the forums for Astak lately, because that would be the only reason I'd consider buying one. So unless I missed an announcement (entirely possible), it's possible Astak will eventually allow you to read eReader DRM.

10-05-2009, 10:34 AM	#8
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,430 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 6 SE, Fire HD8	I have hinted about it serveral times and have gotten no responds from Robert B Chuck

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