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Old 02-03-2010, 02:21 PM   #1
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Can you do this with a copy protected epub file?
My reader adds page numbers, which covers up the last character of a line of text once the page numbers hit double figures, and the last 2 characters once it hits treble figures, so I need to set a fairly wide right hand margin to stop this from happening.

With normal epub files I can just rename them to .zip and drop in a new stylesheet .css file with my preferred margins and other stuff. If I bought an ebook with copy protection would I still be able to do this?
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Old 02-03-2010, 02:27 PM   #2
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With normal epub files I can just rename them to .zip and drop in a new stylesheet .css file with my preferred margins and other stuff. If I bought an ebook with copy protection would I still be able to do this?
Only if you disinfected the DRM first.
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You can, if your device supports user stylesheets. Sony Readers do, via a hack.
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Old 02-03-2010, 03:35 PM   #4
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If the css file is encrypted, I wonder if you can replace it with an unencrypted file...
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If the css file is encrypted, I wonder if you can replace it with an unencrypted file...
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With normal epub files I can just rename them to .zip and drop in a new stylesheet .css file with my preferred margins and other stuff. If I bought an ebook with copy protection would I still be able to do this?
Yes, but you have to remove the corresponding EncryptedData node from the encryption.xml found inside META-INF directory within epub file.
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If the css file is encrypted, I wonder if you can replace it with an unencrypted file...
You don't replace it. You just override ADE's defaults, which in turn are overriden by book's CSS.
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