Freebie e-book: Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb - Page 3

JSWolf · 01-16-2008, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by gmanacsa

I went through the download process in Safari and Firefox, but it kept kicking me to the Adobe web site. When I launched Adobe Digital Editions manually, reclicking the download button in the browser appeared to work — the book started loading in DE. Then I received this error:

Irritating!

Worse, when I poked around the Adobe web site looking for an update to Digital Editions, the download link was disabled. Does anyone have a working download link? Or has Adobe disabled downloads for a reason?

Since you have a 500, why not get the eBook in MS Reader format, use ConvertLIT to remove the DRM, convert ot LRF using lit2lrf and load on your 500 and enjoy? PDF is a hassle you don't need or want. It's also a stupid format for reading fiction.

AMacD · 01-16-2008, 01:27 PM

I also cannot get it to download using Firefox. For some reason Safari won't run at all. I get a far as the 4th tab and where it says to sign in or sign up I click on the sign up button and hit return and get an error as it thinks I am trying to sign in. I don't see any place else to sign up for an account. Anybody got any ideas? Al in Benson, AZ

I got past that page by entering my e-mail address but then it asked for my MobiPocket device PID. Where do I find this little piece of information? I am using a Kindle and have a Macintosh.

TadW · 01-16-2008, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Since you have a 500, why not get the eBook in MS Reader format, use ConvertLIT to remove the DRM, convert ot LRF using lit2lrf and load on your 500 and enjoy? PDF is a hassle you don't need or want. It's also a stupid format for reading fiction.

gmanacsa mentioned Safari, so I assume a Mac computer is involved. Since downloading the .lit version requires Microsoft Reader to be installed, and since there is no Microsoft Reader for Mac or Linux, this is a dead-end.

Gudy · 01-16-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

Hint: You need to have MS Reader installed if you want to be able to purchase in LIT format.

That's the least of the problems. You have to Activate your MS Reader, which I've just finished. After using Internet Explorer after years of nothing but Mozilla browsers, and with ActiveX Controls and JavaScript enabled, too, I now feel thoroughly dirty.

I sure hope this book is worth it...

TallMomof2 · 01-16-2008, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Gudy

That's the least of the problems. You have to Activate your MS Reader, which I've just finished. After using Internet Explorer after years of nothing but Mozilla browsers, and with ActiveX Controls and JavaScript enabled, too, I now feel thoroughly dirty.

I sure hope this book is worth it...

I only use IE to download .lit books. And I feel dirty, too!

DaleDe · 01-17-2008, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TallMomof2

I only use IE to download .lit books. And I feel dirty, too!

Yea, I usually use SeaMonkey for browsing and email but I had to fire up a copy of IE to get this book ... Even at that I had to reactivate my already activated copy of MSReader.

Dale

JohnnyD · 01-18-2008, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by TallMomof2

I only use IE to download .lit books. And I feel dirty, too!

...know the feeling, normally living in a Gentoo world... feels like taking a trip on MS Titanic...

kovidgoyal · 01-18-2008, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gudy

That's the least of the problems. You have to Activate your MS Reader, which I've just finished. After using Internet Explorer after years of nothing but Mozilla browsers, and with ActiveX Controls and JavaScript enabled, too, I now feel thoroughly dirty.

I sure hope this book is worth it...

Ironically, it's a lot easier to get this book off the darknet

Gudy · 01-18-2008, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Ironically, it's a lot easier to get this book off the darknet

I'm not at all surprised. Heck, I'd have been mightily surprised if it hadn't been easier to get off the darknet.

For me, part of the whole ordeal was to find out just what hoops I'd have to jump through to buy a DRM'd e-book. The conclusion being that if that's what it takes, I'll stay with the likes of Project Gutenberg and BAEN if at all possible (and, now that I have an activated MS Reader, lit-files for easy unDRMability).

Not that I'm surprised by this conclusion, either...

gwynevans · 01-18-2008, 07:29 AM

Well, to be fair, buying from the Sony store is easy - it's just that particular store/web-site's implementation that's making it so awkward for non-IE users.

plantedbypiggies · 02-22-2008, 05:40 AM

I was wondering if I could get a little help with this title, seeing that I'm relatively new to working with ebooks.

I downloaded the DRMed pdf version of Shaman's crossing because I am using a mac without parallels or pc emulators running windows. I'd like to convert it into a file that I could use with my Ebookwise 1150, preferably rich text or rb so I can download it using my ebookwise server. If this is even feasible, would any of you have any suggestions?

Thanks a lot.

igorsk · 02-22-2008, 10:33 AM

Currently no tools are available to handle DRMed PDFs. I guess no one wants to be another Sklyarov...

TheLongshot · 03-06-2008, 08:34 PM

The next free book is up now. It is Raymond Feist's "Flight Of The Nighthawks".

http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com/6...SHAMX10_011508

Jason

JSWolf · 03-06-2008, 11:44 PM

Thanks for the heads up LongShot.

Gudy · 03-07-2008, 04:15 AM

Hmm, this is interesting. At least as of a couple of years ago, REF's stance was pretty much anti e-book, which is understandable since as one of the international top five or so in the fantasy genre, he stood the least to gain and the most to lose from this.

I wonder what changed his opinion...

01-16-2008, 01:27 PM	#32
AMacD Al Posts: 66 Karma: 140 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bardstown, KY as home base, but RV following the seasons. Device: Kindle1 and Kindle2 and Palm T\|X	I also cannot get it to download using Firefox. For some reason Safari won't run at all. I get a far as the 4th tab and where it says to sign in or sign up I click on the sign up button and hit return and get an error as it thinks I am trying to sign in. I don't see any place else to sign up for an account. Anybody got any ideas? Al in Benson, AZ I got past that page by entering my e-mail address but then it asked for my MobiPocket device PID. Where do I find this little piece of information? I am using a Kindle and have a Macintosh. Last edited by AMacD; 01-16-2008 at 01:42 PM. Reason: Added something.

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01-18-2008, 07:29 AM	#40
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Well, to be fair, buying from the Sony store is easy - it's just that particular store/web-site's implementation that's making it so awkward for non-IE users.

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plantedbypiggies oink! Posts: 44 Karma: 127 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Ebookwise 1150	I was wondering if I could get a little help with this title, seeing that I'm relatively new to working with ebooks. I downloaded the DRMed pdf version of Shaman's crossing because I am using a mac without parallels or pc emulators running windows. I'd like to convert it into a file that I could use with my Ebookwise 1150, preferably rich text or rb so I can download it using my ebookwise server. If this is even feasible, would any of you have any suggestions? Thanks a lot.

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igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Currently no tools are available to handle DRMed PDFs. I guess no one wants to be another Sklyarov...

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TheLongshot Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 7758 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony Reader	The next free book is up now. It is Raymond Feist's "Flight Of The Nighthawks". http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com/6...SHAMX10_011508 Jason

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03-07-2008, 04:15 AM	#45
Gudy Wizard Posts: 1,154 Karma: 3252017 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux (623)	Hmm, this is interesting. At least as of a couple of years ago, REF's stance was pretty much anti e-book, which is understandable since as one of the international top five or so in the fantasy genre, he stood the least to gain and the most to lose from this. I wonder what changed his opinion...