Firmware 3.8.0 released

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

But do you think that books made in epub 3 standard will have an improved or different version of DRM ?
I have ADE 2.0 installed, will it keep working and download books with 3.0 standard and will the plugin for Calibre i now use, remove the drm ?
I can't register my Kobo readers in ADE anymore, there are to much readers authorised, I have a Sony 650 from my GF,an old bebook,my 4 last sony's that I don't own anymore, a Glo, an Aura HD and some more devices,so in order to read new books on my readers, I have to remove the DRM...

There is no improvement with these ePub 3. In fact, one can easily convert them back to ePub 2 with no loss of anything. As for the DRM, same old DRM.

Over at Kobo, they take these ePub 3 and convert them to kepub. I just checked a recent ePub 3 release and yes, it is a kepub. So all that happens is we don't end up buying from Kobo.

[Rev. Bob]

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

I can't register my Kobo readers in ADE anymore, there are to much readers authorised, I have a Sony 650 from my GF,an old bebook,my 4 last sony's that I don't own anymore, a Glo, an Aura HD and some more devices,so in order to read new books on my readers, I have to remove the DRM...

There are other options.

[Nick_1964]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

There is no improvement with these ePub 3. In fact, one can easily convert them back to ePub 2 with no loss of anything. As for the DRM, same old DRM.

I hope this conversion can be done with Calibre or a plugin.

Over at Kobo, they take these ePub 3 and convert them to kepub. I just checked a recent ePub 3 release and yes, it is a kepub. So all that happens is we don't end up buying from Kobo.

In my country, Kobo is 25% more expensive then Google with the books..

Originally Posted by Rev. Bob

There are other options.

I tried that once,they reset it, but they refuse to do it a second time and completely ignore my (repeated) request.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

I can't register my Kobo readers in ADE anymore, there are to much readers authorised, I have a Sony 650 from my GF,an old bebook,my 4 last sony's that I don't own anymore, a Glo, an Aura HD and some more devices,so in order to read new books on my readers, I have to remove the DRM...

You should be able to contact Adobe and request more device authorizations. I did that a 2 or 3 times before I started backing up the activation.xml file on my Kobo ereaders so I didn't have to activate after a factory reset.

[Nick_1964]

Originally Posted by DNSB

You should be able to contact Adobe and request more device authorizations. I did that a 2 or 3 times before I started backing up the activation.xml file on my Kobo ereaders so I didn't have to activate after a factory reset.

Thanks.. never thought about that one... I have a lot of questions about epub 2 and 3,and how the old Sony will behave with 3.0.. or the Kobo.. If I convert a version 3.0 to 2.0 I need to bypass that DRM so Authorisation will not be the biggest problem, I want my epubs compatible with both Kobo and Sony.. But will my version of ADE download the 3.0 books when they come available.. but I have to search for that,we gonna be slightly

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

I hope this conversion can be done with Calibre or a plugin.

In my country, Kobo is 25% more expensive then Google with the books..


I tried that once,they reset it, but they refuse to do it a second time and completely ignore my (repeated) request.

I was able to convert back to ePub 2 by editing the OPF. I cannot recall the book I did. I'll do Lock In and post both OPF files so you can see.

You also have to get rid of the NAV ToC as it's not used in ePub 2. But we still have the NCX.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

Thanks.. never thought about that one... I have a lot of questions about epub 2 and 3,and how the old Sony will behave with 3.0.. or the Kobo.. If I convert a version 3.0 to 2.0 I need to bypass that DRM so Authorisation will not be the biggest problem, I want my epubs compatible with both Kobo and Sony.. But will my version of ADE download the 3.0 books when they come available.. but I have to search for that,we gonna be slightly

The ePub 3 that Tor is putting out works on Sony Readers. Works in ADE 2 and should work in Kobo Readers since they use an even newer version of ADE then Sony.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The ePub 3 that Tor is putting out works on Sony Readers. Works in ADE 2 and should work in Kobo Readers since they use an even newer version of ADE then Sony.

Sadly, the content of the epubs that Tor is putting out with the epub3 versioning make very minimal use of epub3's extensions to the epub2 specification -- well, that was the case with 4 that I looked at (1 full ebook and 3 previews). As near as I can tell, all that was done was to add an epub3 nav.xhtml and an epub3 style content.opf. OTOH, they also included the deprecated toc.ncx file so I'd term these epub2/3 ebooks.

At times, I think Kobo is going to have to start running those "epub3" ebooks through an old epub2 reader just to see if they should make them downloadable as an epub2.

[Anak]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do we patch it like

These values (01 or 00) postion the viewport to the center:

# Left margin
replace_int = 957626, 0, 01
# Top margin
replace_int = 95762A, 0, 01
</Patch>

or like

# Initial replaces
replace_bytes = 957626, 19 46, 00 01
replace_bytes = 95762A, 1A 46, 00 01

@JCWolf. My anwser is a bit late.

Only use the first method as the "# Initial replaces" are the "default" settings.
You should only customize the "replace_int" values, the same as the other patch sections.

Heres my full patch, the replace_int" values are set to 00:

<Patch>
patch_name = `Margins fine tuning`
patch_enable = `yes`
#
# Do not enable this patch unless you're sure you need it.
# It may cause the screen to be off-centre.
#
# Initial replaces
replace_bytes = 957626, 19 46, 00 21
replace_bytes = 95762A, 1A 46, 00 22
# Values for replace
# Left margin
replace_int = 957626, 0, 00
# Top margin
replace_int = 95762A, 0, 00
</Patch>

[Nick_1964]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I was able to convert back to ePub 2 by editing the OPF. I cannot recall the book I did. I'll do Lock In and post both OPF files so you can see.

You also have to get rid of the NAV ToC as it's not used in ePub 2. But we still have the NCX.

That would be great, then I can see the difference between it,and maybe there is a plugin soon available for Calibre ? I don't know Tor, I don't even know how you can see what is epub3 and not,I think I have to wait until I stumbled into one.. for some reasons i have a lot of epubs that are made with word and then is converted by a word plugin to ebook,that always produces garbage,a lot of unneeded tages taking up sometimes almost 50% of the book

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

That would be great, then I can see the difference between it,and maybe there is a plugin soon available for Calibre ? I don't know Tor, I don't even know how you can see what is epub3 and not,I think I have to wait until I stumbled into one.. for some reasons i have a lot of epubs that are made with word and then is converted by a word plugin to ebook,that always produces garbage,a lot of unneeded tages taking up sometimes almost 50% of the book

I've posted the comparison over in another thread.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...7&postcount=30

[jersysman]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have seen some recent ePub be released as ePub 3 when there's 100% no reason to do so. There is no ePub 3 features being used except the NAV ToC and that's covered by the NCX ToC. So really, there aren't many true ePub 3 (ePub that uses features not in ePub 2 in any way) out there for sale. If anyone has the ePub of Unlocked or Lock In (both by John Scalzi), look at the OPF and you'll see that it's ePub 3. Don't buy from Kobo as they sell those as kepub.

John, when you get the h20, you won't have to worry about those nasty Kepubs.

[Rev. Bob]

Originally Posted by jersysman

John, when you get the h20, you won't have to worry about those nasty Kepubs.

I've had the H20 for years, along with the rest of the series. Just got the Blu-ray box set today, in fact...

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jersysman

John, when you get the h20, you won't have to worry about those nasty Kepubs.

Why not? I'm never going to be reading a kepub on any device.

[hleo12]

Originally Posted by Rev. Bob

I've had the H20 for years, along with the rest of the series. Just got the Blu-ray box set today, in fact...

From what Google tells me, H20 is a group of bikini-clad mermaid girls...