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Old 02-13-2015, 08:01 PM   #271
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Actually, it is slightly more difficult with Amazon then with ADE. If you do not own a Kindle, you have to run Kindle for PC and then download the eBook(s) which is more difficult then just downloading the acsm file which can be downloaded via the web browser and have ADE auto-run so ADE run, downloads the eBook using the acsm file. With Amazon, once you are in Kindle for PC, you have to sync before you can download the eBook. I just thing ADE is easier. It may not be much easier, but it is easier. And then finding a specific ePub eBook is easier because you have filenames that make sense. If you are looking for the newwest downloads, then you sort by date and that's not a problem. So ADE wins yet again in finding a specific eBook.
The way I see it, Amazon is certainly fractionally easier if you have a Kindle on your account. If you don't have a Kindle? I am not a Kindle for PC user, so am not sure if it will or can be setup to automatically sync on starting. Kindle for PC can also be run automatically. But I concede that in this case the process is fractionally easier in ADE because of the ridiculous Kindle for PC filenames.
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Old 02-13-2015, 08:12 PM   #272
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Thanks Difflugia! Did you test the ADE link? As of right now, the product page still shows no download options for this book.
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I did (again just now, in fact).
Thanks for double- (triple?-)checking. This is promising. Though the "publisher made us do it" line suggests there will always be some kepub-only books to watch out for.
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Old 02-13-2015, 09:39 PM   #273
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Actually, it is slightly more difficult with Amazon then with ADE. If you do not own a Kindle, you have to run Kindle for PC and then download the eBook(s) which is more difficult then just downloading the acsm file which can be downloaded via the web browser and have ADE auto-run so ADE run, downloads the eBook using the acsm file. With Amazon, once you are in Kindle for PC, you have to sync before you can download the eBook. I just thing ADE is easier. It may not be much easier, but it is easier. And then finding a specific ePub eBook is easier because you have filenames that make sense. If you are looking for the newwest downloads, then you sort by date and that's not a problem. So ADE wins yet again in finding a specific eBook.
6 of one half a dozen of the other. I don't find either too onerous...

Kindle
1) Buy book & select send to K4PC
2) Open K4PC and wait a few seconds for it to download pending items
3) De-DRM or add to Calibre for De-DRMing (whatever your workflow)
4) Done

ADE
1) Buy book
2) Go to library at Kobo, Google, etc. & download .acsm
3) Open acsm which launches ADE and downloads book
4) De-DRM or add to Calibre
5) Done


Amazon's filenames can be a slight pain if you keep your downloads in the app after de-drming. If you clean out the Kindle content folder after de-drming they don't matter much.
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Old 02-14-2015, 01:37 PM   #274
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Barbour Publishing's The KJV Study Bible is an EPUB3. When I bought it, it was kepub-only and had no download link. Something like a month ago, someone here reported that they started getting download links and when I checked, there was an ADE link. Here's the package element from the OPF file:

<package xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf" unique-identifier="ISBN" version="3.0" xml:lang="en">
This made me check my Kobo library, and lo and behold, I have been able to download with ADE two epub3 books that so far had been kepub-only. (And yes, I have checked that they are really epub3.) A very nice surprise!
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Old 02-16-2015, 12:23 AM   #275
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Thanks! That's excellent news!



Interesting. When a publisher prohibits downloading, is it for all their books or just selected titles?
Hi pssqurillel,

I'll ask around to see what our Merch team says and get back to you.

Also- sounds like a few of you are seeing epub3 available for download, which is great news (it's always nice when things just work ).

Note: if you come across a book that says it has download options but does not work, please pm me the book so we can investigate. We are aware of a few issues recently, but again generally speaking we want to allow open downloading of your books, and the only time we won't allow downloading is if the publisher has set the content so.

Hope that clears things up, I'll let the call centre know as it sounds like there's a bit of historical confusion still lingering. Thanks for everyone's help!

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Hi pssqurillel,

I'll ask around to see what our Merch team says and get back to you.

Also- sounds like a few of you are seeing epub3 available for download, which is great news (it's always nice when things just work ).

Note: if you come across a book that says it has download options but does not work, please pm me the book so we can investigate. We are aware of a few issues recently, but again generally speaking we want to allow open downloading of your books, and the only time we won't allow downloading is if the publisher has set the content so.

Hope that clears things up, I'll let the call centre know as it sounds like there's a bit of historical confusion still lingering. Thanks for everyone's help!

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Old 02-16-2015, 01:40 AM   #277
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@jswolf, which ebook?
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Hi pssqurillel,

I'll ask around to see what our Merch team says and get back to you.

Also- sounds like a few of you are seeing epub3 available for download, which is great news (it's always nice when things just work ).

Note: if you come across a book that says it has download options but does not work, please pm me the book so we can investigate. We are aware of a few issues recently, but again generally speaking we want to allow open downloading of your books, and the only time we won't allow downloading is if the publisher has set the content so.

Hope that clears things up, I'll let the call centre know as it sounds like there's a bit of historical confusion still lingering. Thanks for everyone's help!

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This book still won't download for me - https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/bo...g&PageNumber=1
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This book still won't download for me - https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/bo...g&PageNumber=1
Are you in the US? This is what I get when I click on your link:
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Yes I am in the US, and this book should be available. Here's the Google Play link - can you access it? https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=C4AkBQAAQBAJ
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@jswolf, which ebook?
The book in question is Brandon Sanderson Sampler - The Way of Kings and Mistborn. It is a Tor DRM Free ePub. I don't have any DRMed ePub 3 in my Kobo library. If there is a free DRMed ePub 3 I could try, I'd be happy to try it.
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The book in question is Brandon Sanderson Sampler - The Way of Kings and Mistborn. It is a Tor DRM Free ePub. I don't have any DRMed ePub 3 in my Kobo library. If there is a free DRMed ePub 3 I could try, I'd be happy to try it.
This one I just posted is free

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The book in question is Brandon Sanderson Sampler - The Way of Kings and Mistborn. It is a Tor DRM Free ePub. I don't have any DRMed ePub 3 in my Kobo library. If there is a free DRMed ePub 3 I could try, I'd be happy to try it.
I can't download this one either.
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I had it in my library and deleted it and now Kobo's website thinks it's still in my library when it's not so I cannot add it back to my library. No big deal because if I really wanted it, I could get it from some other place.

Now I am looking for a free ePub 3 that has DRM to try to download. I am curious if this is a DRM 3 vs. DRM issue.
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I had it in my library and deleted it and now Kobo's website thinks it's still in my library when it's not so I cannot add it back to my library. No big deal because if I really wanted it, I could get it from some other place.

Now I am looking for a free ePub 3 that has DRM to try to download. I am curious if this is a DRM 3 vs. DRM issue.
I guess I can't read - I didn't notice the DRMed.
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