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Old 04-20-2016, 12:29 PM   #451
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All of the 15 free eBooks from HarperVoyager have been converted with Calibre (from the original ePub) and watermarks added to them. I do not know if the images are also watermarked.
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Old 04-20-2016, 01:18 PM   #452
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Did you all get your email immediately? I signed up and still haven't gotten a note.
They are sent with an epub as an attachment. Maybe your email/security system is stopping them?
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Old 04-20-2016, 01:26 PM   #453
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They are sent with an epub as an attachment. Maybe your email/security system is stopping them?
Turns out I can't spell my own e-mail address. All's good, if you don't count the grade on my spelling test.
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Old 04-20-2016, 04:01 PM   #454
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Got all 15 and they look to be beautifully formatted.

Thank you for the heads up on these!
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All of the 15 free eBooks from HarperVoyager have been converted with Calibre (from the original ePub) and watermarks added to them. I do not know if the images are also watermarked.
Interesting. Are watermarks common practice?
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Old 04-21-2016, 08:30 AM   #457
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Interesting. Are watermarks common practice?
It's a DRM mechanism used by some publishers.
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Old 04-21-2016, 03:08 PM   #458
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All of the 15 free eBooks from HarperVoyager have been converted with Calibre (from the original ePub) and watermarks added to them. I do not know if the images are also watermarked.
I haven't pulled mine into Calibre yet, are the watermarks intrusive or just something hidden away and safely ignored?
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Old 04-21-2016, 03:09 PM   #459
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I opened one book in iBooks to check the formatting and I didn't see the watermark at all. I haven't looked at them elsewhere yet.
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I opened one book in iBooks to check the formatting and I didn't see the watermark at all. I haven't looked at them elsewhere yet.
It is a ex libris page with the following text:
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Old 04-21-2016, 05:47 PM   #462
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I could only get six. Wanted 'em all (I'm greedy that way).
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Old 04-22-2016, 09:34 AM   #463
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Sorry to hear that.

Only 45 minutes elapsed from our respective posts, and then those other 9 were gone!

Maybe they'll revive the offer...
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I know these books were free, but I rather dislike them having been converted. I don't mind if they had some of the files replaced with ones that have the watermarks, but to change things in the book is wrong.
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I know these books were free, but I rather dislike them having been converted. I don't mind if they had some of the files replaced with ones that have the watermarks, but to change things in the book is wrong.
If the only change is the watermark, why does it bother you?

BTW I am not sure I understand the purpose of this site instafreebie that gives a lot of freebies, though apparently very variable in value.
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