Best Ebookstore

[JSWolf]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you are dealing with eBooks, Windows is the best OS and this is not disputable since OS X has gone 64-bit only.

[ps67]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

The OP doesn't want to install wine.

Some linux users go months or even years between reboots. Spending money on an OS licence to run a single unnecessary application is a big waste of both time and money, so dual boot is likely out of the question and virtual environment almost as bad. ...

We are but: I have a dual boot Windows/Linux since many Years and I have never had any problem. And when I don't use my PC it is off.

But the situation of the OP is different: so if he only wants to read these books He can try if it exist a Android app that handle ACSM or install the Kindle app.

If He wants also to import the books in calibre he needs a way to get rid of DRM: or Wine and ADE or a old kindle eink (not a Fire) for a lesser price as possible to register.

[JSWolf]

Before we give any more suggestions, we need the OP to come back and say what it is he actually wants based on our suggestions.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you are dealing with eBooks, Windows is the best OS and this is not disputable since OS X has gone 64-bit only.

Yes, you say it often, and it's still not true. Win10 is at least 30% less productive and more downtime than Win 7. It's less compatible too. It's the least user configurable windows since Window 3.0.

I've been using various Windows since 1991, training, installing, networks etc for years as the day job.
Using UNIX since 1988, Linux since 1998.
Changed over completely to Linux in 2016.
Also used to do Windows programming till 2007 when I switched to cross platform programming.

[John F]

Another thing you could try ...

If you're using android , phone or tablet, install an app that supports RMDSK (like blue fire), and you may be able to get to the appropriate files?

Please note that I have no personal experience with my dev/android suggestions. I would be interested to see if anyone got it to work.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Yes, you say it often, and it's still not true. Win10 is at least 30% less productive and more downtime than Win 7. It's less compatible too. It's the least user configurable windows since Window 3.0.

I've been using various Windows since 1991, training, installing, networks etc for years as the day job.
Using UNIX since 1988, Linux since 1998.
Changed over completely to Linux in 2016.
Also used to do Windows programming till 2007 when I switched to cross platform programming.

I do not find Windows 10 to be less compatible. Everything I was running on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 works on Windows 10. As for Windows 10 being 30% less productive, again rubbish. More downtime? I've never had any downtime due to Windows 10.

Windows 10 still supports 32-bit programs meaning you can run ADE 2.0.1 without the fiddling with Wine. OS X needs a 64-bit programs and that means a later version of ADE with the new DRM. You can install all the programs easily that you need to download and remove the DRM from ePub and KF8/Mobi eBooks. It's actually very easy. It easiest to do this with Windows 10.

Anyway, unless you can prove these things on any of my computers, then I'm going to poo-poo them as they don't happen here.

[hildea]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

Maybe you should consider getting a used registerable kindle. (Be wary of any that might be banned by amazon because of being reported lost, stolen, replaced, or other reason.) Then register it on amazon and make a record of its serial number. After that, you never have to do anything with it again.

You can then buy books from amazon and download them to your linux computer and use Apprentice Alf's calibre plugin to take care of your DRM problem, then use mobileread's kindleunpack python utility or calibre conversion to convert to EPUB. The kindleunpack output is pretty much as close as possible to the publisher EPUB as is possible.

It is best if the kindle is capable of azw3, not just mobi. Any kindle with a touchscreen should be OK, except maybe the original kindle touch.

I'm curious: Why does one need to buy a Kindle in order to do this?
I don't own a Kindle, and I can buy ebooks from Amazon. (I then download them to my PC, open them with Kindle for PC, then open them in Calibre to remove DRM and convert them to epub. I have a Windows PC, and from what I've read there isn't a Linux version of Kindle for PC, so my process wouldn't work for the OP.)
To be clear, I don't doubt you, I'd just like to understand why and how owning a physical Kindle helps.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by hildea

I'm curious: Why does one need to buy a Kindle in order to do this?
I don't own a Kindle, and I can buy ebooks from Amazon. (I then download them to my PC, open them with Kindle for PC, then open them in Calibre to remove DRM and convert them to epub. I have a Windows PC, and from what I've read there isn't a Linux version of Kindle for PC, so my process wouldn't work for the OP.)
To be clear, I don't doubt you, I'd just like to understand why and how owning a physical Kindle helps.

Basically, if the OP has a Kindle, he can enter the Kindle serial number into the DeDRM plugin, download the books from Amazon using the web browser of his choice and remove the DRM in an OS agnostic fashion.

[JSWolf]

Here is how to install ADE 2.0.1 under Linux.

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/ADE_2.0.1_Linux

This way you won't have to buy a Kindle since you have a good tablet.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Yes, you say it often, and it's still not true. Win10 is at least 30% less productive and more downtime than Win 7. It's less compatible too. It's the least user configurable windows since Window 3.0.

IMNSHO, Windows 10 is not 30% less productive than Windows 7. Our office staff would be still screaming if that was the case. As for downtime compared to Windows 7? Again not in my experience with a few thousand desktops and laptops where Windows 10 has proven to have fewer issues than Windows 7.

Less compatible with what? We are currently using several business programs that are not compatible with Windows 7 and some that required updates to work with Windows 10. But then when we went to Windows 7, we had to have a good chunk of our custom and purchased programs updated to work with Windows 7. There is hardware that we said goodbye to, especially some of our older printers as we moved to a 64 bit environment but most of our hardware still works.

As for being least configurable? I have no issues with configuring Windows 10 to work the way I want it to work for the end users. Group Policy has an enriched selection over Windows 7 making it easier for IT to manage them.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

IMNSHO, Windows 10 is not 30% less productive than Windows 7. Our office staff would be still screaming if that was the case. As for downtime compared to Windows 7? Again not in my experience with a few thousand desktops and laptops where Windows 10 has proven to have fewer issues than Windows 7.

Less compatible with what? We are currently using several business programs that are not compatible with Windows 7 and some that required updates to work with Windows 10. But then when we went to Windows 7, we had to have a good chunk of our custom and purchased programs updated to work with Windows 7. There is hardware that we said goodbye to, especially some of our older printers as we moved to a 64 bit environment but most of our hardware still works.

As for being least configurable? I have no issues with configuring Windows 10 to work the way I want it to work for the end users. Group Policy has an enriched selection over Windows 7 making it easier for IT to manage them.

Very well said!

[Loosheesh]

I use ADE 2.0 and it recently stopped opening ACSM files (some message about 'bad device key' etc). To get around that, I open the ACSM file with the Bluefire app on my iPad, I email the ePub to myself, and I then open it in Calibre. Convoluted but it works.

[jmontano]

OP can take a look at this website for DRM-Free content, not only books

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by raynchk

I'm probably not seeing the obvious here, maybe there's an easier way. I'd like to purchase the Master of War series by David Gilman to start.

Any suggestions?

Both Tolinos and Pocketbooks have ADE built-into their devices. So, that would be one way to go — though you wouldn't be reading on your tablet. That's what I've been doing (I also run Linux). The easiest way to do it is buy your eBook, download the .ascm file, send that file to your download folder on the Tolino or Pocketbook via the USB cable, then download the book via the device (you'll have to set up an account with Adobe ADE). You can buy ePubs just about anywhere going this route — but you'd still have to either install ADE in Wine or dual-boot or use a Windows Virtual Machine to DeDRM the books so you could read them into Calibre.

Another route is to go with Kobo. I'm pretty sure you can download a Kobo app and read books purchased from Kobo on your tablet. Not sure if there's a Kobo "de-drm" for Calibre that works in Linux or not.

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/master-of-war-4#

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You want to run Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1 and using Calibre 5.x with the DeDRM plugin v7.0.0b4, you can remove the DRM from your ePub. No need to worry about getting DRM free ePub. You can get DeDRM v7.0.0b4 from Apprentice Alf's Blog.

So far I've had zero luck going to this route. One of my Linux laptops dual boots to Vista so, if I want, I can De-DRM there. Mostly I've just been reading library books, so I just download the .ascm file to the Tolino and read the book there. (Or on a Kobo.)