DRM won't let me put a book on my ereader. - Page 2

AnemicOak · 07-26-2012, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

Is the format one of the new Kobo "kepub" books? that might limit its use to only a Kobo reader.

Kepub's aren't downloaded with ADE, so if she downloaded the book with ADE it's either an ePub or PDF.

HarryT · 07-26-2012, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

Is the format one of the new Kobo "kepub" books? that might limit its use to only a Kobo reader.

No, if you buy from the Kobo web site it will always be an ePub book.

AnemicOak · 07-26-2012, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

No, if you buy from the Kobo web site it will always be an ePub book.

They do sell some books in PDF too.

HarryT · 07-26-2012, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

They do sell some books in PDF too.

Sorry, I was replying to the previous question about whether it would be a kepub. IF it's an ePub book, it will always be ADE ePub, not kepub As you say, it could be PDF, but that doesn't change anything, because if it's PDF, it'll be ADE PDF. Either way, it'll work with ADE

.

sunnysmiles · 07-26-2012, 11:55 AM

Thanks so much for that video

Miss · 07-26-2012, 10:34 PM

Problem has been resolved - skip to the end for the punchline.

My previous method has been to download books (which open in ADE), copy to Calibre, and then transfer from Claibre to my PB. I have done this sucessfully with well over two dozen books, most of them DRMed, so I'm pretty certain I have the process right. Occasionally one or two showed the "unable to open file, may be damaged or protected" error, and after multilpe attempts I gave up on them, but that was fine because they were free anyway so I assumed something in the offer had expired. I also used this method with purchased books.

With this book, when I tried my usual method it seemed to work fine, went from ADE to Calibre to ereader okay, except when I trie dot open it on my PB it wouldn't open the file, "may be damaged or protected." I thoguht there must have been some glitch, perhaps I unplugged too soon, etc, so I tried it again. Same result. I made another download from my Kobo Library and tried again. Same result. I thought maybe I wasn't keeping my copies straight so deleted everything and tried again. Same result.

So then I decided to try skipping the Calibre step and going straight from ADE to PB. I hadn't don't this before, but it seemed pretty straightforward to drag and drop one of the books in the ADE library to the "pocket360" listed inside ADE under "bookshelves". That's when I got the note that (IIRC) said it cannot copy due to the DRM restrictions. At which point I started to lose it.

I tried a few more times and did actually manage to get the book onto my PB from ADE, but it was just like with Calibre, it would not let me open the file. Gave up, wrote frustrated post, went to bed.

Anyway, starting again today this time I got ADE's "Error#2038" (this discussion details it) and so started fresh by deleting all copies and downloading again from my Kobo library. This time it worked, file opens fine, I actually have my book!

Looks like whatever the error was has resolved itself.

Will still watch the video, though, to check and see if I missed anything. Thanks for the replies, everyone.

caleb72 · 07-27-2012, 04:05 AM

Glad you got it sorted. I haven't had the experience yet, but it must be a bummer to buy a book and think that you're not going to be able to read it. I'd be a bit miffed as well.

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07-26-2012, 11:55 AM	#20
sunnysmiles Addict Posts: 279 Karma: 1188010 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: London Device: I pad air, kindle pw2 and kindle touch , kindle had fire Nook pad nook	Thanks so much for that video

07-26-2012, 10:34 PM	#21
Miss Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 491022 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: USA Device: Pocketbook 360+	Problem has been resolved - skip to the end for the punchline. My previous method has been to download books (which open in ADE), copy to Calibre, and then transfer from Claibre to my PB. I have done this sucessfully with well over two dozen books, most of them DRMed, so I'm pretty certain I have the process right. Occasionally one or two showed the "unable to open file, may be damaged or protected" error, and after multilpe attempts I gave up on them, but that was fine because they were free anyway so I assumed something in the offer had expired. I also used this method with purchased books. With this book, when I tried my usual method it seemed to work fine, went from ADE to Calibre to ereader okay, except when I trie dot open it on my PB it wouldn't open the file, "may be damaged or protected." I thoguht there must have been some glitch, perhaps I unplugged too soon, etc, so I tried it again. Same result. I made another download from my Kobo Library and tried again. Same result. I thought maybe I wasn't keeping my copies straight so deleted everything and tried again. Same result. So then I decided to try skipping the Calibre step and going straight from ADE to PB. I hadn't don't this before, but it seemed pretty straightforward to drag and drop one of the books in the ADE library to the "pocket360" listed inside ADE under "bookshelves". That's when I got the note that (IIRC) said it cannot copy due to the DRM restrictions. At which point I started to lose it. I tried a few more times and did actually manage to get the book onto my PB from ADE, but it was just like with Calibre, it would not let me open the file. Gave up, wrote frustrated post, went to bed. Anyway, starting again today this time I got ADE's "Error#2038" (this discussion details it) and so started fresh by deleting all copies and downloading again from my Kobo library. This time it worked, file opens fine, I actually have my book! Looks like whatever the error was has resolved itself. Will still watch the video, though, to check and see if I missed anything. Thanks for the replies, everyone.

07-27-2012, 04:05 AM	#22
caleb72 Indie Advocate Posts: 2,863 Karma: 18794463 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Kindle	Glad you got it sorted. I haven't had the experience yet, but it must be a bummer to buy a book and think that you're not going to be able to read it. I'd be a bit miffed as well.

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