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Hi Hellmark yes you are correct but it does included it, I tried to emphasis only ePUB by putting it in parenthesis.
I re-read my question and realized I was not all to clear ![]() Actually this is incorrect, while they do sell "Adobe ePUB" is not supported on their readers. If you still think you are correct please tell me how to access an Adobe ePUB from their BlackBerry/iPhone reader. |
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=X=, also, if you look it says "Adobe Digital Editions required." at various spots when you go to download a book. As far as testing on a blackberry, or iphone, I can't do that. I just know the books I've got from Shortcovers, did infact require Adobe Digital Editions to download, just like every other ADE book I've downloaded elsewhere.
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=X= and Hellmark, I think I can clear this up.
Shortcovers lets you download Adobe DRM ePub files, but the iPhone (and Blackberry, I imagine) app only interfaces with the online library. So, no the apps don't accept ePub files, but yes, they sell ADE ePub at the same time. I also wish they would add ePub support to their apps, as images don't show up properly in the online books. If they would allow full downloads to the app with proper image support (currently, if an image is in the text, it just shows up unreadably small at the beginning of the chapter), I would be fine with it not supporting ePub… but really, I seems much easier to just let you use your ePub books in the app than re-work the whole online reading component. |
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Well, the inability to use the ADE books on iphone is not Shortcovers' fault. ADE does not exist for iPhone (or Blackberry, based on what I've seen). ADE is a flash based app, and flash is not available for iphone. if ADE is not available on a system, then ADEPT encoded books are not readable. It is simple as that.
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Really? Are you saying Sony readers (and other ePub, eInk readers) have flash on there, just for ADE books? There must be a way to use ADE without flash...
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Let me try to answer the questions that have come up since I was last here:
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We just released a new Blackberry application which RIM has decided is good enough to feature on their AppWorld, and have a brand new iPhone application that we are waiting on Apple to approve (it has been with them for 7 weeks now) that improves the experience dramatically, and includes a bunch of new features, like proper offline reading . Quote:
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No one has this running on a phone platform yet. Lexcycle announced they had licensed it, but haven't implemented it (and given their purchase by Amazon, I doubt they will) Jordan Christensen Product Manager, Shortcovers |
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Just signed up JC!
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I do like the new store. It works well and that you offer ePub for mostly a decent price it's good. One thing.. I would like to have a what's new link to see the new eBooks.
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So far I have found 2 books that Sony doesn't offer and two that are cheaper. Haven't bought any yet as I just got done buying 8 books. Is there a way to see what free downloads there are there?
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Thanks BookLoverToo for the link. It's a nice place. They don't have a lot of main titles (yet?) but they did have some books I've been looking for and no one else seems to have in an ePub edition. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin was 40-cents less than elsewhere, and no one else I found has it in ePub.
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Me neither! I think the site is a mess, especially if you're looking for something that isn't in the most popular or featured areas. About the only way I could find anything was to search by author or title. I guess you're supposed to browse by Topic, not that I had much luck that way. It would be helpful to be able to browse by subject or have a complete list of the available topics somewhere other than a "cloud" of the most popular.
I'm not really interested in buying books a chapter at a time, which is what most of their offerings appear to be. Their prices on epubs were good, so I'll check them out if I already know what I want to buy. However, unless they make the site easier to navigate, it probably won't be the first place I'll go to browse. |
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I agree, tamzilla. For a site whose slogan (at least when you open the iPhone app) is "Find Your Next Great Read," they sure make it hard to find things. The best way to find something is to already know what you want and just search for it.
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