New format? (OEB) - Page 2

ath · 07-20-2006, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

Judge: So they defendant purchased the text for the going market rate?
Prosecuter: Yes, Your Honor.

Are you sure? Last time I 'bought' an eBook, I found that I didn't: I merely licensed it for various purposes ... or rather a single purpose, that of reading it in the manner the publisher decided.

ElaHuguet · 07-20-2006, 12:36 PM

@ Ath

Natch is talking about buying a p-book, and then converting it to an e-book.

NatCh · 07-20-2006, 12:40 PM

Yup. Wait ... wasn't that what we were talking about? Now I'm confused.

tribble · 07-20-2006, 02:56 PM

If i do that, i feel fine on a moral ground. But i would say, it is still illegal. Because i dont make the copy myself, but get it from the internet. This shows, we need a better ebook format and no DRM and publishers and authors, that sell for a reasonable price.

deadite66 · 07-23-2006, 05:55 PM

ok feeling slightly dumb here :/
what is a oeb book?, a single file or a collection of files (like the html/jpg/gif/opf when you unlit a lit file)

the iliad doesn't seem to recognise the extension .oeb or as i tried a folder with all the unlit files in it (assumed it might try to open the opf file)

maybe the software isn't capable of running it yet which is odd as i thought .xeb were in some part similar.

R2D2 · 07-23-2006, 06:19 PM

Btw.: You can open password protected PDF with the iLiad. You just have to activate the keyboad to make the dialog box visible.

ath · 07-24-2006, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadite66

what is a oeb book?, a single file or a collection of files (like the html/jpg/gif/opf when you unlit a lit file)

Collection of files, mainly in XML format. OEB stands for Open E-Book ... and used to be at www.openebook.org, but is now at www.idpf.org (International Digital Publishing Forum).

The document container that's based on ZIP archive structure carries the .epub extension (still only proposal). The so-called file-container seems to be an plain file structure, the 'top' file of which seems to be found by locating a META-INF/container.xml file and interpreting it ... but all examples I have seen so far use .opf as extension, so that may be a second method.

The container specification is still, I think, being drafted: it was recently posted for public comment at www.idpf.org .

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07-20-2006, 12:36 PM	#17
ElaHuguet iLiad freak Posts: 339 Karma: 243 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mallorca, Spain Device: iRex iLiad	@ Ath Natch is talking about buying a p-book, and then converting it to an e-book.

07-20-2006, 12:40 PM	#18
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Yup. Wait ... wasn't that what we were talking about? Now I'm confused.

07-20-2006, 02:56 PM	#19
tribble iLiad Maniac Posts: 1,382 Karma: 2369 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Opus (i love that thing) and iPad (what an irony)	If i do that, i feel fine on a moral ground. But i would say, it is still illegal. Because i dont make the copy myself, but get it from the internet. This shows, we need a better ebook format and no DRM and publishers and authors, that sell for a reasonable price.

07-23-2006, 05:55 PM	#20
deadite66 Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 16 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: irex iliad, uk Kindle gen3	ok feeling slightly dumb here :/ what is a oeb book?, a single file or a collection of files (like the html/jpg/gif/opf when you unlit a lit file) the iliad doesn't seem to recognise the extension .oeb or as i tried a folder with all the unlit files in it (assumed it might try to open the opf file) maybe the software isn't capable of running it yet which is odd as i thought .xeb were in some part similar.

07-23-2006, 06:19 PM	#21
R2D2 Mad Scientist Posts: 294 Karma: 242 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Germany Device: Zaurus, HTCMagician, iLiad	Btw.: You can open password protected PDF with the iLiad. You just have to activate the keyboad to make the dialog box visible.

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