New Kindle App 2.1 Out

[Trubu]

Originally Posted by scottjl

can i ask, are there any formatting issues when translating .mobi into .epub? pdf to epub is pretty nasty.

No issues that I've run across...Calibre retains images, TOC links and so on. .mobi is pretty limited when it comes to formatting, so it's easy to reproduce in .epub.

apple's music isn't wrapped in DRM any more.. B&N, they use adept right?

It's a newer version of Adept based on the old eReader "social DRM" - you unlock books using the credit card number you purchased them with, so you can easily share books with anyone you trust with that number. As far as DRM goes, it's about as painless as it gets. Once the B&N store is completely switched over to .epub, I'll probably start purchasing from them rather than Amazon.

[scottjl]

newer version of adept but the inept scripts still handle it?

[Bremen Cole]

What trubu said

You run one script that you input your name, and then your cc number. You only do that one time as it creates a file that the remover uses. So you get the B&N book and simply put in the book you want liberated, and the file name and location of the output file (book). Quick and painless.....

If you already have Python and Decripto installed, it's a breeze,,,,,,,

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Bremen Cole

What trubu said

You run one script that you input your name, and then your cc number. You only do that one time as it creates a file that the remover uses. So you get the B&N book and simply put in the book you want liberated, and the file name and location of the output file (book). Quick and painless.....

If you already have Python and Decripto installed, it's a breeze,,,,,,,

That's only for eReader format. ePub format is a different set of scripts. Similar to the scripts to strip the DRM from standard adept infected ePub.

[scottjl]

that's what i was asking.. can i use the same scripts from adept protected epubs for the B&N ones or do they use something else?

[Bremen Cole]

Ahhhh I see....

I don't know as I have bought one, and only one book from B&N..... And it I guess happened to be eReader format....sorry

But, it is sweet to buy a B&N book, and read it in iBooks or Stanza.... Wait a minute, I didn't convert, so the book I downloaded was an ePub..... So maybe they have gone completely to the new social DRM?

[mtnmedic]

Got mine. Coolness. The iTunes app store notified me of thee app updates, this being one of them.

[dhiru]

It's not good update at all-
No control over margin, linespacing, fonts etc.
Non drm book cover art is messed up (no such problem on kindle for pc)
Page turn animation is very slow.

[Trubu]

Originally Posted by scottjl

that's what i was asking.. can i use the same scripts from adept protected epubs for the B&N ones or do they use something else?

It's a different set of scripts (ignoble instead of inept).

[Bremen Cole]

Originally Posted by dhiru

It's not good update at all-
No control over margin, linespacing, fonts etc.
Non drm book cover art is messed up (no such problem on kindle for pc)
Page turn animation is very slow.

The margin and line space issues in iBooks and Kindle and B&N apps are the main reasons I am mainly using Stanza now. To me the inch margins just waist screen and make more page turns.... I do realize many people like those margins because of the nice look, but they should have a way to change them for people that want more text on the screen...

[Bremen Cole]

Originally Posted by Trubu

It's a different set of scripts (ignoble instead of inept).

Yes, I ran the "ignoblekeygen" to input CC and name......then....

I ran "ignobleepub" on the book purchased....

[scottjl]

Originally Posted by Trubu

It's a different set of scripts (ignoble instead of inept).

thanks. I'll have to track them down

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by scottjl

that's what i was asking.. can i use the same scripts from adept protected epubs for the B&N ones or do they use something else?

Different scripts. One thing i am not sure of is if the script for getting the key works with the current B&N Dsesktop Reader. I have the original version and the script to get the key does work.

[Bremen Cole]

I have the latest desktop reader, and it worked....

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by scottjl

the problem with the dictionary is apple has reserved the "touch and pop-up definition" built in to the ipad for their own apps, they've even rejected apps that tried to hook into Apple's private APIs that allow this.

what this means is that if another ereader wants to implement this, they have to develop the software code themselves, license a dictionary for use, load not only their app but the size of the dictionary, and hope that apple doesn't reject their app in the end, all for one extra feature that doesn't necessarily help them sell books.

can you see why they don't bother?

Or they can have the app access an internet dictionary, assuming the device is online. But ideally Apple would share the one they have via an official API.