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I am leaning towards the EZ reader. I want to buy some books from fictionwise but they only come in secure mobipocket and secure ereader format. The question is can I just download the mobi version and have it readable on PP? Or I might not be able to since it might only support the DRM-free mobi (according to Wallcraft on earlier post) hmm...Or maybe I can buy them in ereader and use calibre to convert it to other formats that would work on the PP? Will calibre strip the DRM as well as convert? I went to Bookonboards and cant find anything I like there. Anywhere else sell Adobe PDF?
Ok I just reread Wallcraft post again..and I guess calibre can only be used to convert cross format with DRM-free ebooks only. Dang! Guess there's no easy way out but deDRM those puppies unless I only buy books with Adobe PDF/ePub and hopeful that Sony switch all thier books to ePub soon enough and that the PP support the ereader fast so I can use BN as well. I guess I want the easy way out. No Kindle suggestion please. I want to actually "own" books I bought. Last edited by superstitious; 08-30-2009 at 08:55 PM. |
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I'm in the same boat as you, superstitious. And I still have to learn how to do all of this format/DRM business.
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08-30-2009, 09:52 PM | #19 |
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Well, glad to know Im not the only one GA Russell! I have just been learning and reading everything and everywhere. I think I am going to wait till some people get their hands on the PP to see if it is for me. But man, I feel like I might not be able to wait. The more I read the more excited I get. lol
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08-30-2009, 10:57 PM | #20 |
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In order to strip MOBI and eReader DRM you need to use python scripts from the command line, the best place to start to look for these is the darkreverser weblog. In the comments to the the blog you might even find a Windows GUI version for MOBI that is easier to use. Note that for MOBI you need a PID, and often the best source is the PID of your Windows PC running Desktop MobiPocket Reader.
Calibre only deals with DRM-free ebooks. You may want to use it to convert your DRM-free ebooks to an optimal format for the Pocket Pro. Probably ePub or FB2 will be best. |
08-31-2009, 03:24 AM | #21 | |
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08-31-2009, 05:06 PM | #22 | |
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Is there a place where I can find a really detailed information about all the file formats the PP actually take? Like other than the PDF and ePub. I want to know if the secure mocrosoft reader version (lit) will work for this without deDRM or not. Also, since this thing supports a lot of file types , knowing whether it takes DRM or Non-DRM version would be nice. I looked at the wiki for the PP. It only shows which files are supported but not an extensive version of whether or not those files have to be DRM or DRM-free to work on the PP (without converting of course). Thanks!
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08-31-2009, 09:36 PM | #24 | |
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There are at least three "readers" on the device, each for a different set of formats. Adobe Digital Editions is used for ePub and PDF. CoolReader is used for FB2 and RTF. Several of the other formats use a PDF-like reader that maps the format to standard pages and then renders those pages in one of 3 "zoom levels". I am not a fan of the last reader, although it works in a pinch. LIT in particular seems to be buggy, and I suggest using Calibre to convert DRM-free LIT to FB2 or ePub. My recommendations are based on the EZ Reader Basic. I have a Pocket Pro on order. |
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08-31-2009, 09:47 PM | #25 | |
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09-01-2009, 09:08 AM | #26 |
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AZtek will soon have the ereader format in DRM also.
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ADE (Adobe Digital Edition), PDF, TXT, PDB, DOC, HTML, FB2, LIT, MP3, EPUB, PRC, WOL, CHM, PPT, TIF, PNG,GIF, RAR, ZIP, DJVU, JPG, BMP, with future support for Ereader DRM which is my preferred format (the only other reader that is available and says they will support Ereader DRM is Eslick). The Mobi/PRC is non DRM. I actually prefer how FB2 looks. Does Sony Support FB2? Not supporting Mobi/PRC in its non DRM format is in my opinion a negative. |
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09-01-2009, 05:48 PM | #28 | |
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Rate the Hanlin, specifically the Astak EZ line, format support in terms of quality. 10 for great support, 1 for the most rudimentary of support, for each supported format. DOCUMENTS ADE TXT PDB DOC HTML FB2 LIT EPUB PRC WOL CHM DJVU IMAGES PPT TIF PNG GIF JPG BMP Ereader DRM RAR & ZIP are simply archived images files, and may be listed as CBR and CBZ (ComicBookRar & ComicBookZip) |
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09-01-2009, 05:51 PM | #29 |
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Does this mean that the V3 and clones are all using the same buggy ADE code?
Sony's ADe does not yet have full justification. But other than that, it works rather well (for ADE). Last edited by JSWolf; 09-01-2009 at 05:53 PM. |
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The ADE that is there at the moment for the V3 looks to be the basic ADE SKU. We are excepting updated firmware as soon as the developers have the time to make the updates. I would think that even the first firmware release of the Sony's did not have it right the the first time.
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