Feb 1st only: Get PIRACY e-book free from the U of Chicago Press - Page 3

Acreo Aeneas · 02-01-2010, 10:48 PM

Eh, I'll pass on the note that I have to submit my email address to them. I rather not seeing how I usually get spammed a few days later by another dozen publishers/ebook retailers.

I guess it's fine if it's Adobe DRM'd since my reader can read Adobe DRM books.

weedfreak · 02-02-2010, 06:33 AM

I have never had a spam problem from UofC, they usually send one email a month advertising their current free book. The rest of the process is a real pain in the butt though.

I usually run with flash blocked so I need to unblock that to get the d/l link, then I need to have the totally pointless ADE installed next I have to strip the DRM as a point of principle (especially on a book about piracy) then I need to convert it to an ebook format as pdf is not an ebook format. So after an hour or so I can read the 'free' ebook. This long and unnecessary procedure is one of the reasons I will NEVER buy an ebook with DRM.

Dr. Drib · 02-02-2010, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pardoz

Given the subject matter, it's tempting to download it just to remove the DRM and email it back to them

Don

zelda_pinwheel · 02-02-2010, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

Zelda,

I suspect part of the problem is being in France. However, I also received an error message when I clicked on the link (my first page was different, as it detected ADE as bein installed). When I closed that error page, however, at the top of IE there was a "download file being blocked" banner, which I clicked and then it allowed me to save the ACSM file.

ADE is a pain - at least the one from Random House Australia downloaded without a hitch this month - last month it was offline with one problem after another for over a week and then when it came back up, it took several tries to get it downloaded and installed (various licensing error messages).

Given the experience with EPUB/PDF via ADE that most people get, perhaps the iPad will prove popular. The ease of buying, installing and getting on with reading has been behind a lot of the success of the Kindle.

hm, do you think it could be geographic ? that wasn't the impression i got (it just told me it couldn't connect to the server), and it didn't say anything about that in the page, but i guess you never know. i've actually never had a problem with ade in the past. i just think this particular delivery method (embedding the link in a flash animation

so there is no way to right click / save as manually, wrapping the link delivery up with the installer...) is needlessly (and even stupidly...) complex. no worries, since, i have acquired the file through alternate means

but it's still annoying.

Quote:

Originally Posted by oddly bodkins

OT (sorry) There is a really good one here:
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/asparagus_risotto/

yep, that looks about right.

thanks for the recipe.

kennyc · 02-02-2010, 07:55 AM

Hey! Are you guys Trafficking in pirate recipes?

AprilHare · 02-02-2010, 07:57 AM

Quite unusual for this book offer to be one day only! Good thing I was on the ball when downloading it early..

Oh, and you should have seen all the errors displayed before it successfully downloaded! ADE is getting into quite a mess.. it always asks me when I run it if I want to complete downloads, even though all downloads are done..

Quote:

Originally Posted by pedgarcia

I've received this email about the book Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates by Adrian Johns.

It seems will be free only today (Feb 1st)

The link is http://pressuchicago.qm4.net/a/0/124...6/default.aspx

You have to have Adobe Digital Editions installed to be able to download it.

Regards

Paulo

AprilHare · 02-02-2010, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

Hey! Are you guys Trafficking in pirate recipes?

I don't know about you, but Pirate fish and chips with side order of noodles sounds great

The FSM would be pleased, me mateys!
RAmen!

AprilHare · 02-02-2010, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I saved the acsm file, and then opened it in Sony Library. It worked.

I'm still to try using Sony Library for the purpose. it might help me avoid the messiness which is ADE.

zelda_pinwheel · 02-02-2010, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AprilHare

Quite unusual for this book offer to be one day only! Good thing I was on the ball when downloading it early..

Oh, and you should have seen all the errors displayed before it successfully downloaded! ADE is getting into quite a mess.. it always asks me when I run it if I want to complete downloads, even though all downloads are done..

well i'm relieved to know it's not just me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by AprilHare

I don't know about you, but Pirate fish and chips with side order of noodles sounds great

The FSM would be pleased, me mateys!
RAmen!

luqmaninbmore · 02-02-2010, 08:15 AM

Oddly enough, I didn't have any problems downloading it on my Ubuntu Netbook. Below the flash-doohickey telling me my system is not compatible there is a link that is clearly marked for linux users that allows you to download the ascm file directly.

zelda_pinwheel · 02-02-2010, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore

Oddly enough, I didn't have any problems downloading it on my Ubuntu Netbook. Below the flash-doohickey telling me my system is not compatible there is a link that is clearly marked for linux users that allows you to download the ascm file directly.

alas, that link only appears if you are on a linux machine. i noticed conditional messages in the page depending on which browser i used, warning about compatibility or potential problems (no warnings in firefox though). if there had been a direct link it would have solved all my problems.

koland · 02-02-2010, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AprilHare

Quite unusual for this book offer to be one day only! Good thing I was on the ball when downloading it early..

Oh, and you should have seen all the errors displayed before it successfully downloaded! ADE is getting into quite a mess.. it always asks me when I run it if I want to complete downloads, even though all downloads are done..

I get many of the same errors. tracking down and deleting any old .acsm files gets rid of the messages, usually, until some more left behind.

I also see you are using sony software - it uses ADE, it just hides it (and hides the error messages, so you can't tell what the real problem is), so doesn't really help. It does give you another place to hunt down the epub file and a different reader interface.

I wonder if they'll dump flash when the iPad ships - if it can download epubs/ade-pdf directly, it'll still have problems with any site that uses flash. So kiss reading those web-only versions of books at Kobo goodbye; although they are adding a reader app for the iPad, which should allow their mobile versions to work (they also think they are going to charge $9.99 for NYT bestsellers, which tells me MM hasn't stomped on their dreams, just yet).

Pardoz · 02-02-2010, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

I suspect part of the problem is being in France.

I doubt it, since it (eventually) worked for me in Poland, so I don't think it's a geo-restriction issue.

Sydney's Mom · 02-02-2010, 03:12 PM

It only worked for me if I opened DE first. I finally noticed the DE that opened hd nothing in it, and I knew I had a library book checked out. I left DE open, and downloaded again, and it worked.

AprilHare · 02-02-2010, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

I suspect part of the problem is being in France.

Could the problem *be* France, somehow?
My natural reaction is that there's nothing wrong with France..

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02-01-2010, 10:48 PM	#31
Acreo Aeneas Kobo Aura Posts: 252 Karma: 500520 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chicago, Illinois Device: Kobo Aura	Eh, I'll pass on the note that I have to submit my email address to them. I rather not seeing how I usually get spammed a few days later by another dozen publishers/ebook retailers. I guess it's fine if it's Adobe DRM'd since my reader can read Adobe DRM books.

02-02-2010, 06:33 AM	#32
weedfreak Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 185297 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ankh Morpork Device: calibre	I have never had a spam problem from UofC, they usually send one email a month advertising their current free book. The rest of the process is a real pain in the butt though. I usually run with flash blocked so I need to unblock that to get the d/l link, then I need to have the totally pointless ADE installed next I have to strip the DRM as a point of principle (especially on a book about piracy) then I need to convert it to an ebook format as pdf is not an ebook format. So after an hour or so I can read the 'free' ebook. This long and unnecessary procedure is one of the reasons I will NEVER buy an ebook with DRM.

02-02-2010, 07:55 AM	#35
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Hey! Are you guys Trafficking in pirate recipes?

02-02-2010, 08:15 AM	#40
luqmaninbmore Da'i Posts: 1,144 Karma: 1217499 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Baltimore Device: Toshiba Thrive, Kobo Touch, Kindle 1, Aluratek Libre, T-Mobile Comet	Oddly enough, I didn't have any problems downloading it on my Ubuntu Netbook. Below the flash-doohickey telling me my system is not compatible there is a link that is clearly marked for linux users that allows you to download the ascm file directly.

02-02-2010, 03:12 PM	#44
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	It only worked for me if I opened DE first. I finally noticed the DE that opened hd nothing in it, and I knew I had a library book checked out. I left DE open, and downloaded again, and it worked.

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