Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 released

[soulfuldog]

Originally Posted by sharphamster

Excellent idea - but how much bandwidth does it take to re-download a couch?

Wouldn't you just download the file and print it out on your 3D printer?

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by l_macd

Wouldn't you just download the file and print it out on your 3D printer?

But then it's not being stored in the cloud, so what's the point anymore?

[hwlester]

Originally Posted by latepaul

All my data is backed up in my Mind Palace

Ha! Sherlock fan?

[cromag]

Originally Posted by Akshayy

Your hard disks will die over time, you will have to keep making backups. I have this issue with 100gbs of my pictures, losing a few every year.

Instead I recommend you dump them on the cloud , dropbox, google drive for example...

Best buy only real books!! no drm, no need to worry about resolution, battery life, no tech distractions, lasts forever if handled correctly!

As far as hard disks go, I stagger them -- load everything to the next drive after 2.5 years and mirror them, in another 2.5 get rid of the first buy new one and do the same, etc.

Although, honestly, ebook files are so miniscule I also keep a few extra copies of my library on spare SD cards. I have hundreds and have come nowhere near filling some old 2 GB SD cards I had leftover from my first digital camera. The biggest danger to an SD card is writing and re-writing, which I don't do with my archives. (The SD Association claims an expected lifespan of 10 years or more.)

As far as "real books" go -- you're right only if your books were printed on acid-free archival materials. Go to a used book store and check out the effects of yellowing, foxing, mold, mildew, silverfish, book worms, etc.

[Canuck_in_Japan]

The thing that really gets me is how they claim that there's a security risk for 2.01 at the same time that they release 3.0 and they want you to update to 3.0 in order to "protect" yourself against hijacking. Talk about a trojan horse.

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

The thing that really gets me is how they claim that there's a security risk for 2.01 at the same time that they release 3.0 and they want you to update to 3.0 in order to "protect" yourself against hijacking. Talk about a trojan horse.

They did that even with Photoshop. There was a bug in CS 5.x, and they said to patch it asap. A month later, the "patch" was upgrading to the new CS6. (@ €249). Public outrage made them patch CS5.x as well, later on.

[EowynCarter]

Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

The thing that really gets me is how they claim that there's a security risk for 2.01 at the same time that they release 3.0 and they want you to update to 3.0 in order to "protect" yourself against hijacking. Talk about a trojan horse.

Remove ADE from computer.

use Ios or android app.
Problem fixed

[Mivo]

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

Remove ADE from computer.
use Ios or android app.
Problem fixed

That doesn't really fix the underlying problem: Adobe using questionable methods that I, for one, don't really care to support with my patronage.

This is in addition to those alleged plans for "streaming"/online authorization, alienating older e-readers, and other measures that are all inconvenient and require jumping through hoops without benefiting the customer.

[EowynCarter]

Originally Posted by Mivo

That doesn't really fix the underlying problem: Adobe using questionable methods that I, for one, don't really care to support with my patronage.

This is in addition to those alleged plans for "streaming"/online authorization, alienating older e-readers, and other measures that are all inconvenient and require jumping through hoops without benefiting the customer.

True.

I'll see where this go. I buy most (if not all), my books on kobo. So, if I get slapped in the face, i'll still be able to at read the book, even if I can't de-DRM.

Streaming if a big no no for me, my main reading place, aka the metro, have no network !

[Mivo]

Yes, the option of getting books in kepub format from Kobo, thus side-stepping Adobe, is pretty much what I look at as my mid-term solution for mainstream books (and Baen/Smashwords for the more niche stuff). Ideally, I'd like to avoid Amazon as I feel it's only a matter of time until they introduce stricter DRM.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Mivo

Ideally, I'd like to avoid Amazon as I feel it's only a matter of time until they introduce stricter DRM.

Amazon have been continually tweaking their DRM. They switched from fixed PID per device for Kindle 1 and 2 to a per-book encryption key for kindle 3 and later. The iOS app has had the encryption key generation algorithm tweaked several times, and is currently uncracked. And the web application doesn't download at all.

But so far Alf and friends have kept up with most of it.

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

Remove ADE from computer.

use Ios or android app.
Problem fixed

What android app can download ADE books that I can then use in my preferred reading app which is currently Moon+ pro? I used to get samples in the Kobo app, but it seems that all books I try there are at least double spaced now and I don't see any way to fix this.

[EowynCarter]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

What android app can download ADE books that I can then use in my preferred reading app which is currently Moon+ pro? I used to get samples in the Kobo app, but it seems that all books I try there are at least double spaced now and I don't see any way to fix this.

Mantano.
Probably aldiko and bluefire as well.

And unless the app you want to use can read drm as well...

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by EowynCarter

Mantano.
Probably aldiko and bluefire as well.

And unless the app you want to use can read drm as well...

I know these can read drm, I didn't know they could download drm books. I'll check them out.

[joblack]

Any more specific information, additional to already written text, about the new DRM? Will it be applied every time or only if the publisher has the new Adobe Content Server installed? Which publishers have the new Adobe Content Server installed and how is the compatibility with existing e-book reader?