10-20-2009, 07:12 PM | #271 |
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That would definitely help. I appreciate that... But is there any information as to whether or not the Nook can support HTML or RTF? From the information I've seen, only PDF, ePub and eReader are supported along with things like JPEG. If RTF is supported, then there won't be an issue.
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10-20-2009, 07:14 PM | #272 |
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Right now we can strip the DRM from ePub (Adept) and that is very good. A lot of ePub are horribly formatted and by stripping the DRM, I can go in and fix things so it looks nice. Plus I can use fonts other then the default. So unless we'll eventually be able to strip off this new DRM, why rock the boat?
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10-20-2009, 07:16 PM | #273 |
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10-20-2009, 07:30 PM | #278 |
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10-20-2009, 07:33 PM | #279 |
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I think that's entirely backwards. Formats are trivially easy to convert back and forth with the numerous free, GUI-tastic tools that are available. It is DRM that is really keeping the EBook market fragmented. These are still the early days of the market and it is imperative that we do our best to ensure that the DRM system that wins out is the most consumer-friendly. So far, that DRM is EReader style DRM which is keyed to a password or credit-card number and not tied to a server that will eventually go dark. Have you ADOBE library books that won't open because of some bug or have you not been able to authorize your computer because of a bug that forces you to run through your entire authorization count? This doesn't happen with EReader. Oh, and I don't need screwey proprietary software to download my EReader books. I just need a web browser.
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10-20-2009, 07:35 PM | #280 |
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For those of you worried about format support, I will be making sure eReader formatted PDB files produced by calibre will be compatible with the Nook (currently I only ensure compatibility with the desktop software). Also, I'll be ensuring calibre support for the device. Even (my wife is going to kill me for saying this) if I have to buy one to make these statements true.
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10-20-2009, 07:39 PM | #281 | |
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For the existing Adobe ePub DRM (which the Nook may also be using), your AdobeID can have 6 devices registered to it. If your friend's PC is one of the 6 devices then I think the .epub file can be emailed to you and it will work. I have never tried this though. Note that this effectively means that you are sharing the ebooks - which again is perfectly ok so long as you stay within the 6 device limit. |
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10-20-2009, 07:41 PM | #282 |
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que --- thats the one to wait for.
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10-20-2009, 07:48 PM | #285 |
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The Adobe/B&N joint press release is here:
http://newsblaze.com/story/200910201.../topstory.html The summary is this: B&N will be using their current flavor of DRM (content locked to a user name/CC#) for selling ePubs from their store. B&N has licensed this scheme to Adobe for inclusion in the RMSDK (Reader Mobile SDK – it’s the ePub/PDF engine we license to device manufacturers) and ACS (Adobe Content Server). Adobe in turn has licensed the RMSDK (that includes this method as well as our current method) to B&N, who is using it to implement ePub/PDF rendering on the Nook. Other RMSDK customers will get this as part of the 9.1 release of the RMSDK (early 2010). When those customers choose to include it on devices/firmware upgrades will be up to them. ADE 1.7.1 (the current version) does not support the new DRM format, but we do plan on releasing a version that does (and no there is no publicly released date for that version of ADE available yet). This will cause confusion in the short term about what will work where as we get everyone (including us) ramped up, but the long/medium term goal is that from a customer perspective – it’ll just work. Some additional notes: Yes the Nook does look nice. Yes you can sideload (via USB) current ACS4 protected content (both PDF and ePub) - as well as unprotected PDF and ePub. I can't comment on how PDF looks on it yet, as I've only gotten to see the Nook at B&N, and we don't have the devices here at Adobe yet to test. Last edited by Jim Lester; 10-20-2009 at 07:53 PM. |
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