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View Poll Results: Format: How important is knowing the format before purchase | |||
not important, don't care | 7 | 4.07% | |
good to know, but not necessary | 15 | 8.72% | |
absolutely important, want to know | 150 | 87.21% | |
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09-18-2013, 08:44 AM | #46 | |
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My intention was merely to canvas others opinions as to whether this whole thread be moved to the General Discussion sub forum for a wider airing because the notion of knowing the format of an ebook pre purchase is an industry issue |
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09-18-2013, 09:05 AM | #47 |
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I can see it now in France, but not so long ago it wasn't displayed (on the new web site). I've always known that on the former version of the web site.
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09-18-2013, 09:06 AM | #48 |
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When I began to bring my concerns to Kobo web staff, I did a run around various other sites to see how they were handling this sort of thing. Kobo seems to be the only one that makes two different formats (mostly) routinely available of course, but I did learn some interesting things.
I'm pretty sure Kobo will make a change; when it happens and what it looks like remains up in the air. Last edited by taming; 09-18-2013 at 09:12 AM. Reason: forgot B&N |
09-18-2013, 09:08 AM | #49 |
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09-18-2013, 09:11 AM | #50 | |
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09-18-2013, 09:12 AM | #51 | |
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Regarding the DRM status, it can be guessed by looking at the details (sharing ability or limited number of devices, but I don't remember clearly). |
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09-18-2013, 10:22 AM | #52 | |
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At least in Germany you can see "for E-Reader. Than it should be EPUB mit ADEPT-DRM: https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=UvK1Slvkz3MC |
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09-18-2013, 11:02 AM | #53 |
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I don't care as I've yet to download a book that was anything other than an epub. DRM doesn't bother me as I take care of that little bit of bother with Calibre!
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09-18-2013, 11:14 AM | #54 | |
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Sometimes, a book appears to be available only in KEPUB format. That is not Adobe DRM, and you can't de-DRM it using Calibre. |
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09-18-2013, 12:50 PM | #55 | |
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09-18-2013, 01:11 PM | #56 | |
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09-19-2013, 08:19 AM | #57 |
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I don't care what format an e-book is in, although for my Kobo, I do prefer the kepub format.
I find the price that suits me best and purchase from that site, be it Amazon, Kobo or wherever. If the price is near-about the same on Kobo and Amazon then I'll buy Kobo for kepub. Wherever I purchase from, I just do the necessary "Alf'ing of the file and hey presto it's available for any of my devices to read at my leisure. I do not give lend or sell these copies to people outside my immediate family, unlike p-books which I often giveaway or donate to charity. I don't care for DRM and would not purchase from a place where it became impossible to remove. Thus if Amazon, for example, find some way of stopping DRM removal then they'd just lose my custom. IMHO the practice of DRM embedding should be stopped as it mostly has with mp3's (because it doesn't work) I believe that the prices of e-books should be lowered slightly to remove temptation for pirating from the vast majority of honest people that are willing to pay for what they consume. |
09-19-2013, 10:15 AM | #58 | |
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09-19-2013, 05:23 PM | #59 | |
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09-19-2013, 05:28 PM | #60 |
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