secure ePub on iLiad

johnnytruant · 09-02-2008, 10:37 AM

So, I've been talking to a number of UK publishers. Most of them are gagging to get their back catalogues online, but they are all about the secure ePub as their format of choice. Just after mobipocket's DRM was finally cracked too, dammit*.

Anyone know if the iLiad can handle, or has plans to be able to handle, secure ePub? I know I can do non-secured ePubs with fbreader (thanks Adam!).

* note: I don't want to steal books. I just want to own - not lease - the ones I've paid for. On the plus side, every publisher was broadly anti-DRM, and are hoping to be DRM-free in the future. They all said that right now - in an emerging ebook market etc - it was very hard for them to sell DRM-free to authors/author's agents/etc. Cf the mp3 market - started all DRM-d up, then slowly started to unclench over the last couple of years.

wallcraft · 09-02-2008, 11:04 AM

MobiPocket requires DRM exclusivity before they will license their ebook reader on EInk devices. So Adobe Digital Editions won't be ported to the iLiad (or to the Cybook), and unless Adobe's DRM is cracked it will never be possible to read Secure Adobe ebooks on the iLiad.

igorsk · 09-02-2008, 11:11 AM

iRex can always drop Mobi and put Adobe's Reader instead. Or they can offer two versions of firmware.

johnnytruant · 09-02-2008, 11:17 AM

Wow, that sucks pretty hard. I guess the more popular secure ePub is, the more likely it is someone will crack it, though. I'll stick to .mobis for now then.

thanks for the info.

igor - but then I won't be able to read all my existing mobipocket books, surely? Nice that the industry appears so focussed on making sure as many people as possible can read their books in as unrestricted a fashion as possible. OH HANG ON.

Format C: · 09-03-2008, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

MobiPocket requires DRM exclusivity before they will license their ebook reader on EInk devices. So Adobe Digital Editions won't be ported to the iLiad (or to the Cybook), and unless Adobe's DRM is cracked it will never be possible to read Secure Adobe ebooks on the iLiad.

It's possible to break Adobe DRM, of course.
It's just a matter of time.

I'm sure I can "iliadize" a medium-sized novel in a couple of hours...

09-02-2008, 10:37 AM	#1
johnnytruant Member Posts: 23 Karma: 149 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: iRex iLiad, Aura HD	secure ePub on iLiad So, I've been talking to a number of UK publishers. Most of them are gagging to get their back catalogues online, but they are all about the secure ePub as their format of choice. Just after mobipocket's DRM was finally cracked too, dammit. Anyone know if the iLiad can handle, or has plans to be able to handle, secure ePub? I know I can do non-secured ePubs with fbreader (thanks Adam!). note: I don't want to steal books. I just want to own - not lease - the ones I've paid for. On the plus side, every publisher was broadly anti-DRM, and are hoping to be DRM-free in the future. They all said that right now - in an emerging ebook market etc - it was very hard for them to sell DRM-free to authors/author's agents/etc. Cf the mp3 market - started all DRM-d up, then slowly started to unclench over the last couple of years.

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09-02-2008, 11:04 AM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	MobiPocket requires DRM exclusivity before they will license their ebook reader on EInk devices. So Adobe Digital Editions won't be ported to the iLiad (or to the Cybook), and unless Adobe's DRM is cracked it will never be possible to read Secure Adobe ebooks on the iLiad.

09-02-2008, 11:11 AM	#3
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	iRex can always drop Mobi and put Adobe's Reader instead. Or they can offer two versions of firmware.

09-02-2008, 11:17 AM	#4
johnnytruant Member Posts: 23 Karma: 149 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: iRex iLiad, Aura HD	Wow, that sucks pretty hard. I guess the more popular secure ePub is, the more likely it is someone will crack it, though. I'll stick to .mobis for now then. thanks for the info. igor - but then I won't be able to read all my existing mobipocket books, surely? Nice that the industry appears so focussed on making sure as many people as possible can read their books in as unrestricted a fashion as possible. OH HANG ON.

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