12-11-2018, 05:09 PM | #16 |
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Walled gardens are a bunch of hooey. I buy DRM'ed ebooks from any vendor I want to and read them all on the very same device (without removing DRM or converting).
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12-11-2018, 05:12 PM | #17 | |
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I'd have been impressed and intrigued had you said "read them all on the very same e-ink device..." |
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12-11-2018, 05:14 PM | #18 | |
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Checking Smashwords (to stick with your example), the books that I have bought from them are available as ePub and Mobi. Last edited by ZodWallop; 12-11-2018 at 05:18 PM. |
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12-11-2018, 05:21 PM | #19 |
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12-11-2018, 05:29 PM | #20 |
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12-11-2018, 05:32 PM | #21 | |
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Could you point me in the direction where I might find the standards document for Amazon's version of mobi format -- it had diverged quite enthusiastically from the Open eBook standard even before Mobipocket was purchased by Amazon. As the MobileRead wiki entry for Open eBook says about their sample file, "many of the MobiPocket specific package items are missing from the file". Other such items as the the Open eBook standard allowing for and preferring CSS while Mobipocket did not support CSS -- in-line styles only need apply. By comparison, the Kobo modification of epub is about as compliant as you can get with the Epub3 standards document. One other point is that for compatibility reasons, the javascript, which is permissible under the Epub3 standard, found in early kepubs was removed making a kepub more readable with an Epub2 renderer. As for DRM? Remove the DRM from a kepub and you can view it on another epub viewer with few if any visible results. Finding a non-Amazon app or device that would view a AZW3 or KFX file without conversion to a different format is a bit more difficult. And please note that DRM on KFX ebooks has been updated breaking the current tools. For humour, you might want to check TechRadar's best free ebook readers for 2018. The number 1 benefit to using a Kindle app: compatible with all ebook formats. The number 3 choice for an ebook reader: Calibre. See The best free ebook reader 2018. |
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https://the-digital-reader.com/2018/...lears-the-fcc/ https://the-digital-reader.com/2017/...droid-ereader/ https://the-digital-reader.com/2018/...oke-pro-video/ There's plenty more out there, in all sorts of sizes ranging from six to ten inches. |
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I understand there's always going to preferences. But I honestly think it's time that people start owning up to the fact that they're at least partly responsible for their own "imprisonment." By falling too much in love with certain formats, branding, screen technologies, DRM status, reading apps, fonts, kerning, styles, evil empires, buttons, haptics, collections, blah de blah de blah. It'd be like someone only being able to read a hardcover with off-white, deckle-edged, recycled paper on the second and fourth Thursdays of a month with an "R" in it before ebooks came along.
I just want buy books and read them. A tablet and a handful of apps lets mash all those garden walls flat and do just that. I've been done with making it hard on myself for a long time, now. Y'all can carry that torch without me. *shrug* EDIT: please note that I'm not dismissing the importance many of these choices/features can hold for those with disabilities or special needs. Last edited by DiapDealer; 12-11-2018 at 07:10 PM. |
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But, more seriously, I don't care if I have to jump through a few hoops to read on my e-Ink devices. It's really pretty trivial. |
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12-11-2018, 08:48 PM | #29 |
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And I wouldn't read nearly as much if I had to put down my tablet to go find where I left my ereader. We all do what we gotta do
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Choice is good. Personally I would have to go find my tablet if I wanted to read on it. My E-Ink Readers are always at hand. |
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