12-16-2011, 02:55 PM | #31 |
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It's insulting to presume what someone else knows or doesn't know. Also, I can see that the converted files display just fine with no oddities or strangeness.
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12-16-2011, 03:09 PM | #32 | |
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Yes, it will mostly look good, but the code is not good. |
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12-16-2011, 03:29 PM | #33 |
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Presumptions aside, I see now that we're talking about two different things. I've never looked at the actual code Calibre produces because the books look just fine, so I've never needed to..
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12-16-2011, 03:41 PM | #34 | |
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12-16-2011, 03:43 PM | #35 |
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People like that need to break free of the shackles imprisoning their minds.
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12-16-2011, 03:43 PM | #36 | |
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But if it's a book I'm just reading for my own enjoyment (not editing, creating or proofing), then I fully embrace the "If it renders the text fine, I really don't care what the code behind it looks like" mentality. Last edited by DiapDealer; 12-16-2011 at 03:46 PM. |
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12-16-2011, 04:05 PM | #37 |
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Hmm, forgive me i am just an idiot Englisman, but what is the problem with DRMs? are they not there to serve the writer's interests? in which case, what is wrong with that? and as H says above they can be got round by the sound of things. As an author, I wld accord amazon a AAA rating for devising a wonderful revolutionary too for tearing down old publishing. But creative work should be paid for should it not? A person who buys a pbook can't give it free so a million people as somone online cld. So surely the little author who wants to make a cent as I do needs some bar on his or her work being simply taken as free to anyone who pays a dollar for it. If an author wants free exposure they simply don't opt for DRM. I salute Amazon for allowing DRM. What is the case against it?
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12-16-2011, 04:07 PM | #38 |
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12-16-2011, 04:08 PM | #39 | |
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Additionally, they lie to publishers and push them to use DRMs, rather than beeing neutral as they claimed to be. |
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12-16-2011, 04:09 PM | #40 | ||
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And Amazon isn't "allowing" anything. The publisher (whether that's an agency or an individual) determines whether the book has DRM. Quote:
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12-16-2011, 04:23 PM | #41 | |
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As for DRM, people who are sharing eBooks on the net either know where to get them without DRM or know how to strip the DRM so it's no problem for them. For people who buy eBooks, DRM can be an issue. Let's say you have a Kindle and you've bought 20 eBooks from Amazon. You've read 5 of these eBooks. Now you decide you want a Sony Reader and you've given your Kindle to someone else or sold it. Now you have these 15 unread and 5 read eBooks attached to your Amazon account. But you want to read them using your Sony. But wait, they have DRM. They won't work with your Sony. They won't work with anything but a Kindle or a Kindle app. But you don't want that because you want them in ePub. Now your choices are to buy them in ePub and pay again for them or strip the DRM and convert to ePub. See, the DRM just bit you in the ass and yes, it left welts. |
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12-16-2011, 05:14 PM | #42 |
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I believe one of the concerns the OP has is that there is no consistent and reliable way Amazon uses to notify customers of an ebook's DRM status.
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12-16-2011, 05:25 PM | #43 | |
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The discovery that this lack of a reliable marker was intentional and beeing generalized was the tipping point which decided me. |
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It seems to me that by your own logic, you should be done with ALL the major retailers of ebooks then, right? |
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12-16-2011, 07:09 PM | #45 | |
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I also bought the DVD versions that have both the original version of the movies and the updated version. I really want the original theatrical versions on Blu-Ray and have all of the quality and features of the Blu-Ray version but I can't do that. Hmm, I think this means that Lucas & Fox suck and are in a conspiracy to keep taking my money by evolving with technology. BTW I also really want my paperback copy of The Stand to morph into a signed galley copy, do you think you could assist with this? Also I expect no charge for any of these changes, because I'm an entitled brat who thinks I should be able to purchase something once and have it work on everything forever. |
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