Lonely Planet Country Guides

Sonist · 12-17-2009, 04:22 AM

I just noticed, that Amazon has the Lonely Planet country guides in AZW format.

I was just about to purchase one, but luckily, downloaded a sample, and even though it says AWZ, I couldn't remove the DRM from the sample. So, unless I am doing something wrong, these seem to be Topaz files.

Which means, I will not go near them (I actually have a couple of p-guides for the destination I am going to, and the PDF versions can be purchased from LP (and many are available elsewhere, including on darknet.) But since the Kindle sucks at PDF, I am not buying these, either.

Anyone knows if LP country guides are available elsewhere, as mobi, or EPUB?

FlorenceArt · 12-17-2009, 06:11 AM

According to Inkmesh, there's only Amazon.

I wonder how useful an e-guidebook can be? You'd need a reader with a search functionality for sure, but the Kindle must have that I guess. Would the maps be readable? My experience with images in books on the Cybook hasn't been very good, but maybe on another reader it would be different... or with a better formatted e-book.

Sonist · 12-17-2009, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

According to Inkmesh, there's only Amazon.

I wonder how useful an e-guidebook can be? You'd need a reader with a search functionality for sure, but the Kindle must have that I guess....

Yeah, the Kindle has it, for mobi files (which is why I was excited to see LP available,) but not for PDFs, which is idiotic, to put it mildly. Almost as idiotic as this DRM boondoggle.

I suppose both LP and Amazon are losing a sale, since I am going to use the p-guides I already have. I will be carrying a small laptop, so I may actually get a "free" PDF guide from somewhere, just to try it.

AlexBell · 12-20-2009, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonist

I suppose both LP and Amazon are losing a sale, since I am going to use the p-guides I already have. I will be carrying a small laptop, so I may actually get a "free" PDF guide from somewhere, just to try it.

The pdf download I have for Cairo is excellent; the one for Gaza is much less useful and quite dated.

Regards, Alex

12-17-2009, 04:22 AM	#1
Sonist Apeist Posts: 2,126 Karma: 381090 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The sunny part of California Device: Generic virtual reality story-experiential device	Lonely Planet Country Guides I just noticed, that Amazon has the Lonely Planet country guides in AZW format. I was just about to purchase one, but luckily, downloaded a sample, and even though it says AWZ, I couldn't remove the DRM from the sample. So, unless I am doing something wrong, these seem to be Topaz files. Which means, I will not go near them (I actually have a couple of p-guides for the destination I am going to, and the PDF versions can be purchased from LP (and many are available elsewhere, including on darknet.) But since the Kindle sucks at PDF, I am not buying these, either. Anyone knows if LP country guides are available elsewhere, as mobi, or EPUB?

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12-17-2009, 06:11 AM	#2
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	According to Inkmesh, there's only Amazon. I wonder how useful an e-guidebook can be? You'd need a reader with a search functionality for sure, but the Kindle must have that I guess. Would the maps be readable? My experience with images in books on the Cybook hasn't been very good, but maybe on another reader it would be different... or with a better formatted e-book.

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