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Como usar tu eReader Onyx Boox con eBiblio y Adobe DRM #eBiblio #OnyxBoox #Ebooks

Como usar tu eReader PocketBook con Adobe DRM y eBiblio #PocketBook #eBiblio #Ebooks

Si vives en España, es posible que te hayas dado cuenta de que tienes a tu disposición eBiblio, el servicio de préstamo digital de libros electrónicos, revistas y periódicos de las bibliotecas públicas en España. La buena noticia es que si tienes un eReader PocketBook puedes leer estos eBooks con Adobe DRM directamente en tu dispositivo PocketBook sin pasos intermedios como tenemos que hacer en…

So, I wasted $3 today. Got offered an E-ARC that used Adobe DRM, and initially figured “no big, that’s what the Aldiko Books app is for, right?” (Since Amazon’s native e-readers don’’t play nice with Adobe).

Here’s the problem:

The version of Aldiko books currently offered on amazon.com is hilariously out of date. I couldn’t even log in. Which means I’m going to read this sucker on my phone, because the Google Play store does have the up-to-date app.

I have been a loyal user of Kobo for years now. It’s my preferred brand, always has been and always will be. We own the Kobo Wifi, the Kobo Touch, the Kobo Arc (64GB) and now we are the proud owners of the Kobo Touch 2.0.

Let’s start with the basics.

The Kobo Touch 2.0 cost $89.99 (01/06/2017 – date price pulled from https://us.kobobooks.com/). It is a 6″ e-reader with an anti-glare touchscreen…

Adobe DRM: A tip for Kobo e-reader fans and a plea for DRM-control laws

My Amazon Kindles, even the $290 Oasis, won’t do all-text bold regardless of all the pleas from me and others to [email protected] and friends.

So shouldn’t I use my Kobo Aura H2O instead to enjoy OverDrive library books from the public library here in Alexandria, Virginia, despite the hassles of Adobe DRM? The Kobo e-reader even has a font-weight slider to adjust the level of bold.

Ah! But a nasty…

Ein DRM-geschütztes E-Book-Belegexemplar, drei Autoren

Ich habe mit zwei Coautoren ein Buch veröffentlicht. Zum ersten Mal bekommen wir zusätzlich zu den Papier-Belegexemplaren auch die E-Book-Version unseres Buchs. In der Mail vom Verlag heißt es:

Um es zu herunterzuladen, gehen Sie bitte wie folgt vor: 1. Sollten Sie Adobe Digital Editions noch nicht installiert haben, laden Sie es bitte hier herunter: www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions 2. Nachdem Sie Adobe Digital Editions installiert haben, öffnen Sie den folgenden Link in Ihrem Browser. (Es folgt ein sechs Zeilen langer Link.) 3. Die geladene Datei öffnen Sie bitte anschließend mit Adobe Digital Editions. Wichtig: sobald Sie diese Datei öffnen wird der Link für andere Personen (genauer: andere Installationen von Adobe Digital Editions) ungültig. 4. Das eBook wird nun automatisch geladen und angezeigt.

Dass der Link beim Öffnen der Datei für andere Personen ungültig wird, ist unpraktisch, denn wir sind ja zu dritt. Zum Glück kennt sich einer von uns mit Sicherheitskopien von DRM-geschützten Büchern aus, und kurze Zeit später besitzen wir alle das Buch in einer .mobi- und einer EPUB-Version.

Adobe to Require New EPub DRM in July, Expects to Abandon Existing Users - The Digital Shift

Third party apps should be able to update fine, although for vendors, like OverDrive, who house the titles on their own servers, it makes me wonder what kind of logistical nightmare that might create. Will everything they have require new DRM? 

So, yesterday I tried to buy some new books for the shiny new Sony e-Reader we got for Christmas. Should be easy, no?

Well - that kind of depends where you live, apparently. Outside the USA and Canada, the built-in Sony Reader Store (ebooks.sony.com) does not work. Not that it gives you any indication of this fact, on the contrary...

The way I found out was the following:

go to the store, find the book you want.

click Want this eBook?

click Click here to purchase this ebook! [note the slightly insane two clicks to purchase, almost as though they want to ask "Are you sure you want to spend your money with us? Really?"]

what happens next is that the Sony Library app (think of it as the Sony e-Reader's iTunes app) opens. But it does nothing - no error message, nothing!

That is where I realized the store was trying to use a built-in store feature in the Library app, that is simply not present in international versions. Yay for that customer experience.

Obviously, I still wanted to get a book. Hunting for directions to another e-book store on the Sony eBook Store site was pretty frustrating. Nothing there to help me. In other words, if the built in store is not open for your region, bad luck to you!

Luckily, Google came to my rescue: some tech site carried a review that mentioned that for UK customers, the device linked to WHSmith and Waterstones' online stores. So I went there... and found that in fact, these guys link to the Kobo book store.

So, the conclusion is: if you have a Sony e-Book Reader and you want to purchase English-language e-books, go to the Kobo e-book store and buy ePub-format books with Adobe DRM.

For Dutch-language books, you can also use bol.com, an online store in the Netherlands.