bemoaning once again

[tielan]

Have I mentioned how much I hate the majority of ebook sellers? Well, let me mention it again!

*brought to you by the frustration of trying to get hold of Nalini Singh's Heart Of Obsidian in ebook format that will work with Calibre and my (Sony) Reader*

Comments

[havocthecat]

Don't blame the ebook sellers, blame the publishers. They're the ones that make it harder for ebook sellers by adding all the limitations and restrictions. Or so I'm given to understand, anyway! I could be wrong.

[tielan]

Sellers, publishers...I think part of the problem is the sellers, too. They want you to read it on their e-reader or not at all. (Amazon, I'm looking at you!) So it's encased in DRM, ID'd so you can't have it on more than one reader, and I think that if your old e-reader goes down (and wasn't one of theirs) you can't get the file back. Which means you have to pay for it all over again.

*grr*

[skieswideopen]

DRM issue?

[tielan]

More like a "you can only read this if you use our e-reader, have a unique Adobe ID, and use it on one reader only - too bad if your old one goes down" issue.

[beatrice_otter]

Sorry! replied to the wrong comment. Gah.

[skieswideopen]

That's so annoying.

[beatrice_otter]

If you have Calibre, you should be able to crack the DRM and convert it to whatever format your reader needs. (As long as you don't then pirate the unlocked book.)

http://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/

[tielan]

The key words there are "should be able to". Some of the newer formats are proving problematic, I believe. I've been having trouble with any ebooks from Amazon for ages.

[beatrice_otter]

Every time I've had that problem, downloading the package and reinstalling it has fixed the problem. They do update the DRM regularly, which means the package of de-DRM tools has to be updated, too. Once I caught it just as a new iteration of DRM came out and I had to wait a while for them to crack it and upload a new package.