Hello Francisco, You cannot read eBooks purchased from the iBooks Store that have DRM content with Adobe Digital Editions Preview, because iBooks uses another DRM scheme. Some of the books in the iBooks Store, such as the iPhone User Guide and other free books, are available without DRM, and can be read. Also, the books from Project Gutenberg that are in the public domain have no DRM, and can be read. However, most commercial eBooks that you buy through iBooks cannot be read with Adobe Digital Editions Preview.
Stanza Desktop (with Mac and Windows versions from Lexcycle), was actually a utility program designed to assist in converting ebook formats and transferring them to the Stanza eReader app on your iOS device -- it was not designed primarily to be used as a reader. At one point it was viewed as the major competitor to the Amazon Kindle, especially in markets outside of the United States. Then Amazon bought out Lexcycle. That's one reason why there are no new developments. I was surprised when they released Stanza 3.0 in June 2010 after the acquisition. It is actually possible to use Stanza with VoiceOver on iOS devices, but most people find it disconcerting, because the application reads to the end of each chapter, but doesn't update the screen. However, it is usable, and supported bookmarking and search functions before iBooks had these features. With improved features and iBook accessibility, the iBook app is a better bet for VoiceOver users now. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Nov 7, 2011, at 12:51, Francisco Salvador Crespo wrote: > I prefer Adobe digital Editions because i can buy ebooks on the IBooks store > or in other store and read it > El 07/11/2011, a las 10:52, Vítor Oliveira escribió: > >> Yes, they didn't upgrad stanza recently but it's stil working very fine. You >> may also edit book information if you want to export to iphone, ipod or ipad. >> >> >> Vítor Oliveira >> vitoroliveira2...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> A 07/11/2011, às 01:03, Nektarios Mallas escreveu: >> >>> Well, thanks to both of you. >>> I haven't thought of using it this way. I will give it a try. >>> I am also experimenting with the stanza reader. However, this application >>> doesn't seem to be updated recently. >>> >>> Nektarios. >>> >>> On Nov 6, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Esther wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Nektarios, >>>> >>>> As Anne mentioned, you can avoid the VoiceOver crashes by just navigating >>>> to the next page instead of interacting (Fn+Down Arrow to page down on my >>>> MacBook Pro), which will also get you past the cover graphic. You do have >>>> to read by page, but you can just press the right arrow key to do this for >>>> successive pages, and you can make the font size small if you want more >>>> content on a single page. Adobe Digital Editions Preview supports >>>> searching in the text and setting bookmarks. It will work for reading >>>> DRM-free eBooks, or books that have the Adobe ADE version of DRM, which >>>> includes books you can buy from Kobo Books and OverDrive ePub books that >>>> can be borrowed by download through public libraries in the U.S., Canada, >>>> Australia, the U.K. and some other countries. >>>> >>>> An alternate suggestion for reading ePub books without DRM, if you don't >>>> want to use the Copy Last Spoken Phrase to Clipboard (VO-Shift-C) and >>>> paste into TextEdit, is to use iText Express. The Express version of iText >>>> is free, and available from the Mac's App Store. >>>> >>>> HTH. Cheers, >>>> >>>> Esther >>>> >>>> On Nov 6, 2011, at 04:19, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Nektarios, >>>>> >>>>> If you just go to next page, it will read automatically, but if you want >>>>> to look at the text closely, or read with a Braille display, then >>>>> unfortunately, you have to use the Copy Last Spoken Phrase to Clipboard >>>>> command (VO-Shift-C) to copy the page into a word processor such as >>>>> TextEdit. The good thing is that you don't have to listen to the whole >>>>> page before doing this. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Anne >>>>> >>>>> On 6 Nov 2011, at 14:16, Nektarios Mallas wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello Anne. >>>>>> How do you actually read something with this program? >>>>>> I downloaded and installed it, but as soon as I try to interact with the >>>>>> text, the program crashes on me. >>>>>> Am I doing something wrong? >>>>>> >>>>>> Nektarios. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Nov 6, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello Francisco, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I use Adobe Digital Editions Preview to read ebooks on my Mac. It can >>>>>>> read some protected books such as those from Kobo and it's free. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here's the download link: >>>>>>> <http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/digitaleditions1-8/digitaleditions1-8_p1_mac_071811.zip> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anne >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 6 Nov 2011, at 02:27, Francisco Salvador Crespo wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Can you suggest me an epub ebook reader for Mac? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Francisco >>>>>>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
