Yeah, David, that's pretty much what I thought. I didn't know if Kobo might be a little looser about digital editions DRM. I work in a public library where I'm always explaining all this crazy every-reader stuff to patrons. It's enough to make one go screaming into the night!
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:48:58 +1300, David Chittenden wrote: >No, DRM means Digital Rights Management. It is set up such that no reader is >able to read any other reader's books. Therefore, you can only open non-DRM >files in readers other than the reader the file is protected to. So, you >cannot >read Amazon Kindle books, for example, because the Kindle app does not allow >VO >access to its books. > >David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >Email: [email protected] >Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >Sent from my iPhone > >On 29/03/2013, at 8:28, kathy szinnyey <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Hmmm, Kobo, eh? Interesting idea. Does Kobo read DRM digital editions from >>sources >>other than kobo's (guess that was or is Borders books, right?(? I wonder if >>some developer >>might want to tackle this issue. If Kobo doesn't work, I may have to see if >>Aurzweil can >>grab my books from DEvery and then somehow load it into ITunes to read on my >>iPhone. Sounds a bit >>extreme, though to go that route! Lol. But it would be an interesting >>exercise >>and learning experience. That's >>code for banging one's head against a wall trying to figure all this out. >>Anyhoo, thanks, Eric for this ide. >> >>Peace, >>kathy >> >>On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:15:39 -0400, Erik Burggraaf wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi, I really like DE for the computer on both mac and windows. It's really >>>too bad they don't have mobile apps. Meanwhile, I think the kobo app will >>>work >>>if you can pick your way through the initial setup. >>>Hope this helps. >>>Kathy Szinnyey <[email protected]> wrote:Hi, gang! The subject line >>>says >>>it all. I have vound some books that I >>>simply cannot get in any other format than Adobe Digital Editions, and >>>I have not been able to find an app for my iPhone 4s to read it. I'm >>>totally blind, so enlarging print and all that stuff won't work for >>>me. Any help out there in the Universe will be much appreciated. >>>I really love this list, just subscribed to it not too long ago. What >>>a friendly helpful lot! And, omg, those Sheldon Cooper quotes make me >>>laugh till I cry. Just recently started watching Big Bang Theory as >>>well and have lots of happy catching up to do on re-runs. >>>Anyway, thank for all your help! >>>Peace, >>>Kathy >> >>-- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >>Group. >>To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>[email protected]. >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>--- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"VIPhone" group. >>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>email >>to [email protected]. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >Group. >To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"VIPhone" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email >to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
