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	Karel Jansens	2007-08-14 , 18:25
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Originally Posted by ps2g4

Back to one of the previous comments - fbreader cannot read DRM .pdb books from ereader. Is there any way past this? I have a big library of books that would be rendered useless if I can't somehow read them on whatever I choose as my next handheld. Right now I have a Palm T3, but it's getting long in the tooth. I digress - is there a way to clear the DRM from the ebooks so I can read them with fbreader?

I know it's not exactly legal, but I really do only want to view them myself & have no intention of distributing them out.

Thanks.

Nope. I have as of yet to find a way to un-drm eReader's ebooks. This royally pisses me off as well, because you're at the mercy of a provider who apparently sees no interest whatsoever in porting their reader software to Linux.

The *.lit format OTOH can be cracked more easily than peanuts that have been cracked already by neurotic monkeys with an eating disorder.

So, buy lits or buy only ebooks without drm. I learned the hard way as well. Sorry...

[edit] You didn't get this from me, but practically all of the books Peanut Press (yes, that was the source of my lame monkey jab) provides are "available" on the P2P networks in "easier" formats. Since you alluded to not seeing ethical problems in circumventing the drm of an a-ethical company, you could venture down that alley.

Obviously I'm in no way enticing you to do so, nor have I any knowledge of this other than from hearsay. You know...

Down with drm! Bits to the people! Sharing is caring!
Or something like that...

Last edited by Karel Jansens; 2007-08-14 at 18:31.

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