ebooks and pdf?

[omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Chris O'Connell)]

Speaking of breaking DRM for ebooks... anyone have any tips?  I'm adamant
about buying only ebooks from now on.  The problem is that very few
publishers provide their books in a DRM free format.  O'Reilly is
one notable exception.  I won't be pirating my books, but I don't like the
idea of being tied to one device or company (The kindle for example, or BN &
their crappy nook).  I want PDF portability.

Any suggestions?



On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Dan Ritter <dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 06:31:54AM -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> > There is a book I am interested in, and it is available in ebook
> > format.    I'm new to the ebook scene.   What options are there to
> > convert it to pdf if I want to view it on my linux laptop?   I don't
> > have any interest, at this time, of investing in an ebook reader (such
> > as Kindle, etc).
>
> Most ebook formats are basically wrapped around HTML, or
> something semantically equivalent. (It's not unusual to see a
> ZIP archive with one or more simplified HTML files and one or
> more JPEGs for covers and illustrations, plus a file carrying
> the metadata.)
>
> Assuming there is no DRM or you can break the DRM, your options
> are:
>
> 1. Use a general ebook-format reader on your Linux laptop, such as
> FBReader.
>
> 2. Use a conversion program such as Calibre.
>
> 3. Look into the format and see what you can pull out.
>
> You are unlikely to have to get to (3).
>
> -dsr-
>
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