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This is the situation with Kindle books as well. Although the Kindle app does work when offline, I can't change the font and what is most important to me: the
by kranner 7y ago
This is the situation with Kindle books as well.
Although the Kindle app does work when offline, I can't change the font and what is most important to me: the line-height. Also the macOS Kindle app doesn't render Devanagari fonts correctly (I'm guessing out-of-date WebKit), so it is essential to be able to use a third-party viewer if I want to read Hindi Kindle books on my 4K monitor. Also I'd like to keep them in my Calibre library along with the rest of my digital books so I can use my existing categories.
The only solution so far is to remove the DRM. Unfortunately it (probably) violates the terms of use.
- WalterBright 7y agoI only buy DRM stuff for throwaway items. Anything I want to keep, I'll only buy a pdf or hardcopy. I seriously doubt any app to read a magazine offline is going to work in 70 years, while I still have magazines my father saved from 70 years ago, and my grandmother's Nat Geo collection from the 1920's.
- mjevans 7y agoDon't count on PDF being enough. That monstrosity of a format can now contain JavaScript and elements that phone home / authorize a render / download decryption keys etc...
- WalterBright 7y agoUgh.
- salawat 7y agoIt's had that for at least 7 years. I had the misfortune of having to implement a form with that way back when. PDF is a horrible set of standards. Abandon hope all ye who have to dive into that spec.