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You are free to convert any text to the closed eBook reading format. It'd be great if the eBook just was able to show open formats in a correct way (my Hanlin v
by Luyt 15y ago
You are free to convert any text to the closed eBook reading format. It'd be great if the eBook just was able to show open formats in a correct way (my Hanlin v3 is capable of that) -- it also can run OpenInkpot, a Linux for eBook readers.
- gmartres 15y agoHow is mobi more closed than pdf? It seems to be well documented: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI
- protomyth 15y agoI wouldn't exactly call mobi closed, but PDF is an ISO standard(1) and mobi is not backed by any standard organization. 1) http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1141 http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1141
- sandal 15y agoPDF is an ISO standard. The issue is more the DRM restrictions on the Kindle than it is the MOBI format itself.
- jonhendry 15y agoThe kindle doesn't have any DRM restrictions. Those are on the books Amazon sells. Files you obtain otherwise and put on the Kindle don't magically get DRM'd.
- sandal 15y agoThat's true (I'm actually working on an ebook generation library that does PDF, ePUB, and MOBI), but most books that most people will read on the Kindle do have that DRM. That's what I meant by DRM restrictions on the Kindle. If it sounded like I was saying that the device itself forces DRM, that's not what I meant.