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Microsoft Reader, What the fuck.

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Orethrius:

--- Quote from: etement ---I sent an email to complain. The thing is, I thought I was buying a normal ebook... it's not a PDF killer, it's complete shit. Adobe Acrobat and other programs work for PDF's. For MS Reader nothing else works, and it's like windows, you have to "activate" it.
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 Actually, there's a convert-LIT program out there (I have it for my own reasons), but I've yet to find out if it will work on "protected" documents.  My only complaint with it is that it won't run on anything but Windows (though I haven't tried it through Wine).

Aloone_Jonez:
I imagine that some publishers might prefer MS Reader because it has built-in copyright protection.

WMD:
PDF has that already.

Calum:

--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---Complain to amazon - you shouldn't need any "special" software to read their ebooks, they should be written in a standard format.
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pdf is not a standard format. it is a closed proprietary format, which changes irregularly between versions, and is administered by a company, Adobe.

standard formats are open and clients can be written by anybody to read and write them without any reverse engineering required in order to do so.

mobrien_12:

--- Quote from: Calum ---pdf is not a standard format. it is a closed proprietary format, which changes irregularly between versions, and is administered by a company, Adobe.

standard formats are open and clients can be written by anybody to read and write them without any reverse engineering required in order to do so.
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You are mistaken.  While it is true that Adobe owns the spec, and only they may make changes, pdf is an open,fully documented format.  Anyone can use it to read or write to them without any reverse engineering.

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