Comments on: Cleveland Pubic Library now offers downloads in ePub

By: Jon Wolf

Jon Wolf — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:17:34 +0000

Do not blame the library for the fact that the Kindle cannot view these ePub eBooks. Blame the Kindle for not supporting mobile DE. Sony just happened to be smart enough to support mobile DE. If you wanted a portable device that could view ePub with Adobe’s DRM, then you should have gotten a Sony Reader (505 or 700)

These ePub eBooks can be read on home computers & laptops using Digital Editions. So if you want to read any and you have a computer, no reason you cannot read them.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:16:44 +0000

Erm… You meant pubLic library, right? Might want to fix the title before Cleveland notices.

By: HeavyG

HeavyG — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:44:45 +0000

So the books are in EPUB format but the DRM limits their use to just a subset of available devices – those that can use Adobe Digital Editions.

So realistically, how is it relevant that they are in EPUB (or any other format for that matter)? The DRM essentially makes the file a proprietary thing yes?

By: Ed Klopek

Ed Klopek — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:25:59 +0000

Its nice to finally see the standards making it into Libraries. Cleveland Plain Dealer article: Cleveland Public Library among first to offer epub books "It won't, however, work with the Kindle, a hand-held device similar to the Sony Reader, designed to work with Amazon."