Will Amazonâ??s exclusive ebook format effect sales of the Kindle

2011-06-08T07:24:00.000Z

The Amazon Kindle eBook reader has quickly become one of the most popular eBook devices available, and many authors and publishers would like to sell their books to the hundreds of thousands of Kindle users. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of information available on how to truly succeed in the development process. Amazon's Digital Text Platform (DTP) website has some basic information, but authors and publishers are not usually well-versed in the technologies and formatting specifics that come with the Kindle conversion process.

But the wrong ebook format…..

The problem being, the format that libraries all over the world use for the ebooks they offer is the effective industry standard, ePub. And Kindle ereaders can't work with ePub formatted ebooks. Thus Kindle owners are excluded from this source of ebooks to read. But Kindle has native support for PDF file, if your PDF ebook is drm proetced, you need to remove the protection first with pdf drm removal before you can read it on your kindle device.

So, what happens next?

I am curious to see if in future versions of the Kindle, Amazon will broaden the range of ebook formats it can handle, or even go as far as to drop their own ebook format and simply go with the rest of the world and accept ePub as the format of choice for ebooks.

I am reasonably sure that if they stick to their guns, and refuse to make the Kindle work with ePub, their sales will surely suffer from this one unexpected development - the ebook lending libraries.

Of course, the other possibility (there are always other possibilities after all) is that libraries will change and start to stock their ebooks in the Amazon format as well as ePub. For Amazon, this would obviously be the best outcome, and one I am sure they are beavering away in the back rooms trying to bring about.

In any event, I hope that a sensible solution is found, since the Kindle is one of the best ereaders out there, and I can understand that people would like to buy it… But if that choice closes a wonderful source of ebooks, then I can only see sales dropping in time, as other brands of ereader who do support ePub take the lead.

More drm removal tools for ebook reader: Nook drm removal Kobo drm removal

eBook File Format Roundup

2011-06-01T03:55:00.000Z

The most important ebook format are always the ones that work on the device or devices you own but if you have a choice the most important ones are the ones that have the most eBook dealers or most eBooks available. Today these formats include AZW Amazon, MOBI MobiPocket, PNPd Palm eReader, and ePub. Another very popular format is PDF from Adobe. However, it does not tend to work as well on portable mobile devices due to the screen size. It is more suited to computers since it often expects full paper size pages.

As many reading devices settle on a sub-list of formats the ePUB, PDF have emerged as the leading list, with Adobe DRM support on both. Amazon does not support ePUB and insists on

A writer or publisher has many options when it comes to choosing a format for publication. While the average end-user might arguably simply want to read books, every format has its proponents. The myriad e-book formats are sometimes collectively referred to as the "Tower of eBabel". The following is a comparison of e-book formats used to create and publish e-books.

AZW which is the same as MOBI but the DRM is different. You often see TXT with TXT no formatting and HTML with eBook readers often ignores any complicated formatting. More general purpose portable devices will have loadable applications for other formats.

ePub is an open format defined by the Open eBook Forum of the International Digital Publishing Forum. It is based on XHTML and XML along with optional CSS style sheets. Its predecessor was the OEB standard. Specifications are found at the IDPF web site. Some epub files have drm protection on eBook if you need to remove drm from epub first before reading.

MOBI is the format used by the MobiPocket Reader. It may have a .mobi extension or it may have a .prc extension. The extension can be changed by the user to either of the accepted forms. In either case it may be DRM protected or non-DRM. The .prc extension is used because the PalmOS doesn't support any file extensions except .prc or .pdb. Note that Mobipocket prohibits their DRM format to be used on dedicated eBook readers that support other DRM formats.

PRC stands for Palm Resource Compiler. It is one of two extensions (the second is PDB used to identify files intended for use on PalmOS devices. All files synced to RAM on a PalmOS device must be in Palm Database Format, PDB. PRC files were intended to identify a Palm Database containing "resources". In actual fact files synced in RAM are not files at all as there is no file system in RAM on a PalmOS system thus no need for extensions or other file designators. These extensions are placed on the files when they are residing on a PC.

PDF - Portable Document Format created by Adobe for their Acrobat products. It is the defacto standard for document interchange. Software support exists for almost every computer platform and handheld device. Some devices have problems with PDF since most content available is scaled for either A4 or letter format, both of which are not easily readable when reduced to fit on small screens. Some Readers can reflow some PDF documents, including the Sony PRS505, to accommodate the small screen. Some eBook readers, including the iRex iLiad, have a pan-and-zoom feature that aids readability, but extracts a price in ergonomics. Some PDF files have drm protection on eBook if you need to remove drm from pdf first with pdf drm removal before reading.

Best ePub drm removal to crack drm protection

2011-05-23T05:25:00.000Z

EPUB (short for electronic publication; alternatively capitalized as ePub, ePUB, EPub, or epub, with "EPUB" preferred by the vendor) is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Files have the extension .epub.

EPUB became an official standard of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) in September 2007, superseding the older Open eBook standard. EPUB is designed for reflowable content, meaning that the text display can be optimized for the particular display device used by the reader of the EPUB-formatted book. The format is meant to function as a single format that publishers and conversion houses can use in-house, as well as for distribution and sale.

This guide below will teach you how to remove DRM from ePub with ePub DRM Removal. Follow the steps below to remove ePub DRM step by step. Download the needed ePub DRM removal via the following button:

Preparations:

Please note, to make the iPubsoft ePub DRM removal run normally, you need to install the Adobe Digital Editions first. Download it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/

Then add ePub eBook to Adobe Digital Editions just like the following picture shows.

After installing the Adobe Digital Editions, install the ePub DRM Removal. Then do as the following steps:

Step 1: Run ePub DRM Removal. Then click "Input..." to add the ePub file which you want to remove DRM from.

Step 2 : Click "Output..." to select a folder to save the decrypted ePub file.

Step 3 : After selecting the input file and output folder, click "Remove DRM" button to start removing DRM from ePub files.

After removing, a window will pop up to tell you that the file is decrypted successfully. If a window of "File decrypted failed" appears, it means that you have no the right to remove DRM from the input ePub file. And if a window of "Not a DRM file" appears, it means that the input ePub file have no DRM protection.

Step 4 : Once the ePub DRM removal done, you can click "Open Output Folder" button to open the output folder.

After you remove DRM from ePub file, you can read ePub books on any portable eBook readers, such as iPad/iPad 2/iPad 3, iPhone, iPod touch, Sony Reader, Kobo, Nook, Mobipocket, and so on!

One step to add third party apps to ipod touch and iphone

2011-05-03T02:33:00.000Z

A new process for jailbreaking and allowing the installation of non-sanctioned third-party applications to the iPhone has debuted. It's called AppSnapp, and is unique in two respects: it automates the process on iPhones running software/firmware 1.1.1 (previous methods were multi-step), and it can be completed purely using the iPhone; no interaction with a Mac or Windows computer (as with previous methods) is required.

The process will jailbreak the iPhone or iPod Touch then push Installer.app to the device, which contains a catalog of native applications that can be installed directly over a WiFi or EDGE connection.

In order to perform the procedure, you simply need to navigate to http://www.jailbreakme.com on an iPhone or iPod Touch, then click the -Install AppSnap" button at the bottom of the page. After a few seconds, you will be presented with the -Slide to Unlock" screen (if you have your iPhone set to -lock" quickly, you may need to press the home button after the screen goes dark). After sliding to unlock, you'll have the -Installer" icon on your screen.

The first thing you should do is tap the -Installer" icon, then tap -Sources" and install the -Community Sources" package.

Next you'll want to install the BSD Subsystem and OpenSSH, also under -System."

Finally, you'll need an application launcher. There's XLaunch under -System" and others. Note that some of these utilities require an iPhone and won't work on an iPod Touch.

For further information, see iPhone Atlas' iPhone native applications guide.

Though this particular method for jailbreaking the iPhone makes use of a TIFF overflow exploit, unlike the previous multi-step method, the developers of AppSnap claim that the process also patches the vulnerability after exploiting it.

There are even instructions for getting to Safari (so the process can be run) on a non-activated iPhone. Here is another guide on how to transfer iphone file to computer with

istonsoft iphone to computer transfer

Recover itunes library from ipad

2011-04-21T02:45:00.000Z

Itunes is a very useful tool for managing music, movie, or photo on computer. You can put your favorite music to ipad through itunes with just several clicks. But there is a big limitation that you can not sync your music file from ipad to itunes.

Just image this scenario, your computer is hit by some kind of devil virus and you have to recovery operating system from scratch, or your itunes crashes from time to time, you have to reinstall your itunes according apple's online documentation, if any of these things happen, your itunes library will be lost, and your cant sync anything important to ipad, it is really a bad news for user.

I did some research and found some great tool for recovering itunes library from ipad. It is called istonsoft ipad to computer transfer. It is an easy -to- use program for transferring music from ipad to computer. With it, you can also backup all iPad files to computer, recover the lost or missing music and restore all the ipad content. Just free download the program and install it, then follow the steps below to transfer music from iPad to Computer.

iStonsoft iPad to Computer Transfer is the best choice for iPad fans to transfer iPad files to your computer for backup. With this iPad Transfer, you can transfer videos, music, photos and file folders from iPad to computer for backup or sharing with your friends.

iStonsoft iPad to Computer Transfer is easy-to-use and it will complete your task with only a few clicks. What you need to do is to connect your iPad to computer, select the music, videos, photos you want to backup, and the iPad Transfer will transfer them to PC automatically.

Here is a step by step guide on how to transfer music from ipad to computer:

Step 1: Run Software and Connect iPad

Run the software, and connect your iPad to your computer via USB cable. After done, the iPad icon and its library and play lists will appear in the Device list.

Step 2: Check Files

Open the music library that you want to export files, and then check the music files you want to transfer to computer in the file list.

Step 3: Start Transfer

Click to start transferring music from iPad to Computer.

That's it! The music files are now backed up to your computer.

With this iPad to Computer Transfer, you can also transfer music from iPhone to computer, transfer music from ipad to computer, as well as transfer videos, photos, books and more from iPad/iPhone/ipad to computer.

iStonsoft Video Converter Released with Big Support for All Kinds of Video Formats

2011-04-12T07:03:00.000Z

iStonsoft , a solid software developing company, who is dedicated to the area of consumer product, was proudly announced the release of iStonsoft Video Converter. Through several years' continual innovation and hard working, iStonsoft Studio finally created this best-for-ever video conversion software for end user enjoying a wonderful digital life. With iStonsoft Video Converter, you can easily convert all kinds of videos/clips/movies to common video formats, such as AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV, MKV, MOV ,so you can enjoy your favorite videos on media player or portable devices such as iPod, iPad, Smart phone, Game Console, etc..

Key Feature of iStonsoft Video Converter

1.Support a wide range of video formats.

Convert video files to MPEG/WMV/AVI and other popular formats as common standard definition videos (MP4, FLV, 3GP, ASF, MOV, etc) and high definition videos ( MTS, M2TS, TS, HD AVI, etc) with fast speed and amazing quality, Windows 7 compatible.

2.Support most of portable devices.

iStonsoft Video Converter supports iPad, iPod, Zune, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Blackberry, Xbox 360, Archos, Sandisk, iRiver, Motorola Droid/Cliq, Google nexus one, Creative Zen, PMP, MP4/MP3 Player, etc.

3.Batch conversion support

iStonsoft Video Converter supports batch conversion, to convert more than one file at one time; Batching processing enables you to convert several videos in one go, making quickwork of even the longest conversions with your Computer.

4.Fast conversion speed and less conversion time

Multithreading process and batch conversion provide super fast video conversion speed.

5.Easy to use

iStonsoft Video Converter has a very simple user interface and keeps the confusing choices to a minimum. Support drag-and-drop functionality and provide a huge range of presets for iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and more. Video conversion with iStonsoft Video Converter is now a breeze.