[Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to read?

[chagnon at pubcom.com]

FYI, DRM (digital rights management) was developed to protect the copyright
and control the distribution of the content.

Be careful what you post on a public list! <grin>

 

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From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf
Of Susan Kelmer
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Subject: Re: [Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to read?

 

Thanks, Bevi.  I will likely be experimenting with some cracking, to see if
I can get it out of DRM.

 

I've had success in the past doing this.  This will be no different.

 

-Susan

 

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Subject: Re: [Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to read?

 

Adobe Digital Editions is a proprietary eBook format (not EPUB) that does
indeed require software or plug-ins in order to access the file.

 

Since its proprietary rather than open source, we generally stay away from
it. Plus, Adobe charges a small fortune to developers to create and publish
titles in Adobe Digital Editions.

 

And it's not EPUB, the universal open source ebook reader file format that
pretty much anyone can open on any device.

 

Adobe's website does say it is now accessible. See
https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html 

 

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Subject: [Athen] ePubs need Adobe Digital Editions PLUS Jaws to read?

 

Sorry for the cross-posting.some of you may see this more than once.

 

A colleague brought this to my attention.  My understanding was that Jaws
could read EPUBs already, but one she just received from a publisher
requires the download/installation/use of Adobe Digital Editions in addition
to Jaws to read.

 

Is this new, or have I missed something?  Since publishers are now foisting
ePubs onto us, I need to know if we are going to run into these types of
problems.  "It will work, but, you need this thing and this thing and this
other thing too."

 

My biggest gripe is needing to give students yet another way they have to
read their materials, when what they had in the first place was working just
fine before publishers decided to take it upon themselves to tell us what
our students need and want.

 

Susan Kelmer

Alternate Format Production Program Manager

Disability Services

University of Colorado Boulder

303-735-4836

 

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