Michelle Steiner

I switched syncing 1Password from using WiFi to using DropBox, and I'm
impressed. I'm also now using DropBox to send files to friends and
relatives; much easier than emailing them (although I do email the links)
or setting up a web site.

<http://youtu.be/XfuBREMXxts>

--
Tea Party Patriots is to Patriotism as
People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

sbt

In article <michelle-F2FDF3.13264421112011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> I switched syncing 1Password from using WiFi to using DropBox, and I'm
> impressed. I'm also now using DropBox to send files to friends and
> relatives; much easier than emailing them (although I do email the links)
> or setting up a web site.
>
> <http://youtu.be/XfuBREMXxts>

Another thing DropBox is great for is getting e-books onto the iPad or
iPhone...it's a lot less cumbersome than going through the iTunes
hoops, at least for me.

--
Spenser

Michelle Steiner

In article <211120111242528872%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.inval id>,
sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:

> Another thing DropBox is great for is getting e-books onto the iPad or
> iPhone...it's a lot less cumbersome than going through the iTunes hoops,
> at least for me.

Thus far, my only sources of ebooks have been iBookstore and baen.com, and
both of them download directly into my iPad and iPhone.

--
Tea Party Patriots is to Patriotism as
People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

sbt

In article <michelle-8B9623.13543521112011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <211120111242528872%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.inval id>,
> sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Another thing DropBox is great for is getting e-books onto the iPad or
> > iPhone...it's a lot less cumbersome than going through the iTunes hoops,
> > at least for me.
>
> Thus far, my only sources of ebooks have been iBookstore and baen.com, and
> both of them download directly into my iPad and iPhone.

I use a lot of different sources (almost never the iBookstore) and
download to my iMac so they can be served to my mother, my wife, and
our kids and grandkids.

For my money (and it is MY money), the iBookstore is a source of last
resort because you can't read content purchased from it on a Mac or PC,
a Linux box, or anything outside of our little iOS ecosystem.

--
Spenser

Lloyd

In article <211120111310569066%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.inval id>,
sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:

> In article <michelle-8B9623.13543521112011@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>
> > In article <211120111242528872%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.inval id>,
> > sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > Another thing DropBox is great for is getting e-books onto the iPad or
> > > iPhone...it's a lot less cumbersome than going through the iTunes hoops,
> > > at least for me.
> >
> > Thus far, my only sources of ebooks have been iBookstore and baen.com, and
> > both of them download directly into my iPad and iPhone.
>
> I use a lot of different sources (almost never the iBookstore) and
> download to my iMac so they can be served to my mother, my wife, and
> our kids and grandkids.
>
> For my money (and it is MY money), the iBookstore is a source of last
> resort because you can't read content purchased from it on a Mac or PC,
> a Linux box, or anything outside of our little iOS ecosystem.

What makes you think you can't read them on something other than an iOS
device?

If you look with Finder in your iTune library, you should be able to
find the books gotten from the Apple Bookstore. Copy that file and
paste it somewhere handy and then open it with Calibre` or with some
other ereader software that is capable of reading epub. Like the Barnes
& Noble Ereader.

Michelle Steiner

In article
<lloydparsons-2C15F2.15450621112011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Lloyd <lloydparsons@me.com> wrote:

> > For my money (and it is MY money), the iBookstore is a source of last
> > resort because you can't read content purchased from it on a Mac or
> > PC, a Linux box, or anything outside of our little iOS ecosystem.
>
> What makes you think you can't read them on something other than an iOS
> device?
>
> If you look with Finder in your iTune library, you should be able to
> find the books gotten from the Apple Bookstore. Copy that file and
> paste it somewhere handy and then open it with Calibre` or with some
> other ereader software that is capable of reading epub. Like the Barnes
> & Noble Ereader.

I just tried that with a book I downloaded from iBookstore earlier today;
Nook read the table of contents just fine, but I couldn't get any of the
actual content to display.

--
Tea Party Patriots is to Patriotism as
People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

sbt

In article <michelle-238161.15101521112011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article
> <lloydparsons-2C15F2.15450621112011@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Lloyd <lloydparsons@me.com> wrote:
>
> > > For my money (and it is MY money), the iBookstore is a source of last
> > > resort because you can't read content purchased from it on a Mac or
> > > PC, a Linux box, or anything outside of our little iOS ecosystem.
> >
> > What makes you think you can't read them on something other than an iOS
> > device?
> >
> > If you look with Finder in your iTune library, you should be able to
> > find the books gotten from the Apple Bookstore. Copy that file and
> > paste it somewhere handy and then open it with Calibre` or with some
> > other ereader software that is capable of reading epub. Like the Barnes
> > & Noble Ereader.
>
> I just tried that with a book I downloaded from iBookstore earlier today;
> Nook read the table of contents just fine, but I couldn't get any of the
> actual content to display.

Same here and the cause is the "unFairPlay" DRM employed.

--
Spenser

Michelle Steiner

In article <211120111417007246%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.inval id>,
sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:

> > I just tried that with a book I downloaded from iBookstore earlier
> > today; Nook read the table of contents just fine, but I couldn't get
> > any of the actual content to display.
>
> Same here and the cause is the "unFairPlay" DRM employed.

I guess the TOC is not DRMed so that people can see it and be intrigued
enough to get an iOS device to read it.

--
Tea Party Patriots is to Patriotism as
People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

Lloyd

In article <michelle-238161.15101521112011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article
> <lloydparsons-2C15F2.15450621112011@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Lloyd <lloydparsons@me.com> wrote:
>
> > > For my money (and it is MY money), the iBookstore is a source of last
> > > resort because you can't read content purchased from it on a Mac or
> > > PC, a Linux box, or anything outside of our little iOS ecosystem.
> >
> > What makes you think you can't read them on something other than an iOS
> > device?
> >
> > If you look with Finder in your iTune library, you should be able to
> > find the books gotten from the Apple Bookstore. Copy that file and
> > paste it somewhere handy and then open it with Calibre` or with some
> > other ereader software that is capable of reading epub. Like the Barnes
> > & Noble Ereader.
>
> I just tried that with a book I downloaded from iBookstore earlier today;
> Nook read the table of contents just fine, but I couldn't get any of the
> actual content to display.

Hmm.....

I just tried again with 2 different books in my iBooks library and both
opened fine and allowed me into the content. Took awhile as I didn't
have the Nook Mac application, only the older Barnes & Noble ereader.

But I also tested the books with Calibre and I can read them there too.

I know I got some of the books free, but at least one of them was a cost
item.

Lloyd

In article <211120111417007246%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.inval id>,
sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:

> In article <michelle-238161.15101521112011@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>
> > In article
> > <lloydparsons-2C15F2.15450621112011@news.eternal-september.org>,
> > Lloyd <lloydparsons@me.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > For my money (and it is MY money), the iBookstore is a source of last
> > > > resort because you can't read content purchased from it on a Mac or
> > > > PC, a Linux box, or anything outside of our little iOS ecosystem.
> > >
> > > What makes you think you can't read them on something other than an iOS
> > > device?
> > >
> > > If you look with Finder in your iTune library, you should be able to
> > > find the books gotten from the Apple Bookstore. Copy that file and
> > > paste it somewhere handy and then open it with Calibre` or with some
> > > other ereader software that is capable of reading epub. Like the Barnes
> > > & Noble Ereader.
> >
> > I just tried that with a book I downloaded from iBookstore earlier today;
> > Nook read the table of contents just fine, but I couldn't get any of the
> > actual content to display.
>
> Same here and the cause is the "unFairPlay" DRM employed.

I stand corrected. I have checked 4 books now. 3 open and are
readable, but the 4th which I just bought, won't open properly and allow
for reading.

In Calibre, it says it is DRM protected and won't allow.

My bad... Sorry.