The Sony Reader's restrictions operate in two steps: a license to use the device and a second license to use
the e-book library software (created by Sony).
Calibre is
an e-book library software application.
Not exact matches
Intelligent
software could monitor your
e-book library and notify you of passages related to the business plan or legal document you're reading.
epub XML document standard, which is catching on with
libraries and publishers, and compatibility with Adobe Content Server 4, the company's
e-book management
software.
And they won't miss the apps now AWOL from the Fire's marketplace, such as the OverDrive
software to read free
e-books from
libraries, because they never used them in the first place.
The app was developed using open source
software, giving public
libraries around the country the ability to use the code to develop their own e-reader apps, and make borrowing free
e-books easier for their patrons.
Go here for
software tips on reading
library e-books and perhaps even conjuring up text to speech.
Borrowing an
e-book involves a ridiculous number of steps: You must create a free Adobe account, download Adobe
software onto your computer, start an account with your local
library, connect up those two accounts, and finally sideload the books onto the e-reader via USB.
Adobe announced that more than 100 publishers, book retailers and
libraries are using Adobe's Content Server 4
software to deliver encryptable
e-books via the two formats favored by Adobe: PDF and ePub.
Many public
libraries already offer
e-book borrowing for free, subject to a
library user loading special
software on a desktop computer, mobile device or some
e-book readers.
If the
library software on your device is a bit more sophisticated it will allow you to categorize books by genres and keywords, using the «keyword» meta - data you have provided in your
e-book.
Ervin likes using the Nook e-reader, sold by Barnes & Noble, which works with OverDrive
software offered by her
library and others in the Boston area's Minuteman
Library Network for free
e-book borrowing.
Adobe Digital Editions is a piece of
software that allow you to transfer
e-books you borrowed from the
library or another bookstore and allow you to transfer them to your e-reader, smartphone or tablet.
The
software describes itself as a «free and open source
e-book library management application developed by users of
e-books for users of
e-books.»
Laura said they currently deal with Hoopla for audiobooks, Atomic for
software training, Mango for language learning, Comics Plus for comics and graphic novels, 3M Clod
Library for
e-books and audio books, One Click Digital also for audio books, Image Quest for rights - cleared images, AZ Databases — Search for people and companies, Heritage Quest for Genealogy, Newsbank for digital newspapers and they just subscribed to Ancestry.Com for on - site use at the
library.
The next major version of its Content Server
software will give book publishers, authors and
libraries the option to protect encrypted
e-books with a password.
If you purchase
e-books with DRM, you will need to use either Adobe Digital Editions or your reader's own
library software to manage and load the books.
It's a well - rated
e-book library management
software that's totally free.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County
Library cardholders can now read many
library e-books without the hassle of downloading
software or transferring files across devices.
Library staff have developed
software to optimize the
e-book user experience; implemented Adobe Content Server to store and deliver
e-books that require DRM; and begun working with publishers to develop an
e-book purchase model that will fairly compensate writers and publishers, while meeting the expectations of
library users.
WH Smith, of course, takes both its
e-book hardware and
software from the Canadian e-reader manufacturers, including its massive
library of titles, which in this case appears to have passed to the Smith site without any vetting along the way.
A librarian noted that, «with ePUB format the patrons need a PC in addition to their
e-book reader; they also have to create an Adobe Digital editions account and download the
software; with Kindle they are transferred to their Amazon account» — and for a
library with multiple
e-book vendors, patrons may have to go to even more sites to find their
e-book.
In fact, there is already «digital loan»
software in wide use by public
libraries that does not bother to impose any DRM on
e-books, opting instead to automatically delete the books after the load period has expired.17 While users could defeat this by digging up and copying the underlying file, most users don't bother, just like most Netflix subscribers don't bother to copy the DVDs they rent, despite the ready availability of free
software that can accomplish that goal.
Editors» note: Amazon announced on April 20, 2011, that a
software update adding the ability to read
e-books from participating local
libraries will be added by the end of 2011.
My main issue is being «locked into» a particular manufacturer's proprietary
software that forces you into buying
e-books from their online
library (I realize most
e-book readers do allow for unlimited public domain readings and the ability to read PDF and Word files, etc.).