This post continues the series that I have started here. Some months ago Dark Reverser published a python script that allows to strip the DRM encryption from a secure Mobipocket ebook. For legal reasons the source code has been removed from the webpage but it’s too late. The knowledge about the encryption algorithm is out [...]
Archive for July, 2008
eBooks and DRM (2) – Secure Mobipocket Encryption
Posted in eBooks, tagged DRM on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A Better Dictionary in uBook
Posted in eBooks, tagged uBook on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have already mentioned before that my favourite program for reading eBooks on the Pocket PC is uBook. The only disadvantage is that no decent dictionary is available. This was already a problem when I had to purchase books in secure eReader format. Instead of using my already available Pocket Oxford English Dictionary I had [...]
eBooks and DRM (1)
Posted in eBooks, tagged DRM, ereader, lit, mobipocket, pdb, prc on July 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you read eBooks, you will sooner or later stumble upon the different DRM methods used by the various book formats. The annoying thing is not that the eBook is restricted but that you are forced to use a specific reader. The big question for me as a customer is: is it legal? Am I [...]
