A Request for Published Authors Jeff Zeitlin (27 Jan 2018 23:47 UTC)
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Timothy Collinson
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Niels Kobschaetzki
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Ethan McKinney
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Kurt Feltenberger
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Douglas Berry
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sjard
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Re: [TML] A Request for Published Authors
Jeff Zeitlin
(29 Jan 2018 23:11 UTC)
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A Request for Published Authors Jeff Zeitlin 27 Jan 2018 23:47 UTC
If your Traveller-related book is available in ebook format, I'd really appreciate it if you could release it through an outlet that I can, in good conscience, purchase from: Both Amazon/Kindle and Barnes and Noble/Nook make it virtually impossible to actually download the book for sideloading onto another device not using their software. As I don't like the "User Experience" of either the Kindle app or the Nook app, and much prefer Aldiko on my Android tablet, this represents a barrier. Furthermore, even if you/your publisher tells Amazon to not restrict the number of devices, Amazon still applies DRM (which prevents use of a non-Kindle app/device - and possibly prevents use of Kindle-not-registered-to-you as well; this hasn't been made clear in forums where the topic has come up), which means that even if I find the right azw3 file on a device (such as my desktop PC) where I might indeed have the Kindle app, I can't convert it to ePub for Aldiko without having the Kindle app on my tablet, because Calibre (which is on my Surface Pro 3 tabtop/laplet) can't handle the DRM without using a certain apprentice's tools, and those need the app installed to get the magic key to handle the DRM. Because I don't use the Kindle app, my preferred formats are ePub and PDF, as those are the formats that Aldiko handles best (and doesn't handle mobi/azw at all) - and of those, ePub is preferred, as there have been occasional PDFs that Aldiko can't show all pages of for some reason (though Acrobat Reader on Android handles them just fine). ®Traveller is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2017. Use of the trademark in this notice and in the referenced materials is not intended to infringe or devalue the trademark. -- Jeff Zeitlin, Editor Freelance Traveller The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Resource xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com http://www.freelancetraveller.com Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following enterprises for hosting services: onCloud/CyberWeb Enterprises (http://www.oncloud.io) The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)