Is there any way to read Adobe Digital Editions (DRM'd .ePub) on iPad, using either iBooks or some other book reader?
I checked-out a couple of eBooks from my public library. What you actually get is a .ascm file. You have to load that into the Adobe Digital Editions application on your Mac or PC, and it produces an .ePub file. Unfortunately, the .ePub file won't load onto the iPad because it is "not a supported format". I can read the books on my Macbook, but of course that wasn't my goal.
Apparently, the war between Apple and Adobe means that we can't check-out books from the public library. A ridiculous situation. iPad isn't a "supported reader device".
I know there are applications that will strip the DRM from .ePubs, but is there some *legal* solution? I guess that would have to be a reader program that implements the DRM. I don't suppose there's a chance in hell that Apple is going to allow Adobe to submit such an app to the app store, is there? (And anyway, there are quite *enough* "book readers" for iPad already...)
I checked-out a couple of eBooks from my public library. What you actually get is a .ascm file. You have to load that into the Adobe Digital Editions application on your Mac or PC, and it produces an .ePub file. Unfortunately, the .ePub file won't load onto the iPad because it is "not a supported format". I can read the books on my Macbook, but of course that wasn't my goal.
Apparently, the war between Apple and Adobe means that we can't check-out books from the public library. A ridiculous situation. iPad isn't a "supported reader device".
I know there are applications that will strip the DRM from .ePubs, but is there some *legal* solution? I guess that would have to be a reader program that implements the DRM. I don't suppose there's a chance in hell that Apple is going to allow Adobe to submit such an app to the app store, is there? (And anyway, there are quite *enough* "book readers" for iPad already...)