BookReader supports non DRM-ed EPUB books, FB2, Microsoft Doc, RTF, RTFd, xHTML, Webarchive and TXT formats. Important Note: This software can not open DRM-encrypted e-books due to legal restrictions. Version 5.13: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated. OS X 10.9 or later, 64-bit processor. Ebooks.com has DRM-free ebooks as well as ones restricted with DRM. However, you can filter search results to only show you the DRM-free ones. E-Books Directory- No cost eBooks, documents, and lectures from all over the internet, available in PDF format and organized by subjects. Free-ebooks.net- Free eBooks in various formats. While the Kindle store offers millions of e-books, it's possible to read titles that aren't in the default Kindle Fire book format on your Amazon tablet. If you purchase legal, non-DRM protected e-books from other sellers, you can easily transfer those books to your device.
When talking about eReaders, most people would say that I like Kindle or I like iPad. Yes they are well-known among ebook lovers. But, we can't deny that there are a part of people who are using android tablets or smart phones to read eBooks.
So as a writer about eBooks, in today's article let me write some good tips for those android lovers please. Here what I deal with is how to read drm epub on android tablet.
Go straight to the topic, I will introduce you 2 ways available. Just choose the method you like.
Method 1: Install DRM supported ePub reader apps
Here I want to settle this problem with 2 sorts: 'special apps' and 'general apps'.
Official apps:
Here I mean those apps released from official ebook stores, such as Kobo, Nook, Sony, etc. These apps are special because they are only provided for their own books. For example, if we use Kobo app, we can only read books bought from Kobo store. And if we want to read other books bought from public websites, we have to install extra apps.
General apps:
This kind of epub reading apps are widely used on our devices because they are not dedicated to the store. Whether can we read one book is not depended on where this book purchased from, but depended on what format this book is, and what DRM this book is protected by. For example, the Aldiko, it can read all books if they are in epub or pdf format with Adobe drm.
The biggest benefit of these apps is that there is no need for us to install additional apps. We can even say that just with these apps we can read books from all over the stores.
Here is a simple list for epub reading apps on android.
*1: In March 2014, Sony abandoned all the US and Canada market, so those Sony eReader users have to transfer Sony to Kobo.
*2: There are many other general apps that you can use and install from google play stores.
From this list you know there are so many epub reading apps for android tablet. So you may feel a little difficult to select one. Here is my own advice:
If you just read books from only one store, choose the stores own android app from special apps. Here I take Kobo Android App for example.
Step 1. Download Kobo Books - Reading app for Android. You can download it from website or through Google Play on your android devices.
Step 2. Register with your Kobo account in Kobo for Android app .
Step 3. Sync Kobo books to your tablets or smartphones via wifi.
If you read books purchased from many bookstores, choose a suitable epub reader app from general apps.
Method 2: Removing DRM from EPUB
You may only want to install one reading app to read all ebooks on phones or tablets, but the books were bought or download from different eBook store, in this case, remove the drm from epub books is the best choice.
From the form above you may have found that after we got drm epub files, they may be with 2 kinds of DRM: Adobe DRM, KOBO DRM and Nook DRM.
So if we got a tool that helps us remove the three drm limitation, our epub books will be free to read.
Here I recommend you this All DRM Removal tool. It can strip both adobe and Kobo drm protection fast and perfect.
At first get the tool downloaded and installed for free.
First, you need to know that we can't strip the DRM protection directly from anroid device, then the books should be downloaded and handled on computer.
1Remove Adobe DRM from ePub books
Great majority of epub books are protected by Adobe DRM, including Kobo, Google play books, some Nook books, and many small book store.
Step 1: Install Adobe Digital Editions, and then authorize it with the same Adobe ID (Normally, it's the same email address as your eBook store's account).
Step 2: Download the title from ebooks store, make sure you can read epub files on computer ADE.
Step 3: Install All drm removal and add epub books (below the ADE icon at right side) to the drm removal tool.
The rest of work is very simple, just drag the books to main interface and click 'Remove DRM' button, wait about a seconds, you will get a drm free books to read on any devices.
2Remove Kobo DRM from Kobo ePub/PDF books
Kobo books downloaded via Kobo desktop application will be encrypted with Kobo DRM. All DRM Removal aslo can help you remove Kobo DRM easily with just one click. First of all, please ensure your Kobo books have been downloaded successfully.
After your Kobo books has been downloaded successfully, they will display under Kobo tab in the left column. Just drag and drop them to the main interface. DRM will be removed.
3Remove Nook DRM from Nook ePub books with Nook DRM Removal
Few epub books purchased from B&N store are protected with Nook DRM.
Step 1: Sync the Nook epub books from Nook app ( from Microsoft Windows store). Note: this is the only way to download Nook books to computer successfully.
Step 2: Download nook books to computer and find them. The default download folder is 'My Barnes & Noble eBooks' in library.
Step 3: Install and launch Nook DRM Removal. The tool will automatically detect Nook books on your computer and upload them. Then just drag the books to the main interface of this program and click 'Remove DRM' button to open output folder.
Note: In order to remove Nook DRM successfully, please send your Nook account email and password to Epubor Team ([email protected]). You will receive a Nook key file from Epubor Team within 24 hours. All the following decryptings will only use this Nook key file. Then add your key file to.Epubor _keys folder here: C:Usersyourusername.Epubor_Keys.
After DRM was removed, you can get the free epub books from the pop-up window. Then what you need to do is just to transfer them to your android tablet or smartphones, and select a reading app as you like to open them.
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Ada Wang works for Epubor and writes articles for a collection of blogs such as ebookconverter.blogspot.com.
Copyright and intellectual property protection has become a hot topic as our lives are lived ever increasingly online. The internet is a godsend for authors to get their work published and read, but it could also be a nightmare. Digital Rights Management (DRM) provides a form of digital content protection, set out by booksellers, in addition to traditional copyright laws to keep your intellectual rights intact. Why DRM?Authors have more opportunity to publish their work online, in the form of ebooks, and get read by a wider audience. Personal computers and handheld devices have also given easier access to ebooks. However, the internet is hard to regulate, and unauthorised access to copyright material is easier. This means less control over your work once it’s online, unless steps are taken to protect how and when ebooks are downloaded and by who. You can use DRM much as a security system protects a house, in that it’s a protective barrier for your artistic property. It works in the same way as digital music and films are protected against file-sharing tools by their own forms of DRM. A protective barrierIn a nutshell, DRM stops users from copying, printing and sharing ebooks – and protects revenues coming in from each sale. In the capitalist context, to protect sales and revenues, you need DRM to restrict how, when, and by whom the books are used, to make sure people keep buying the ebook! The DRM can help your work in several other ways, including:
Which DRM to use?There are currently 5 main formats of ebooks available: EPUB, KF8, MOBI, PDF, and TPZ, with EPUB leading in popularity (here’s an article for an easy understanding of the EPUB format). What format the consumer gets depends on who you are buying the ebook from and the device you use to read it. The four major ebook DRM schemes providing the majority of ebooks on sale are:
Whilst Adobe’s ADEPT is the default setting on most devices, Amazon DRM and Apple FairPlay are also common. Who uses what?Most websites who also sell ebooks will normally produce their own ereaders too. The way it then works out is that customers who buy ereaders from them are then obligated to buy their ebooks from the same website as well. From the authors’ side, all he/she needs to do is submit the manuscript to the website, where the relevant DRM will be applied programmatically. The author does not need to do anything himself. Here’s a low-down on who uses what type of DRM and how they work. The retail giant locks all ebooks sold on its website to its Kindle devices or apps using its own DRM. When buying a book from Amazon, you’re essentially buying the “license” to read the book. And to ensure the ebook is read only by the customer, the DRM code matches the Kindle device. Like Amazon, Apple uses its own DRM system (called Fairplay) to items in its bookstore. And like Amazon too, Fairplay is incomptabile with other devices or apps, unless the reader removes the DRM. The largest distributor of indie ebooks, Smashwords doesn’t actually use DRM at all. Instead, as the website says restriction-free ebooks enjoy bigger sales (as readers prefer the freedom), none of the books it sells are affected by DRM. Smashwords does write on its website that they “strictly discourage illegal pirating of an author’s works”. Barnes and Noble’s Nook ereader, which supports a form of Adobe Digital Edition (DE) DRM, uses an encryption key based on the customer’s name and credit card number. In 2015, the way in which the encryption key is generated changed – although it is unclear how exactly the encryption takes place. It’s very easy, though, to crack as the key can be found in NookStudy’s log files (yes, it’s right there in plain text!) To download and read books on the Kobo device, users have to download the Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) app onto their devices beforehand. Once the DRM-protected ebook is downloaded onto the ereader, ADE will verify the license that comes with the ebook and then download the ebook in either EPUB or PDF format. Based on Adobe’s open platform DRM system, Google’s bookstore allows DRM protected books to be opened and read in EPUB and PDF formats. These can then be read on ereaders, including Nook and the Sony Reader, and apps supporting Adobe Content Server 4 DRM. These books can’t be read on Kindles or Apple iBooks, however, as they don’t support Adobe’s DRM. Our very own Kotobee platform uses a different approach to the standard DRM. Using cloud technology, an ebook is encrypted with an encryption key, stored on a server, and unique for each user. Once the ebook is opened, the user will be asked for an email/password combination, or for a code. Authenticating correctly would retrieve the encryption key from the server, and decrypt the ebook content. What we see great about this approach is that it is not specific to a certain device model. Rather, this same DRM scheme can protect an ebook running on different devices and in different formats: web, mobile, or desktop. It cannot however be applied directly to standard ebook formats like EPUB or PDF. The ebook needs first to be turned into a cloud ebook app. The pros and consIt’s hotly debated how effective DRM is – but there are several benefits for authors, publishers and booksellers. DRM means your work is protected against illegal copying or editing – and if this happens your right to take action is protected. It also allows publishers to control what happens to the work after it’s been published and released to the audience. Additionally, you can end up with what’s called a “limited lending facility”, allowing you to lend ebooks to a friend or relative – within reason. On the other side of the argument, different devices may support the same EPUB format, but ebook sellers will use different DRM schemes when selling books. This difference may seem insignificant, but it does mean you won’t be able to transfer your purchased ebooks to different devices. It means that, for sellers at least, the consumer gets only so many chances at using the ebook on devices, before they have to buy another version. For example, if you have an ereader supporting Amazon’s MOBI format, you still may not be able to download or open ebooks bought directly from the Amazon website. Instead, you have to buy an Amazon-specific device (such as a Kindle) or download an app to do this. It means that you may also have to download (and pay for) the same book again if you use a different device to read the same ebook. Amazon itself also highlighted one of the many criticisms of DRM in 2009, when it was cricitised for playing “censor”. It had deleted George Orwell‘s books “1984” and “Animal Farm” remotely off devices, giving those who had purchased the books a refund in return. This move earned the website the title of “big brother”, in the vein of Orwell himself, with commentators also criticising Amazon’s use of censorship at a distance. Although the website later argued it didn’t have the rights to sell those copies of Orwell’s texts, it highlighted the argument for DRM to be totally scrapped. A further criticism of DRM is that if you switch to a different book store, you will no longer be able to access the book – which will also happen if the bookstore itself folds. DRM for authorsIt would help authors to consider several points before taking the plunge into epublishing. These include:
On the other hand, not all is good:
AlternativesOne recent alternative to DRM put forward is digital watermarking, which makes it easier to read and distribute ebooks. Because ebooks which fall under this alternative are not affected by DRM schemes, they are easier to copy and distribute. The most famous example of this “social DRM” can be found with JK Rowling’s Pottermore ebooks. Although it made them easier to pirate and upload elsewhere on the internet, the digital watermarkings still showed the original owners of the pirated versions. Bookreader 4 2 – Reader For Non Drm E Books FreeWith all these pros and cons in mind, there is plenty for authors and publishers to consider before placing ebooks online. Although the books, themselves, remain protected and virtually piracy-free, it does mean greater restrictions for consumers and how these ebooks can be used. It may mean that DRM schemes and the way they work in terms of distribution and readability, rather than their ability to protect work, need to be revised to better suit our digital age. Bookreader 4 2 – Reader For Non Drm E Books OnlineYou might also like: Comments are closed.
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