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June 13, 2012
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DRM epubs won't pass page 168

  • June 13, 2012
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I have purchased 4 books from Google Books, which are all DRM protected, and opened them in Adobe Digital Editions.  The metadata for each book as far as pages is showing 168, though the books are far longer than 168 pages.  When opened in ADE I can read past 168, but when loaded on my eReader it won't pass page 168 on any of the books.  The Table of Contents even shows page 168 as the starting page for SEVERAL chapters, but I cannot read past the first page in the chapter when I move to it.  Like stated above, I can read the whole book in ADE, but on my eReader I cannot.

What I did try was to remove the DRM from the books using some software found online.  When this is done it changes the book to a "Demo version" and I only get bits and pieces of the books I purchased.  This is extremely frustrating and I was hoping that someone may be able to help with this issue.

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Frustrated in AZ
Participating Frequently
June 13, 2012

Let's start with your criminal activity. The software you used is

illegal. Using it is illegal.

That said, you should be asking the source why your ebooks 'stop' at page

168..... Something is wrong with the ebook.

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jena518
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June 17, 2012

If he bought the book she should be able to READ the whole thing on whatever device he chooses to.  If you've bought and need to convert it to read the thing you should be able to.  BUT the bottom line for companies is $$$$$$ the more than can get from you the better.   Really, do they care if you have to buy more than one copy?  With all the brick and mortor bookstores closing, how many options do reader's really have. 

Sorry you got screwed angie....but you're not alone....I've got 300+ and ADE has them somewhere in the 'nether' cuz I can't get them to even come up on ADE from the library.  Don't bother with the help chat folks...they tell ya to look here in the forum.  Avoidence therapy so they don't have to tell you you're screwed.

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Frustrated in AZ
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June 18, 2012

Sorry that you're so jaded - and misinformed. DRM is there for a reason.

The law says that you can't make copies of DRM-protected ebooks, and

someone else, not a company, makes that decision. You cannot do anything

you like with electronic books - plain and simple - unless the distributor,

publisher or author says you can, or the copyright has expired.

To your issue: what are you saying about '300 ebooks'? Did you post the

issue and I missed it?

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