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HFQ eBook File Format?
Post by WeberFan   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:52 pm

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So when I bought the first 7 books directly from the publisher site, I got them in an ePub format. With HFQ being offered through Amazon, does anyone have a guess as to whether it will also be offered as an ePub? I'd like to keep the entire series with the same file formats so I can read them with the same eReader.
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Re: HFQ eBook File Format?
Post by Joat42   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:56 pm

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WeberFan wrote:So when I bought the first 7 books directly from the publisher site, I got them in an ePub format. With HFQ being offered through Amazon, does anyone have a guess as to whether it will also be offered as an ePub? I'd like to keep the entire series with the same file formats so I can read them with the same eReader.


You can always use Calibre to convert it to any desired format.

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Re: HFQ eBook File Format?
Post by n7axw   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:05 pm

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Joat42 wrote:
WeberFan wrote:So when I bought the first 7 books directly from the publisher site, I got them in an ePub format. With HFQ being offered through Amazon, does anyone have a guess as to whether it will also be offered as an ePub? I'd like to keep the entire series with the same file formats so I can read them with the same eReader.


You can always use Calibre to convert it to any desired format.


Epub is a B&N format I think. I am expecting B&N to download HFQ to my nook Tuesday. I have prepaid.

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Re: HFQ eBook File Format?
Post by Keith_w   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:54 pm

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n7axw wrote:
Epub is a B&N format I think. I am expecting B&N to download HFQ to my nook Tuesday. I have prepaid.

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Re: HFQ eBook File Format?
Post by n7axw   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:10 pm

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Keith_w wrote:
n7axw wrote:
Epub is a B&N format I think. I am expecting B&N to download HFQ to my nook Tuesday. I have prepaid.

Don


It's a free and open standard that anyone can use.


Thanks for advancing my education on this matter.

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Re: HFQ eBook File Format?
Post by Weird Harold   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:19 pm

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Joat42 wrote:You can always use Calibre to convert it to any desired format.


Not if TOR uses DRM; Calibre cannot process DRM encoded books.
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Re: HFQ eBook File Format?
Post by Chyort   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:23 pm

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Joat42 wrote:
WeberFan wrote:So when I bought the first 7 books directly from the publisher site, I got them in an ePub format. With HFQ being offered through Amazon, does anyone have a guess as to whether it will also be offered as an ePub? I'd like to keep the entire series with the same file formats so I can read them with the same eReader.


You can always use Calibre to convert it to any desired format.



From what i recall, having never bought an ebook off amazon... Amazon adds DRM to make conversions difficult. There were guides on how to remove the DRM, but this was years ago and it might be gone now, or require new steps. Dunno.


Anyways...
Format: Kindle
Published as: .azw3; .azw; .kf8

The Amazon Kindle's AZW format is basically just the Mobipocket format with a slightly different serial number scheme (it uses an asterisk instead of a dollar sign), and .prc publications can be read directly on the Kindle. The Kindle AZW format also lacks some Mobipocket features such as JavaScript.
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Re: HFQ eBook File Format?
Post by Bosparan   » Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:09 am

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Hi Guys,

Chyort wrote:From what i recall, having never bought an ebook off amazon... Amazon adds DRM to make conversions difficult. There were guides on how to remove the DRM, but this was years ago and it might be gone now, or require new steps. Dunno.
Actually, it's trivial to do to this day. There's a plugin for Calibre, try searching with google for this word:
iSmoothBlog-DRM-Removal
The second hit ought to give you everything you need. Just install the plugin into Calibre and register your calibre serial no. in the plugin config (The Calibre App for computer has one too). Any azw file you now drop into your calibre is auto-converted into mobi.

Really useful tool if you want to switch to a non-kindle eReader and have a lot of amazon ebooks ...

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Re: HFQ eBook File Format?
Post by Eagleeye   » Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:37 am

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As far as I remember, Tor has declared some times ago, that all ebooks will be sold drm-free, period.
That includes the ebooks they sell via Amazon, too.
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Re: HFQ eBook File Format?
Post by DrakBibliophile   » Sat Oct 10, 2015 9:41 am

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Correct.

Tor doesn't use DRM anymore.

Just a note, don't blame Amazon (or any other ebook store) for DRM.

Having DRM is a decision by the publisher not Amazon or any other ebook store.


Eagleeye wrote:As far as I remember, Tor has declared some times ago, that all ebooks will be sold drm-free, period.
That includes the ebooks they sell via Amazon, too.
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