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Discworld reading order guide (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

This one?

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-pratchetts-discworld-harpercollins-books

Sad it doesn't have quite all of them.

Hmm looks like it's just missing Raising Steam?

And it looks like it's through kobo.com? Do you just get the files or have to use their site/app?

Edit: looks like these books can only be downloaded as .ascm files. DRM-managed adobe files. Very lame.

Welp I just burned $18 as I'm absolutely not going to use Adobe Digital Editions or the Kobo app to read books. Humble's "Use on Any Device" is an absolute lie.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Humble gives you a code to use on kobo.com

Which isn't ideal, but for the price....

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've heard it's not too hard to recoup your value for your $18, by making the books actually readable on your devices:

https://github.com/subdavis/kobo-book-downloader?tab=readme-ov-file#alternatives-to-kobodl

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I'll have to try that. When I got the epub downloaded from ADE my reader said it was encrypted and even suggested a search to remove the DRM.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Welp, I tried all that but it can't remove the DRM. Guess this is the last time I buy ebooks.

[–] FoolHen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did it convert it to .epub? If so you can remove epub DRM with Calibre and the DRM recover plugin

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It popped up in calibre and knew the title but wouldn't open. I didn't see a dedrm button or option.

[–] FoolHen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have to install the plugin. You can get it from https://github.com/ramanveerji/DeDRM_tools . It removes DRM automatically when adding a book to the library.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

I have that. It imported the 2 certs it found. Still doesn't work.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That sucks, sorry.

I wanted to purchase that same bundle, but I didn't want the hassle of getting DRM books into my device ecosystem, so I skipped it, since I noticed it was through Kobo.

For what it's worth, I've had great luck with purchasing other (explicitly DRM Free) Humble Bundles (i.e. Tor books).

But I can understand wanting one reliable place to shop. It's a shame that the one reliable place to shop for widely compatible eBooks seems to be the high seas, at the moment. Yo ho!

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

It's not even available everywhere.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Adobe digital editions are very easy to de-drm into epub files.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried the calibre dedrm plugin. Didn't work. Spent about an hour going through the read mes and tutorial before giving up. There's better ways to get what I payed for.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just pirate them, you've already paid.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the goal. I do like doing things the right way and learning new skills. But fuck it. Burned on Kobo.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's the publishers not the marketplaces that insist on DRM. Kobo just picked the off the shelf option.