E-BOOKS SUPPORT

ELECTRONIC BOOKS (eBooks)

AKAKIA Publications makes its electronic titles available in a compressed file .zip format, which makes the title available for download in three different formats: in .mobi format for eBook readers such as the Amazon Kindle, in a .pdf format for PCs and Pads such as the iPad or Android tablets or in case the buyer wants to have a hard copy of the title printed, and ofcourse, in a .epub format for the most of ebook readers, such as Sony Reader, Kobo, Binatone, BeBook, Nook and Displex.

PC & MAC COMPUTERS

Accessing and reading electronic books by AKAKIA is possible in any computer, desktop, notebook or netbook, provided the required applications are properly installed and running. Two of the most popular applications today are the Amazon Kindle for PC (www.amazon.co.uk/gp/kindle/pc), the Amazon Kindle for Mac (www.amazon.co.uk/gp/kindle/mac)  for .mobi files as well as the Adobe Acrobat Reader (http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader) for .pdf files.

eBOOK READERS

The electronic files published by AKAKIA have been successfully tested on the world’s most popular eBook readers. AKAKIA strongly recommends the Amazon Kindle, probably the most popular eBook reader, which seamlessly supports its own .mobi files and has no problem reading Greek characters. In addition, the most of eBook readers support the .epub files in which AKAKIA embeds the Greek Fonts, and can certainly read .pdf files provided by AKAKIA Publications.

SMART PHONES & iPHONES

Amazon has created a free application for iPhones or Smart Phones with Android OS, which can be found on the websites of (www.amazon.co.uk/gp/readers), Apple, or Android Market, respectively. By installing the Amazon Kindle application on a Smart Phone, a customer may purchase and download electronic books directly from Amazon. This application seamlessly supports all .mobi files of eBooks issued by AKAKIA, including seamless reproduction of Greek characters.

LIMITATIONS AND PROBLEMS

AKAKIA Publications does not issue electronic books with DRM lock enable, because AKAKIA does not in any way endorse file downloads on one electronic device only nor does it approve of the complexity, the required installation or purchase of computer programs by the user and more generally, of further associated problems causing eventual dissatisfaction of the user. Users should also be aware that the Adobe Digital Editions application for reading .epub files, has an important limitation. The application does not properly support Greek .epub files that have no pre-installed Greek fonts. For example, in Unicode files, accented Greek characters are not supported. This is a problem that surely needs be resolved, because most of the available Greek .epub files, at least those that are available free of charge, do not include fonts. AKAKIA embeds fonts into the .epub files in order to avoid any possible problem!

Should there be any problem with accessing and reading files prepared by AKAKIA Publications or any incompatibility of such files on an eBook reader, we would be very grateful if you could kindly email us accordingly.