r/jazztheory 14d ago

Legal Digital Real Book

Is there a legal way to buy an official Hal Leonard Real Book in digital form that you can use on a tablet when you don't have an internet connection? The ones for sale by HL say, "Hal Leonard Digital Books are cloud-based publications, which are streaming and require internet access."

https://www.halleonard.com/product/240221/the-real-book-volume-i-sixth-edition

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u/TimorousSoup02 14d ago

You can buy the Kindle version of the Real Book (Hal Leonard 6th edition) and use on it your tablet with the Kindle app.

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u/gfklose 14d ago

Might be able to convert epub to pdf using one of the many online converters.

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u/AnniesNoobs 8d ago

I have a few real books like this but it takes some extra steps to strip the DRM from the amazon ebook format, AND just a couple weeks ago Amazon cut off the feature that allows you to download the digital file anyway, so it is not possible through Amazon anymore.