I just thought I'd throw this out there. The eBook manager Calibre can strip DRM from all ebooks formats, I think (although I don't have any experience with it). So, there's that...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Ron Lauzon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rlauzon@gmail.com">rlauzon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Don Ellis <<a href="mailto:don.ellis@gmail.com">don.ellis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've loaded a Kindle reader on several desktop computers and on an<br>
> iPad, but I've only been loading free content on it. As I understand<br>
> it, though, if you load the Kindle software on a machine, you have a<br>
> Kindle, from the vendor's point of view. It is Amazon official<br>
> software. Would be pointless for them to push a desktop application<br>
> then say you can't use it to buy their stuff.<br>
<br>
</div>My point is that if you choose to get a different eBook reader - like<br>
a Cybook Opus, that does not support the proprietary Kindle format and<br>
has no Kindle reader - then you cannot read your Amazon "purchased"<br>
eBooks on it.<br>
<br>
If (when?) Amazon decides to drop support for their proprietary format<br>
(as they have done 3 times now), you will be unable to authorize any<br>
new devices. So it doesn't matter if you have a Kindle app for it.<br>
<br>
And don't bother with the "they'll never do that". They have done it<br>
already and there's no promise that they won't do it again.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
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