[GRLUG] e-Books rule at Amazon

[John Wesorick]

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...

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Ron Lauzon <rlauzon at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've loaded a Kindle reader on several desktop computers and on an
> > iPad, but I've only been loading free content on it. As I understand
> > it, though, if you load the Kindle software on a machine, you have a
> > Kindle, from the vendor's point of view. It is Amazon official
> > software. Would be pointless for them to push a desktop application
> > then say you can't use it to buy their stuff.
>
> My point is that if you choose to get a different eBook reader - like
> a Cybook Opus, that does not support the proprietary Kindle format and
> has no Kindle reader - then you cannot read your Amazon "purchased"
> eBooks on it.
>
> If (when?) Amazon decides to drop support for their proprietary format
> (as they have done 3 times now), you will be unable to authorize any
> new devices.  So it doesn't matter if you have a Kindle app for it.
>
> And don't bother with the "they'll never do that".  They have done it
> already and there's no promise that they won't do it again.
>
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