[GRLUG] e-Books rule at Amazon

[Michael Mol]

Calibre is awesome, and also serves as a great desktop eBook reader on
both Windows and Linux. It ties in comfortably with the BN nook and
has explicit support for large number of other devices.

The one thing I don't like about it is the frequency of updates. It's
an incredibly active project, and each time I launch it (at work,
probably once or twice a week), it notifies me of a new version for
download.

It also supports converting between formats, although that gets a bit
arcane. I'll *eventually* manage to convert ImageMagic docs and the
C++ standard to ePub, but I haven't managed to get good results yet.

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 3:59 PM, John Wesorick <john at wesorick.com> wrote:
> 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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