Kindle 2 and Sony

RSaunders · 04-16-2009, 10:07 AM

My household has both a Sony Reader and a Kindle 2. Calibre seems like the neutral middle ground for both formats. What are the best practices for managing two different readers, with distinctly different book preferences. For the 20% of books we both want to read, I presume I will have two conversions to do - How do I keep them both in my Calibre library? Can Calibre-made LRFs be converted into Kindle 2 MOBIs, or do I have to go back to the source? What about other LRFs, can they be converted?

Sorry for the newbee questions, but the Kindle 2 is a new addition to my library.

BenG · 04-16-2009, 12:34 PM

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wallcraft · 04-16-2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by RSaunders

Can Calibre-made LRFs be converted into Kindle 2 MOBIs, or do I have to go back to the source?

Calibre does not do lrf2any conversion, but there are external tools to do this (see LRFTools. Convert LRF to EPUB, HTML, PDF and RTF ). Since AZW DRM can be stripped using mobededrm, I would buy AZW (from the Kindle store) or MOBI and then use Calibre to convert these to LRF or ePub. You can also buy ePub and convert to MOBI using Calibre.

04-16-2009, 10:07 AM	#1
RSaunders Groupie Posts: 162 Karma: 2054 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500	Kindle 2 and Sony My household has both a Sony Reader and a Kindle 2. Calibre seems like the neutral middle ground for both formats. What are the best practices for managing two different readers, with distinctly different book preferences. For the 20% of books we both want to read, I presume I will have two conversions to do - How do I keep them both in my Calibre library? Can Calibre-made LRFs be converted into Kindle 2 MOBIs, or do I have to go back to the source? What about other LRFs, can they be converted? Sorry for the newbee questions, but the Kindle 2 is a new addition to my library.

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