How exactly to get Kindle books for non-Kindle? - Page 2

arcadata · 09-05-2012, 01:12 AM

How about reading the freebies via the Kindle Cloud Reader? You don't have to install anything, just read it within your browser.

Barbara1955 · 09-05-2012, 01:25 AM

When I had the Amazon Cloud ALL it did was put ALL my Audio files in it! Right oof my computer! Then Scrambled them UGH I ended up deleating It! So I am not sure how that would work....

arcadata · 09-05-2012, 01:35 AM

I'm not talking about the Kindle cloud, just the Kindle Cloud Reader (https://read.amazon.com/)

Click on that link, and you'll have access to all the Kindle books you've bought.

piperclassique · 09-05-2012, 02:02 AM

Yah, Cloud Reader if you use Amazon.com is fine. Not afaik available for UK or FR.

Barbara1955 · 09-05-2012, 02:49 AM

Well looks like OP has to have some link to Amazon to get the ebooks...even to move them to calibre.

HarryT · 09-05-2012, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by piperclassique

Yah, Cloud Reader if you use Amazon.com is fine. Not afaik available for UK or FR.

That's right. Neither the Amazon Cloud nor the Cloud Reader is available outside the US (or perhaps outside "amazon.com", I don't know which).

spindlegirl · 09-05-2012, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by cromag

I bowed to necessity, but I resent it. It is free, but it takes up space in my computer for (what is essentially) their storefront, makes (yet another) redundant folder for itself in My Documents, communicates without necessarily asking me first, etc., etc.

Don't mind my griping. I had a lousy sleep last night.

I bowed halfway to necessity and just bought a darned kindle when my 'free books' purchased were piling up, and I didn't want to buy a Windows computer (We're Linux folk) for only one purpose, so I split the difference and just bought a Kindle. I was sort of needing to buy a new e-reader anyway, as I wanted to give my T1 to my daughter and happened to have a bit of money to do so. (but not enough for another T1) But not everyone has that occasion to 'just do it' or a close family member to share with.

I didn't want to be stuck reading on their cloud reader app, so I had to make the choice. Turned out my daughter really loves her T1, and the many language dictionaries (she has a massive collection of printed dictionaries), and the little drawing app on it (which I had completely forgotten about as I only ever read books on it), as well as the hundreds of MR, Smashwords, and Gutenberg freebies I had stuck on it for her. Things which I had taken for granted were Golden for her.

spindlegirl · 09-05-2012, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

That's right. Neither the Amazon Cloud nor the Cloud Reader is available outside the US (or perhaps outside "amazon.com", I don't know which).

The cloud reader is available in Canada. I just don't like it as a reader.

pdurrant · 09-05-2012, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Katie1

You need the Kindle for PC or what even your computer is to recieve Any Amazon eBook! Then you need Calibre to Strip DRM to change the Formate!

Just for the record: calibre does not strip DRM and has no DRM removal capabilities.

Anyone using calibre to strip DRM is doing so with a third-party plugin for calibre that is not written by, supported by, or in any way connected with the calibre developers.

Apache · 09-05-2012, 06:04 AM

As I said I have Kindle for PC on my computer. I did not say I use it to read Amazon Titles.

I convert them and use my reader. I do not like to read books on my computer. It is not comfortable. I find my other chairs and my bed much more conducive to comfortable reading.
Apache

spindlegirl · 09-05-2012, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Apache

As I said I have Kindle for PC on my computer. I did not say I use it to read Amazon Titles.

I convert them and use my reader. I do not like to read books on my computer. It is not comfortable. I find my other chairs and my bed much more conducive to comfortable reading.
Apache

I completely agree. I also found the interface of the cloud reader inferior to all other readers, aside from the fact that I don't like reading on a computer screen (much). Reading a forum is different as it requires a different attention/focus span.

I also like to have my books be well, my books, all in one place to refer to, regardless of where I bought them. To have to log into Kobo, then Sony, then Amazon, then Smashwords, etc, to see if I "already bought the book" is just nonsense. At least with physical books I just glance at my bookshelf.

When I bought my Kindle and set my books free to join the rest of my books on calibre, i was not terribly surprised to find that I had a few dozen duplicates that i had already downloaded for free from other stores that were offering them (Smashwords, etc).

The lure of getting all these freebies eventually hooked me to getting the actual Kindle (and I do feel like i "caved in" in order to get my books), but seriously, I am glad they were freebies. I wouldn't have tolerated this type of nonsense had I paid for a book.

When I pay for something, I expect it to be extractable for just me to read whenever and above all wherever, I please. Not have it glued to my account on a computer.

MorganM · 09-06-2012, 04:53 AM

Stupid question but if I download Kindle for PC and get all the freebies how do I locate them on my linux system to load them on to calibre? I use linux mint.

HarryT · 09-06-2012, 05:03 AM

They'll be in the "My Documents\My Kindle Content" folder in Windows.

cromag · 09-08-2012, 01:39 AM

Depends on how you run Kindle for PC on your Linux system -- since they don't, as far as I know, offer a Linux version.

On my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS netbook I run it under Wine -- not easy, but you can set it up with a little effort. In my case the Kindle books are located in

$HOME/Documents/My Kindle Content

Whether you run the Linux version of Calibre or the Windows version under Wine, navigating to the Kindle books is very straight forward.

pdurrant · 09-08-2012, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by cromag

Whether you run the Linux version of Calibre or the Windows version under Wine, navigating to the Kindle books is very straight forward.

Those running calibre under Linux and Kindle for PC under Wine should check out recent comments at Alf's blog. It seems there's an updated plugin being tested for exactly that situation.

Thankfully I'm on a Mac and don't have to worry about such things.

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09-05-2012, 01:12 AM	#16
arcadata Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,230 Karma: 4651787 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle, Kindle Fire, iPad, iPod Touch, Sony PRS-350	How about reading the freebies via the Kindle Cloud Reader? You don't have to install anything, just read it within your browser.

09-05-2012, 01:25 AM	#17
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,454 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	When I had the Amazon Cloud ALL it did was put ALL my Audio files in it! Right oof my computer! Then Scrambled them UGH I ended up deleating It! So I am not sure how that would work....

09-05-2012, 01:35 AM	#18
arcadata Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,230 Karma: 4651787 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle, Kindle Fire, iPad, iPod Touch, Sony PRS-350	I'm not talking about the Kindle cloud, just the Kindle Cloud Reader (https://read.amazon.com/) Click on that link, and you'll have access to all the Kindle books you've bought.

09-05-2012, 02:02 AM	#19
piperclassique A garbling groftpot Posts: 974 Karma: 9234667 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: France Device: Oasis, Voyage, Kobo mini, Samsung tablet, phones, whatever.	Yah, Cloud Reader if you use Amazon.com is fine. Not afaik available for UK or FR.

09-05-2012, 02:49 AM	#20
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,454 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Well looks like OP has to have some link to Amazon to get the ebooks...even to move them to calibre.

09-05-2012, 06:04 AM	#25
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,140 Karma: 90000000 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	As I said I have Kindle for PC on my computer. I did not say I use it to read Amazon Titles. I convert them and use my reader. I do not like to read books on my computer. It is not comfortable. I find my other chairs and my bed much more conducive to comfortable reading. Apache

09-06-2012, 04:53 AM	#27
MorganM Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 1089963 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra H2o	Stupid question but if I download Kindle for PC and get all the freebies how do I locate them on my linux system to load them on to calibre? I use linux mint.

09-06-2012, 05:03 AM	#28
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	They'll be in the "My Documents\My Kindle Content" folder in Windows.

09-08-2012, 01:39 AM	#29
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 24,303 Karma: 459220161 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Depends on how you run Kindle for PC on your Linux system -- since they don't, as far as I know, offer a Linux version. On my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS netbook I run it under Wine -- not easy, but you can set it up with a little effort. In my case the Kindle books are located in $HOME/Documents/My Kindle Content Whether you run the Linux version of Calibre or the Windows version under Wine, navigating to the Kindle books is very straight forward.