08-27-2011, 04:00 PM | #1 |
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Library ebooks and Kindle
I've just bought a Kindle and although I plan to buy books from Amazon, a good portion of my reading is likely to be ebooks from the library. These seem to be mainly Adobe Epub format (which I believe I can convert and read on the Kindle easily enough by using Calibre).
I will be using the wireless connectivity for books I get from Amazon, and I've read a little about logs the Kindle sends back to Amazon. I've no real concern about that, but I am wondering if there is likely to be any issue with information about the library ebooks being collected by Amazon - because as I understand it, DRM might be removed from them when converting with Calibre (or am I wrong about that?). Also, another unrelated query. I've just bought one Kindle at the moment but I can't see our current "we'll share it" plan working for long, so will soon have two in the household. Is it easy enough to share books bought on Amazon between the two Kindles? |
08-27-2011, 04:28 PM | #2 |
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amazon is supposed to support library books this fall, no one knows for sure exactly what this means (epub or mobi) just have to wait and see. If both kindles are registered to the same account then sharing books between them is very easy.
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There are, however, third-party (unsupported by calibre developers) plugins that will remove DRM from books as they are being imported into calibre's library. I believe the distinction is rather important. |
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I did once talk to Kindle support, and they talked about looking at a log file on my Kindle, so it is certainly possible for them to see logged information, which I would expect. No point in logging it, otherwise.
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08-27-2011, 06:04 PM | #6 |
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Sorry, I should have made it clear that I knew it was Calibre (+ plugins) that is required for DRM (just wasn't clear whether the library books would have DRM or not). Being able to read library ebooks is the only reason I've finally taken the plunge to buy a Kindle, so eventual official support will be ideal (though I'm in the UK so wouldn't be at all surprised to see it happening a lot later here than in North America).
Regards sharing books, I hadn't actually thought of registering them both to the same Amazon account, I guess that would be the easiest way to do it though. So thanks! Last edited by soulfuldog; 08-27-2011 at 06:07 PM. Reason: . |
08-27-2011, 06:24 PM | #7 |
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Back in April 2011 I heard that Amazon was working on getting library book compatibility for Kindle but I've heard nothing at all since.
At this point I'm starting to wonder if this is vaporware. |
08-27-2011, 07:01 PM | #8 |
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A librarian from one of the public libraries has confirmed that they are now allowed to tell users that they will be able to read library books on their Kindles by the end of September
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Last year when Amazon made an announcement (the one about being able to loan your Kindle books to other Kindle users) it was also "by the end of the year" and it was literally the end of December when it went active. |
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08-28-2011, 08:38 AM | #10 |
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This is an exceedingly odd decision to make, if you'll forgive me for saying so. The Kindle is pretty much the only reader on the market which CAN'T read library books directly. Would it not make more sense to buy one of the numerous ADE-based readers and be able to read them normally?
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08-28-2011, 10:51 AM | #11 |
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That's a pretty good point HarryT, and probably seems a bit of bizarre logic. However, there were three main factors in buying the Kindle. In order of importance.
Price. I wouldn't pay over £100 for an ebook reader. I've just paid £68 for a refurbished Kindle, nothing else can match that, can it? (In addition, after-sales support, which Amazon tends to be pretty good at.) Buying books. I only ever buy books online from Amazon, I guess buying ebooks is slightly different, but as much for convenience than anything else, there's no real reason to change. Calibre. The fact that Calibre looks as if it makes converting formats for use on the Kindle so easy means it's not really much of an issue. |
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08-29-2011, 03:23 PM | #14 |
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Once I decided that I'd be using Calibre to maintain my eBook library, the process became exactly the same process that it would be for getting any ADE book from any non-integrated store on to just about any reader. A little easier than most other readers, actually, thanks to the email feature.
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