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Old 08-29-2010, 10:00 AM   #1
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As this is my first post please be gentle.

We have a Sony 600 and one of the authors my wife likes, Stuart Macbride has a series of 6 thrillers. She bought the first one, liked it and looked to buy the rest but Waterstones have Nos 1, 4,5, & 6 available as ebooks but no 2 & 3, how smart is that.
So to my question, Amazon have the missing volumes so if I buy these as Kindles how easy is it to convert them to epub files to read on the Sony

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As this is my first post please be gentle.

We have a Sony 600 and one of the authors my wife likes, Stuart Macbride has a series of 6 thrillers. She bought the first one, liked it and looked to buy the rest but Waterstones have Nos 1, 4,5, & 6 available as ebooks but no 2 & 3, how smart is that.
So to my question, Amazon have the missing volumes so if I buy these as Kindles how easy is it to convert them to epub files to read on the Sony

Thanks

Neil
Very easy. Download them to "Kindle for PC". Do a Google search for "skindle" - that's a tool that will remove the DRM for you. Then use Calibre to convert to ePub format for your Sony.
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Old 08-29-2010, 10:09 AM   #3
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Old 08-29-2010, 10:17 AM   #4
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As this is my first post please be gentle.

We have a Sony 600 and one of the authors my wife likes, Stuart Macbride has a series of 6 thrillers. She bought the first one, liked it and looked to buy the rest but Waterstones have Nos 1, 4,5, & 6 available as ebooks but no 2 & 3, how smart is that.
So to my question, Amazon have the missing volumes so if I buy these as Kindles how easy is it to convert them to epub files to read on the Sony

Thanks

Neil
All of Stuart Macbride's ebooks are available in ePub format at WHSmith for 50% off.

Cold Granite (2005)
Dying Light (2006)
Broken Skin (2007)
Flesh House (2008)
Blind Eye (2009)
Dark Blood (2010
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Old 08-29-2010, 03:34 PM   #5
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Very easy. Download them to "Kindle for PC". Do a Google search for "skindle" - that's a tool that will remove the DRM for you. Then use Calibre to convert to ePub format for your Sony.
Does skindle work with the new "Kindle for PC" ?
The last time i tried to de-DRM it ends with skindle not supporting the last "Kindle for PC" version. Unfortunately i already deleted the old version.
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Old 08-29-2010, 09:27 PM   #6
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The older versions of Kindle for PC are still out there. Just Google for Kindle for PC (or K4PC) Beta.

It'll work; just turn off the auto updates on it, once you install it, so it won't "upgrade" to the more current version...

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Old 09-02-2010, 03:43 PM   #7
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Great

While searching for K4PC i found a blog with "tools.zip" which contains the latest scripts. They've been updated to deal with the actual version of K4PC. So there's no need to install the old version. Worked like a charm
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Old 09-03-2010, 08:50 AM   #8
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While searching for K4PC i found a blog with "tools.zip" which contains the latest scripts. They've been updated to deal with the actual version of K4PC. So there's no need to install the old version. Worked like a charm
That's great news - I bought a sought after book from amazon a few weeks ago and found that as KP4C was the latest version I couldn't transfer to my Sony via calibre. If you have found the means please point me in the right direction.

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Old 09-03-2010, 09:40 AM   #9
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Grr. I've had this issue with Waterstones before. Email them. When you get a daft reply telling you to instal ADE, email them again very grumily and insist on a manger.

Also worth emailing the publisher as it isn't Waterstones' fault - but W is easier to find contact details for.
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Old 09-19-2010, 04:19 PM   #10
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That's great news - I bought a sought after book from amazon a few weeks ago and found that as KP4C was the latest version I couldn't transfer to my Sony via calibre. If you have found the means please point me in the right direction.

Cheers,

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Sorry, been on vacation.

Check out this blog. Search the comments (link at the bottom) for "tools_v1.9.zip". Really nice zip-file !!!
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Old 09-26-2010, 05:30 PM   #11
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SkyDream,

Thanks for getting back to me, hope you had a good vacation.

Have downloaded and it works great !!

Thanks again,

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