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Converting books from Public Library
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I hope members of this forum will forgive me for a simple question that may well have been asked before. I recently purchased a Kindle (the Wi-Fi version) and, with hope in my heart, downloaded a book from the Toronto Public Library in the belief that Calibre would convert it to a format that my Kindle can read. I picked Shroud for a Nightingale, an Adam Dalgleish detective story, added it to the list of my Calibre main page, and clicked "convert individual book". The immediate reply was that the book is in a format the Calibre cannot read. Yet I had asked for the download in the E-pub format. Now the Library tells me that E-books it lends cannot be read on a Kindle because of restrictions by Amazon. But I had read that there ways to circumvent this problem using a good conversion program. And I had never expected a problem in a download to a computer since that is the way so many E-books are read. Am I doing something wrong? Can anybody guide me? Pat.Bloomfield. |
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Welcome to MobileRead Pat.
Your question as you can imagine is quite common. The solution involves in removing the DRM from the book and then converting it to Mobi format. There are some legal/moral complications to this which are discussed extensively here if you wish to search and read. The rules of this board prevent giving direct help in the removing of DRM ... although if you are able to download and read the book in Adobe Digital Edition and you have a working Calibre library, you are almost there. To continue, Google the phrase "Apprentice Alf Blog" and read the entry on DRM and the Perplexed. Follow his directions. |
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As abookreader says, you're almost there. I use my Kindle to read books from the BC Library system (need to see if that Dalgleish is there - it's one I've missed somehow.) Apprentice Alf is the missing piece, and the instructions there are pretty good. Almost as good as the ones I wrote up for my own family's use, which were specifically written with the BC Library in mind.
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To abookreader and Charlie: Thanks very much for your prompt replies. I shall try Apprentice Alf Blog. I am a little unsure about the legal and moral complications. What I do know is that, if I went up to my local library and borrowed a hard copy of this book I would be taking a legitimate action available to all citizens.
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There is a rather large thread going on about stripping DRM and converting library eBooks and the answer is, it's illegal depending on what state you live in.
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