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Old 01-27-2009, 07:36 AM   #1
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Can I open Kindle books with the BeBook?
Hi there,

Sorry if this question has been answered before, I could not find it in this forum: can I buy Kindle books at Amazon and open them at BeBook? Or are these files really exclusive for the Kindle? I ask that because some recent tech books seem to be available only for the Kindle.

I know there are geographical restrictions as well when it comes to buying Kindle books but that I can get around, my sister lives in the US. So I just wonder about the DRM and file format.
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Hi there,

Sorry if this question has been answered before, I could not find it in this forum: can I buy Kindle books at Amazon and open them at BeBook? Or are these files really exclusive for the Kindle? I ask that because some recent tech books seem to be available only for the Kindle.

I know there are geographical restrictions as well when it comes to buying Kindle books but that I can get around, my sister lives in the US. So I just wonder about the DRM and file format.
You can buy Kindle books only if you have a Kindle registered to your account. The format is different. Kindle uses mobi (.prc)
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Old 01-27-2009, 08:44 AM   #3
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You can buy Kindle books only if you have a Kindle registered to your account.
I see. Will stick to other formats then, too bad if they don't want my money!

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You can buy Kindle books only if you have a Kindle registered to your account. The format is different. Kindle uses mobi (.prc)
Bebook supports mobi/prc, too. If there isn't a special version of DRM connected to the kindle-mobi-files, you could try to read these files on your Bebook. Because, the standard mobi-DRM is no problem. I tested it.
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Bebook supports mobi/prc, too. If there isn't a special version of DRM connected to the kindle-mobi-files, you could try to read these files on your Bebook. Because, the standard mobi-DRM is no problem. I tested it.
The problem is actually to get them, not to read them. You can't buy Amazon e-books if you do not own a (registered) Kindle.
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I ask that because some recent tech books seem to be available only for the Kindle.
Note that O'Reilly ebooks are sold on the Kindle in single format (AZW/MOBI), but are DRM-free and come in a three format bundle (PDF, MOBI, ePub) when bought from the publisher. So I suggest checking with the publisher if you can't find a ebook except on the Kindle.

The MOBI format isn't optimal for tech books, and Amazon has suggested to publishers that they use TOPAZ for such books on the Kindle. TOPAZ is a terrible Kindle-only format which is a pale shadow of ePub, but there are Kindle ebooks that use it. Since TOPAZ isn't MOBI, it is more understandable that these are not otherwise available. O'Reilly decided to do the best they can with MOBI, and also to provide ePub (and PDF) as alternatives. In my view they were entirely correct to avoid TOPAZ.
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