05-26-2010, 10:56 AM
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Hello from an Ebook Newbie
I bought my wife an Aluratek Libre and last night was the first chance I had to help her figure out how to use it. Right off the bat, we downloaded a book from B&N and quickly ran into problems. I've been reading lots of posts in different forums and have yet to conclude that the Libre cannot handle B&N books. I tried converting the book to something readible using Calibre to no avail (so far). I got a message to the effect that Calibre can't violate the DRM restrictions on the file. I then played with ADE also to no avail. I then dowloaded the latest firmware update from the Aluratek website only to discover that it is the same version that came insalled in the device (15). I see there is a version 16 but don't know how to get it or what it offers. I then tried to find the same book at ebooks.com. They had it but for twice the price of the B&N download. I clearly have a lot to learn about this technology. If anyone would like to comment, I would sure appreciate it. I guess my biggest question right now is, where do I download the kinds of books my wife likes to read (typical B&N fiction) and what do I need to do to them to enable the Libre to read them. Did I buy her the wrong reader? Thanks, ritpg
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05-26-2010, 11:56 AM
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Hello and welcome to MR!!!
I am not really all that certain about the Libre. I never used it. Here is a great subforum dedicated to that reader.  https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=205 Make sure to check out all of the free public domain books that this site offers. |
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05-26-2010, 12:31 PM
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Enjoying the show....
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Welcome to MobileRead, ritpg.
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05-26-2010, 02:45 PM
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sleepless reader
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Hi ritpg, welcome to MobileRead.
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05-26-2010, 06:09 PM
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Hi rtpg,
You'll see, everything will clear itself. Post your question where happy_terd suggests. |
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05-26-2010, 08:00 PM
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Hi ritpg and welcome to MobileRead
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05-27-2010, 04:00 AM
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Hello and welcome to MR!
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05-27-2010, 07:40 AM
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