"Obsolete" devices and modern formats

phaeton · 09-29-2010, 09:49 PM

With many publishers no longer offering MOBI versions of many books is there any easy to read Kindle or epub books on PalmOS or Windows Mobile devices? Or is there a simple way to convert copyrighted materials to a friendlier format?

desertgrandma · 09-29-2010, 09:50 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, phaeton.

I can't answer your question but someone should step in soon...

wallcraft · 09-29-2010, 10:10 PM

Your best bet is to use Calibre to convert to MOBI (or eReader).

Calibre only works on DRM-free ebooks. See Apprentice Alf's Blog for a summary of what can be done to remove DRM.

beachwanderer · 09-30-2010, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

Your best bet is to use Calibre to convert to MOBI (or eReader). Calibre only works on DRM-free ebooks.

Welcome to MR, phaeton!

I agree with wallcraft there and would use calibre too on DRM-free works.

As an alternative you could always give the old mobipocket-creator itself a try. I does import DRM-free ePub-files (but as far as I remember not all and interestingly not those created with calibre when I last tried a long time ago

).

Sweetpea · 10-01-2010, 02:09 AM

A lot of Kindle books only need some cleaning up of DRM and then can be transfered to a WinMobile device without any extra conversions (if you have Mobipocket reader installed) (there are two brands, the topaz one you'll want to avoid at all cost...)

If you have an epub book, and it's also infested with DRM, you'll need to clean up that DRM as well. Then you can easily transform them to mobipocket format and again read them in mobipocket reader.

09-29-2010, 09:49 PM	#1
phaeton Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: none	"Obsolete" devices and modern formats With many publishers no longer offering MOBI versions of many books is there any easy to read Kindle or epub books on PalmOS or Windows Mobile devices? Or is there a simple way to convert copyrighted materials to a friendlier format?

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09-29-2010, 09:50 PM	#2
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Welcome to MobileRead, phaeton. I can't answer your question but someone should step in soon...

09-29-2010, 10:10 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Your best bet is to use Calibre to convert to MOBI (or eReader). Calibre only works on DRM-free ebooks. See Apprentice Alf's Blog for a summary of what can be done to remove DRM.

10-01-2010, 02:09 AM	#5
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	A lot of Kindle books only need some cleaning up of DRM and then can be transfered to a WinMobile device without any extra conversions (if you have Mobipocket reader installed) (there are two brands, the topaz one you'll want to avoid at all cost...) If you have an epub book, and it's also infested with DRM, you'll need to clean up that DRM as well. Then you can easily transform them to mobipocket format and again read them in mobipocket reader.

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