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Old 10-20-2010, 03:55 PM   #4
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where do i start as far as finding out software/computer requirements, process, etc. for removing DRM and changing the formatting of ebooks?
You'll have to just Google the DRM removal (it's easy and it's a no-no to discuss it here). After that, you just need calibre to do any conversions.

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one of my hopes with an eReader is that it will lead me to new books and authors that i like and that may have otherwise gone undiscovered, without what to this point has been the accumulation of partially read before abandoning paperbacks. i find that some bestselling authors are my cup of tea (grisham, larssen) while others are not (patterson, coben). what is the best way to go about learning of new authors and guessing if they are going to appeal to me? i'm predicting that "relatively unknown" does not imply "not worth reading."
You might try some of your favorite authors on Literature-Map.
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