Thread: Amazon Kindle might be the worst thing that could happen to e-books?
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Old 11-20-2007, 10:22 AM   #122
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible View Post
Actually the iPod itself only reads Apple's formats. All others are interpreted by iTunes when you get them in. The Kindle works the same way but they will charge for the conversions; until someone writes a patch software to do it.
Sorry, I don't even own an iPod (my fiancee does, though) so I didn't remember exactly how that worked.

However, Amazon does NOT charge for conversion of the files, only for sending the file to the Kindle via wireless.

But you CAN access the Kindle directly via USB, and copy mobi files* on to it directly, and it can read them and open them natively. This is different from your description of the iPod which must convert mp3 files.

Does anyone know, is there a way to strip DRM protection from a mobi book if you know the password/number/whatever?

[* non-DRMed mobi files, anyway. ]
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