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Glider · 01-01-2011, 12:12 PM

Just an indication of how dumb some people can be: Calibre V 0.7.35 works really well with no flaws at all. However, if you try to load kindle books from Kindle for PC into your Calibre library, then from there into your Kindle (handheld), you will get the error message 'This book is licensed to another user'.

It never occurred to me that the books I downloaded to Kindle for PC would have a different DRM from the books I downloaded to my Kindle, even though they are the same books. It all fell together when I found out that the Amazon DRM is device specific and not generic to a user (buyer).

Ah, well. Silly me. I uninstalled Kindle for PC and I use only Calibre and my Kindle3 now and everything is fine and funky. A steep learning curve for one day, but ta for your help anyway Hedwig.

01-01-2011, 12:12 PM	#5
Glider Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle3	Just an indication of how dumb some people can be: Calibre V 0.7.35 works really well with no flaws at all. However, if you try to load kindle books from Kindle for PC into your Calibre library, then from there into your Kindle (handheld), you will get the error message 'This book is licensed to another user'. It never occurred to me that the books I downloaded to Kindle for PC would have a different DRM from the books I downloaded to my Kindle, even though they are the same books. It all fell together when I found out that the Amazon DRM is device specific and not generic to a user (buyer). Ah, well. Silly me. I uninstalled Kindle for PC and I use only Calibre and my Kindle3 now and everything is fine and funky. A steep learning curve for one day, but ta for your help anyway Hedwig. Last edited by Glider; 01-01-2011 at 12:15 PM.