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Old 09-12-2011, 09:53 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by MorganM View Post
I have about 50 epub books sitting in my Calibre currently and would it be possible if I did get a Kindle to convert them to mobi with no prob and put them on the Kindle?
Calibre will convert them if they don't have DRM. If they do have DRM, you'll need to strip it before you can convert.

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Also I run a Linux system on my computer and would that be a problem for the Kindle? I do have Windows on my laptop but I don't really like getting it out just for ebooks. I want a Kindle to be compatible with my main computer which runs Linux Natty Narwhal currently. It's taken me months of fiddling around to get ADE and the Kobo desktop to work properly on here. Finally!
It'll work quite happily with Linux. When you plug it in, it'll appear as an extra drive, in the same way that a USB flash drive would. I use Natty at home and Fedora 14 at work, both work with the Kindle.

The only thing I'd suggest with Linux is that you install Calibre using the instructions on the Calibre website (http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux). The copy in the repositories tends to be quite old. I've had no problems using Calibre on Linux with my Kindle.
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