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Keloff · 10-27-2011, 04:59 PM

Operational issues:

Amazon.co.uk offers free delivery to South Africa, but I can't buy Kindles from that store... :|

South Africans don't quality for Kindle with special offers, so it's USD$110.

Ereader alternatives:
Use Calibre's emulation facility to compare ereader functionality.

http://www.kalahari.com/electronics/.../41481868.aspx

Pocketbook reader ships to SA : http://www.pocketbook-int.com/welcome-pocketbook

The Gobii LCD ereader is available at our Amazon equivalent, but it's LCD. I don't want a pretend media tablet. :|

On DRM and formats:
- O'Reilly's books are all DRM free and in .mobi + .epub, but I'm not sure I'll get anything there that's written for publishing students quite new to e-media.
- I'm curating material using Instapaper (which can export to EPUB, which can be converted to MOBI/K8). Copyright issues will limit me here, though.

Further reading:
A reasonable SA-centric Kindle site: http://e-reader.co.za/which-e-reader-should-you-buy/

Curated materials (permission(s) received from rights holder):
Pablo's Quick and Dirty ePub Tutorial [Still need to confirm adaptation]

10-27-2011, 04:59 PM	#2
Keloff Electronic media explorer Posts: 64 Karma: 169796 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Device: Kindle (6" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation), iPad 2	Operational issues: Amazon.co.uk offers free delivery to South Africa, but I can't buy Kindles from that store... :\| South Africans don't quality for Kindle with special offers, so it's USD$110. Ereader alternatives: Use Calibre's emulation facility to compare ereader functionality. http://www.kalahari.com/electronics/.../41481868.aspx Pocketbook reader ships to SA : http://www.pocketbook-int.com/welcome-pocketbook The Gobii LCD ereader is available at our Amazon equivalent, but it's LCD. I don't want a pretend media tablet. :\| On DRM and formats: - O'Reilly's books are all DRM free and in .mobi + .epub, but I'm not sure I'll get anything there that's written for publishing students quite new to e-media. - I'm curating material using Instapaper (which can export to EPUB, which can be converted to MOBI/K8). Copyright issues will limit me here, though. Further reading: A reasonable SA-centric Kindle site: http://e-reader.co.za/which-e-reader-should-you-buy/ Curated materials (permission(s) received from rights holder): Pablo's Quick and Dirty ePub Tutorial [Still need to confirm adaptation] Last edited by Keloff; 11-02-2011 at 02:27 PM.