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Geramita · 01-22-2012, 05:18 PM

I just bought a book from Amazon (I had gotten a gift certificate at Xmas) and I bought a cheap one so I could see how the whole business worked. I don't own a Kindle, but rather have a Sony (one of the first ) and hoped to be able to use Calibre to put the book on my Sony e-reader.
I was surprised to find that the book appears in the Kindle Library, but it seems as if I have no way to download anything from there to my computer. I don't know how to strip the DRM from a file, but I can find out, however, I don't even know where the file is? Has anyone else had this experience?

I'm not a computer geek, in general, but I can learn things! Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

01-22-2012, 05:18 PM	#20
Geramita Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sometimes Canada, sometimes Italy Device: Sony Reader	I just bought a book from Amazon (I had gotten a gift certificate at Xmas) and I bought a cheap one so I could see how the whole business worked. I don't own a Kindle, but rather have a Sony (one of the first ) and hoped to be able to use Calibre to put the book on my Sony e-reader. I was surprised to find that the book appears in the Kindle Library, but it seems as if I have no way to download anything from there to my computer. I don't know how to strip the DRM from a file, but I can find out, however, I don't even know where the file is? Has anyone else had this experience? I'm not a computer geek, in general, but I can learn things! Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.