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Originally Posted by MorganM
Interesting....Do I need the kindle for pc desktop to download the files or no? I run a linux system and I have often wondered how to get the kindle books from off the site on to my computer so I can convert them to epub.
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I had the
hardest time with this before I got my actual Kindle (I bought the cheapest model for just that purpose), all the "books" on the cloud were piling up and I wanted to start picking out some of those books to
read and couldn't handle the cloud reader, it was uncomfortable. And to obtain the option of "transfer via computer" you need an actual serial number to register.
Using Kindle for PC was a disaster which crashed my computer every time under wine. And I had limited access (or desire), to Windows due to us being a Debian Linux household.
I had to get my clarinet serviced and had more money than necessary for the job, so just used the "leftover" money from birthday and from that, to get the cheapest Kindle they had at the sale. I felt like a kid in a candy store
finally able to access
my own books, have my own registered serial number, and could load them onto calibre using (finally) the option of "transfer via computer".
It wound up being a double bonus for me. I fell in love with my kindle beyond my initial reasons for purchasing it, to the point where I gave my precious T1 to my oldest daughter (and I never dreamed anything could top my precious Sony T1) who up to that point had a heavy, glarey HipStreet reader with a battery life of 3 seconds. She loves the T1, and I love my kindle, so was able to have the best for her.