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Old 08-29-2013, 08:03 PM   #219
speakingtohe
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Originally Posted by alvina View Post
Sure it's not impossible. In theory, you can buy a book anywhere, stripp the DRM off, then you convert it with the command line tool KindleGen, then you can delete the Mobi part out of the AZW3 file with a Hex Editor, and then you can copy & paste this to your Kindle. No problem. But be careful, you only have 1 GB.

But this is a bit annoying for some people. I really don't understand why, but so it is. And since a good Reader from Sony doesn't need all this, since you can simply pug as many different Micro SD cards as you like into it, smart people simply buy a Sony.
Or you could use calibre and do it in under a minute a book.

Non DRM epubs such as those on MR can be can be converted in about 20 seconds and sent to the kindle conveniently arranged in folders.

DRM is difficult from a moral standpoint only IMO. I would not remove DRM from a library book for my mother's kindle. I would simply lend her one of my Sonys or Kobos. Perhaps if I did not have this option I would think differently or tell her to borrow the paper version. My mother would be fine with that

Personally I prefer Sony to all other ereaders I have tried except that the display is not as good as some and I like the tap to turn pages rather than the swipe. And I am fine using the buttons so the last reason is not that important.

I wouldn't dream of raining on someone else's parade by telling them that their beloved ereader was inferior though. I might show them mine if the occasion called for it, but never infer they were not smart because they didn't buy a Sony.

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