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jimdays · 02-17-2016, 11:00 AM

OK, got it. No epub on Amazon site.
Another question: When I was putting my friend's mobi ebook on Amazon, there was a question something about, do I want the book to have DRM, and also something about "sharing" the book. I choose the default - no DRM, but I don't understand the advantages/disadvantages of choosing DRM/no DRM.
And I don't understand the Amazon words about "sharing" the ebook. It seems to me, the only way to share the ebook is to give somebody the Kindle ebook reader that contains the book. How else could you "share" the ebook"? My understanding is, unless you are pretty good at hacking a Kindle, there is no way to access the internal file the represents the ebook. In my brief look at my friend's Kindle Fire, I could not access (with a computer and USB cable) any files in the Kindle except a few folders that were available for upload/download (user pictures/videos/mp3/storage, etc).
By the way - the Amazon site allows reading the first 4 chapters of the ebook for free. I think that is really nifty.

02-17-2016, 11:00 AM	#20
jimdays Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: kindle touch WP63GW	OK, got it. No epub on Amazon site. Another question: When I was putting my friend's mobi ebook on Amazon, there was a question something about, do I want the book to have DRM, and also something about "sharing" the book. I choose the default - no DRM, but I don't understand the advantages/disadvantages of choosing DRM/no DRM. And I don't understand the Amazon words about "sharing" the ebook. It seems to me, the only way to share the ebook is to give somebody the Kindle ebook reader that contains the book. How else could you "share" the ebook"? My understanding is, unless you are pretty good at hacking a Kindle, there is no way to access the internal file the represents the ebook. In my brief look at my friend's Kindle Fire, I could not access (with a computer and USB cable) any files in the Kindle except a few folders that were available for upload/download (user pictures/videos/mp3/storage, etc). By the way - the Amazon site allows reading the first 4 chapters of the ebook for free. I think that is really nifty. Last edited by jimdays; 02-17-2016 at 11:05 AM.