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Stingo · 02-27-2009, 07:52 AM

Ok. I'm confused so I'll have to post a question that, hopefully, will not cross the margin of forum propriety. I am a happy PRS505 and Calibre user. I am thinking of getting a Kindle 2 for wife and to sell her 505 to a friend. When I buy books for my 505 I always strip off the DRM before downloading to the reader. Why...I don't like DRM and I don't want it to come back to haunt me in years to come. I thought that I could do the same with the Kindle.
I've seen multiple posts that say that you can strip DRM off of AZW files although I can't find any software to do it. This raises several questions:
How many formats can you buy e-books from Amazon in? How do you select format? Any hint that Amazon would drop AZW?
Where do you recommend, outside the forum, that I look to learn more about saving the files that I buy DRM free?
Does the Kindle currently work with Calibre?
If I load a DRM free file on the Kindle is it true that it has to be DRMd to work?
I know that some of these points are covered in other threads but it is so much easier to ask at one time. Thanks.

02-27-2009, 07:52 AM	#1
Stingo Fanatic Posts: 578 Karma: 1334691 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami Device: KH2O, KPW2, KDXG, KPW1, K3, S505	Kindle 2 file formats Ok. I'm confused so I'll have to post a question that, hopefully, will not cross the margin of forum propriety. I am a happy PRS505 and Calibre user. I am thinking of getting a Kindle 2 for wife and to sell her 505 to a friend. When I buy books for my 505 I always strip off the DRM before downloading to the reader. Why...I don't like DRM and I don't want it to come back to haunt me in years to come. I thought that I could do the same with the Kindle. I've seen multiple posts that say that you can strip DRM off of AZW files although I can't find any software to do it. This raises several questions: How many formats can you buy e-books from Amazon in? How do you select format? Any hint that Amazon would drop AZW? Where do you recommend, outside the forum, that I look to learn more about saving the files that I buy DRM free? Does the Kindle currently work with Calibre? If I load a DRM free file on the Kindle is it true that it has to be DRMd to work? I know that some of these points are covered in other threads but it is so much easier to ask at one time. Thanks.