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So I am interested in Kindle 2 and just for kicks I called Amazon and spoke to a "Kindle Specialist" to ask her about transferring non amazon books to the device. Here's how it went:

Me: I was wondering about transferring books that are not from the Kindle Store to the Kindle

Specialist: We do not support any other DRM enabled books.

Me: These are not DRM books, they are legal public domain books.

Specialist: We do not support transferring books to the device not from the Kindle store, only "Personal Documents"

Me: So how do I get these "Personal Documents" on the Kindle?

Specialist: You can email them to the device as long as they are under 50 megs.

Me: I can't transfer them via USB?

Specialist: This is an ereader, not a storage device.

Me: I understand that but with my Sony I can drag and drop books to the device when it is hooked up to the computer.

Specialist: You can email your "Personal Documents" to the device as long as they are under the limits.

Me: What about Mobi formatted non drm books?

Specialist: We do not support other book stores.


At this point, I gave up. But I found it very creepy how she kept saying "Personal Documents", like how dare I even try to transfer something not bought from Amazon! And her apparent lack of knowledge about USB. It totally turned me away from Kindle.