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Belynda · 10-19-2009, 03:25 PM

I have ordered the international kindle now it is available as my touch screen sony is dreadful for my old eyes.

I have a problem, I legally purchased many books from UK stores and have about 50 that I have not read yet. At the time I knew nothing about DRM!!! I have tried to convert them so that I may read them when kindle arrives. I learned from here that calibre was the programme to use. When I tried it I learned of DRM!! It said I need a 3 rd party application to remove DRM.

I feel very upset that as pensioner I now have either got to try to manage to read them on a screen that is unclear or lose them and pay for new books.
I have tried a couple of things that have been mentioned but I really do not understand how to do it, I need an idiots guide which I know you are not allowed to post.

I just wanted to rant, the books are my books and cost around 250 pounds if they were paper books I would be able to do as I pleased with them, either give them away or they could have been resold as used.

10-19-2009, 03:25 PM	#1
Belynda Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: kindle	EPUB and DRM I have ordered the international kindle now it is available as my touch screen sony is dreadful for my old eyes. I have a problem, I legally purchased many books from UK stores and have about 50 that I have not read yet. At the time I knew nothing about DRM!!! I have tried to convert them so that I may read them when kindle arrives. I learned from here that calibre was the programme to use. When I tried it I learned of DRM!! It said I need a 3 rd party application to remove DRM. I feel very upset that as pensioner I now have either got to try to manage to read them on a screen that is unclear or lose them and pay for new books. I have tried a couple of things that have been mentioned but I really do not understand how to do it, I need an idiots guide which I know you are not allowed to post. I just wanted to rant, the books are my books and cost around 250 pounds if they were paper books I would be able to do as I pleased with them, either give them away or they could have been resold as used.