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Old 08-12-2011, 05:26 PM   #1
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Hi - New and searching for the start

Hi I am Hans from the city of Mainz - and I am glad I found this forum.
I work in a publishing house where the editors user readers. But I would like to read the ebooks on my laptop with calibre run under Ubuntu. But I just can't find out, how to get an e-book on my computer without having any reader device.
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Old 08-13-2011, 03:12 AM   #2
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Old 08-13-2011, 04:39 AM   #3
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Hi Hans and welcome.

Do you have Calibre installed on your laptop or are you planning to install it?
In what sort of formats are the e-books you want to read (epub, mobi, pdf)?
Are they DRM-protected?
Provide as much information as you can to get further help.
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Old 08-19-2011, 05:29 PM   #6
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Thanks for the welcome - and the answers. Meanwhile I learnt, that this is a DRM and Linux problem. So if I know the reason that's alright with me. I have calibre installed and it works fine with the news. I think until I can read e-books on my Ubuntu system I will prefer printed books.
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