Kindle app for iPhone and iPod Touch in iTunes Store - Page 19

radleyp · 03-10-2009, 11:23 AM

Pilotbob, I referred to a "Kindle account" because on the Kindle for iphone page you are told that you must go to the "Kindlestore" to purchase books, and that you must register the phone on that page. Did my statement lead to confusion?

I am, moreover, quite aware that you never could read Kindle books on a desktop: I have owned a Kindle for over a year. I was responding to someone pointing out that to get Kindle books on your phone you had to download them to the desktop first, and I thought it useful to note that this did not mean that you could read them on it. When the Kindle first appeared in the fall of 2007, there was a lot of discussion and lamenting that this was so, on this site as well as others.

My daughter who is in the publishing business and like me owns a Kindle and an iphone told me that when the Kindle iphone application came out last week, a number of people in the publishing business were of the opinion that this was a first step in a new alliance between Amazon and Apple, and that that would culminate in Apple's producing an ereader (the subject of another thread on this site). We shall see.

BuddyBoy · 03-11-2009, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by epiphany

This is a pity as I've discovered that figures in iPhone Kindle books are optimised for the small screen of the device. So when I put the books on my DR1000, the graphs are so tiny that the text is often unreadable.

Ah, and my experience was the opposite. Sidebar text unreadable on the iphone, but quite usable once converted for my Sony 505.

JSWolf · 03-11-2009, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by chorpler

Ah, so there are still some differences between owning an iPhone/iPod Touch with the Kindle App and owning an actual Kindle. Seems odd, though, that they would let you download with the Kindle but not with the iPhone -- I guess it's probably specifically because there's no way to copy them onto an iPhone to read them (unless it's jailbroken).

There is a way to get the eBooks off the iPod. You use a program to extract from the iTunes backup.

The thing is, with a Kindle, there is a chance you might not have access to the Sprint network. So ou can download the eBooks to your computer. But if you can register your iPhone/iPod, you do have access to AT&T and/or wifi. So there's no need to allow you to download to your computer. Plus, it's just another way for Amazon to control what you can and cannot do with the eBooks they sell you.

JSWolf · 03-11-2009, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Liviu_5

There are some posts somewhere here detailing how to use backup, and extractor to get Kindle books from an iTouch on a Pc or a Mac without it being jailbroken. So some more hoops, as with the Kindle PID for the iTouch but nothing that complicated with a good description.

Have not tried it yet since I have not seen an ebook I want with a better Kindle price, but the first one that comes I will try...

Why not pick a free eBook and try it so you know you can do it? Better to know you can do it with free eBooks then spend the money on one and find out it doesn't work for you.

kevindorsey · 03-11-2009, 11:18 PM

There are a few softs that allow for the conversions between programs/apps/desktops.

All4Fun · 04-17-2009, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Can someone post a link to iPhone Backup Extractor that works with the iPod Touch under Windows please?

I never saw this question answered and I know you can google it, but here's the link for those who haven't figured it out yet. The trial version only allows you to extract 1 file at a time.

iPhone Backup Extractor for Windows

galavanter · 04-29-2009, 02:00 PM

What a place! Thanks mbp, ahintz, igorsk, and kovid, and anyone else I may have missed. Who wrote mobidedrm? Thanks!

I just downloaded a Kindle book from Amazon using Safari on my iPod Touch, backed it up to my Mac, extracted the files with iPhone Backup Extractor, dedrm'd it from prc to mobi using mobidedrm, and converted it to epub in Calibre, which was also kind enough to provide the title. Looks and reads great on my jetBook. Thanks again all, from a newbie.

Looks like CL for my Kindle.

rott98 · 05-04-2009, 06:43 PM

I did it!.
Now i can buy books from amazon and read it on my sony reader.
Thanks

MerLock · 05-07-2009, 03:21 PM

Does extracting the book from the iPod Touch require that it be jailbroken?

galavanter · 05-07-2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MerLock

Does extracting the book from the iPod Touch require that it be jailbroken?

Not if you use iPhone Backup Extractor, a Mac only program.

MerLock · 05-07-2009, 03:28 PM

Sorry, I should've been more specific. If I only have a PC, the only way I can extract a book bought using the Kindle app is to jailbreak it?

galavanter · 05-07-2009, 03:31 PM

Post 276 just above gives a link to a Window's program of the same name. I have no experience with it but you might want to check it out. I don't see any mention of the need for jailbreaking on the first page...

mores · 05-07-2009, 03:46 PM

sorry if this is a dumb question, but can you just download the kindle app and purchase books from amazon WITHOUT owning a Kindle?

MerLock · 05-07-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mores

sorry if this is a dumb question, but can you just download the kindle app and purchase books from amazon WITHOUT owning a Kindle?

From what I've read here so far, I think that's the point of the kindle app. It allows you to purchase a book purchased from Amazon's kindle website and read it on your iPhone or iTouch. I could be wrong though since I haven't actually tried it yet.

Trying to figure out a way of getting it off the iPhone and iTouch and onto another device.

And thanks for your answers Galavanter. I'll take a look into that program.

daffy4u · 05-07-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mores

sorry if this is a dumb question, but can you just download the kindle app and purchase books from amazon WITHOUT owning a Kindle?

Yes. How simple was that.

03-10-2009, 11:23 AM	#271
radleyp Evangelist Posts: 499 Karma: 20623 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Salem & NYC, NY Device: Kindle Global, iphone4, ipad	Pilotbob, I referred to a "Kindle account" because on the Kindle for iphone page you are told that you must go to the "Kindlestore" to purchase books, and that you must register the phone on that page. Did my statement lead to confusion? I am, moreover, quite aware that you never could read Kindle books on a desktop: I have owned a Kindle for over a year. I was responding to someone pointing out that to get Kindle books on your phone you had to download them to the desktop first, and I thought it useful to note that this did not mean that you could read them on it. When the Kindle first appeared in the fall of 2007, there was a lot of discussion and lamenting that this was so, on this site as well as others. My daughter who is in the publishing business and like me owns a Kindle and an iphone told me that when the Kindle iphone application came out last week, a number of people in the publishing business were of the opinion that this was a first step in a new alliance between Amazon and Apple, and that that would culminate in Apple's producing an ereader (the subject of another thread on this site). We shall see. Last edited by radleyp; 03-10-2009 at 02:25 PM.

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03-11-2009, 11:18 PM	#275
kevindorsey Evangelist Posts: 488 Karma: 258 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: kindle	There are a few softs that allow for the conversions between programs/apps/desktops.

04-29-2009, 02:00 PM	#277
galavanter Zealot Posts: 117 Karma: 958 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: jetBook, iPod Touch, Kindle 3	What a place! Thanks mbp, ahintz, igorsk, and kovid, and anyone else I may have missed. Who wrote mobidedrm? Thanks! I just downloaded a Kindle book from Amazon using Safari on my iPod Touch, backed it up to my Mac, extracted the files with iPhone Backup Extractor, dedrm'd it from prc to mobi using mobidedrm, and converted it to epub in Calibre, which was also kind enough to provide the title. Looks and reads great on my jetBook. Thanks again all, from a newbie. Looks like CL for my Kindle.

05-04-2009, 06:43 PM	#278
rott98 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Sony PRS-700	I did it!. Now i can buy books from amazon and read it on my sony reader. Thanks

05-07-2009, 03:21 PM	#279
MerLock Evangelist Posts: 411 Karma: 1034889 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Does extracting the book from the iPod Touch require that it be jailbroken?

05-07-2009, 03:28 PM	#281
MerLock Evangelist Posts: 411 Karma: 1034889 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Sorry, I should've been more specific. If I only have a PC, the only way I can extract a book bought using the Kindle app is to jailbreak it?

05-07-2009, 03:31 PM	#282
galavanter Zealot Posts: 117 Karma: 958 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: jetBook, iPod Touch, Kindle 3	Post 276 just above gives a link to a Window's program of the same name. I have no experience with it but you might want to check it out. I don't see any mention of the need for jailbreaking on the first page...

05-07-2009, 03:46 PM	#283
mores Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 102419 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	sorry if this is a dumb question, but can you just download the kindle app and purchase books from amazon WITHOUT owning a Kindle?

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