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Old 09-29-2011, 08:32 AM   #271
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Still not sellling in france, still using mobi
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Well, is Amazon your friend now with 4 new Kindles available? Huh? Huh?
Not yet....

...get rid of Amazon specific DRM, DRM in general, or go to an easy to strip DRM

...Let me download my books to my computer as I see fit

...this will upgrade Amazon to "acquaintance."
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Not yet....

...get rid of Amazon specific DRM, DRM in general, or go to an easy to strip DRM

...Let me download my books to my computer as I see fit

...this will upgrade Amazon to "acquaintance."
Good one. I'm thinking "business associate" right now.
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Old 09-29-2011, 01:07 PM   #275
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Not yet....

...get rid of Amazon specific DRM, DRM in general, or go to an easy to strip DRM

...Let me download my books to my computer as I see fit

...this will upgrade Amazon to "acquaintance."
You can already download to your PC. I do that with all of my books, so that I can back them up to my external drive.

The DRM is still there but I have help for that so its only temporary. I set it up once and never have to touch it again, unless I get a new Kindle of course.
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You can already download to your PC. I do that with all of my books, so that I can back them up to my external drive.

The DRM is still there but I have help for that so its only temporary. I set it up once and never have to touch it again, unless I get a new Kindle of course.
True, but there's the as I see fit part to it. I have to download and use K4PC to read kindle books on my computer.
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True, but there's the as I see fit part to it. I have to download and use K4PC to read kindle books on my computer.
Isn't that the same for any e-book though. Meaning that you would have to download an e-book or PDF reader of some sort to read on your PC, except when reading directly from the author's web page?
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Isn't that the same for any e-book though. Meaning that you would have to download an e-book or PDF reader of some sort to read on your PC, except when reading directly from the author's web page?
Well, with other vendors I use I have the option of using their desktop software OR using ADE OR using Calibre (this, of course, doesn't include using Stanza cause that's just on my phone). I'm not limited just to their software.
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Well, with other vendors I use I have the option of using their desktop software OR using ADE OR using Calibre (this, of course, doesn't include using Stanza cause that's just on my phone). I'm not limited just to their software.
Ah. Okay.

Thanks to the previously mentioned help, I can also read my books through Calibre, but I really don't like reading on my PC at all. Too much strain on the eyes for long term sessions.
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Ah. Okay.

Thanks to the previously mentioned help, I can also read my books through Calibre, but I really don't like reading on my PC at all. Too much strain on the eyes for long term sessions.
That is why I much prefer the .LIT format for reading books on a computer screen. That is the first format I look for. Perhaps now that MS has given up on that format, it will become more difficult to find.

Then I go to pdf, doc, or txt, epub, mobi and all the rest.

I have several computer screens but the one I much prefer is a large Sony Trinitron. I have never gotten a headache reading it. In fact I should probably pick up a refurbished one just for a spare, because I think they stopped making new ones. Too expensive.
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That is why I much prefer the .LIT format for reading books on a computer screen. That is the first format I look for. Perhaps now that MS has given up on that format, it will become more difficult to find.

Then I go to pdf, doc, or txt, epub, mobi and all the rest.

I have several computer screens but the one I much prefer is a large Sony Trinitron. I have never gotten a headache reading it. In fact I should probably pick up a refurbished one just for a spare, because I think they stopped making new ones. Too expensive.
I mentioned this to hubby (my personal computer guru), he says the Sonys were discontinued in '06 but that there are some 17" available on a site called monitorgalaxy.com for around $150. He got curious and found the site in 2 secs. on Google. We've never done business with them. We're a newegg family ourselves, but there are no CRT monitors available through them.
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I mentioned this to hubby (my personal computer guru), he says the Sonys were discontinued in '06 but that there are some 17" available on a site called monitorgalaxy.com for around $150. He got curious and found the site in 2 secs. on Google. We've never done business with them. We're a newegg family ourselves, but there are no CRT monitors available through them.
Thanks Nyssa,

Over the years, I have used 17", 19" and 21" Sony Ts for Autocad and for reading.

My desk at home has the monitor stand reinforced in order to carry the weight of the one I am using there.

I saw that place you were talking about.

Thanks again.
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Over the years, I have used 17", 19" and 21" Sony Ts for Autocad and for reading.

My desk at home has the monitor stand reinforced in order to carry the weight of the one I am using there.

I saw that place you were talking about.

Thanks again.
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...get rid of Amazon specific DRM, DRM in general, or go to an easy to strip DRM

...Let me download my books to my computer as I see fit

...this will upgrade Amazon to "acquaintance."
Blame the publishers for this, not Amazon.
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