K4 Mac or PC kindle for pc beta out now - Page 2

Terisa de morgan · 11-10-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

It should be the same as any other Mobi ID - 10 alphanumeric I suspect.

Neither pid at Kindle nor pid at iPhone have 10 characters.

Terisa de morgan · 11-10-2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

It works fine with Mobi/PRC files from elsewhere. I have one open in it right now.

What I don't like is that it re-associated the .mobi and .prc extensions without asking. I mean I can fix it, but....

I hate it too and I've already fixed it.

Rootman · 11-10-2009, 09:25 AM

Pretty craptastic - even for an Alpha. For one thing I want to choose WHERE to install my software. I purposely segregate my data and user programs from the OS partition C:, this thing installed blindly.

<sigh> Anything to beat the Nook out the door I guess.

bhartman36 · 11-10-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

It works fine with Mobi/PRC files from elsewhere. I have one open in it right now.

Okay, thanks. I found it. It associates all your mobi files with the Kindle software, but it doesn't import them directly. You have to open them all individually to see them in there.

kennyc · 11-10-2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Neither pid at Kindle nor pid at iPhone have 10 characters.

Huh? How you figure. All three mobi pids I have for my various readers are 10 characters.

I think you may be confusing the mobi pid with something else like a serial number.

desertgrandma · 11-10-2009, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Neither pid at Kindle nor pid at iPhone have 10 characters.

I just checked.......mine does.

koland · 11-10-2009, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

It works fine with Mobi/PRC files from elsewhere. I have one open in it right now.

What I don't like is that it re-associated the .mobi and .prc extensions without asking. I mean I can fix it, but....

So, how does it handle the DRM - since the PID in anything I bought elsewhere won't match the Amazon app?

Terisa de morgan · 11-10-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Rootman

Pretty craptastic - even for an Alpha. For one thing I want to choose WHERE to install my software. I purposely segregate my data and user programs from the OS partition C:, this thing installed blindly.

I totally agree.

Terisa de morgan · 11-10-2009, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Huh? How you figure. All three mobi pids I have for my various readers are 10 characters.

I think you may be confusing the mobi pid with something else like a serial number.

Not really. In iPhone (or kindle) you have to convert a serial number to Mobi PID. I don't hope they do different here.

AnemicOak · 11-10-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by bhartman36

Okay, thanks. I found it. It associates all your mobi files with the Kindle software, but it doesn't import them directly. You have to open them all individually to see them in there.

You can also copy them to the Documents-->My Kindle Content folder and they'll show up when you open the program.

AnemicOak · 11-10-2009, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by koland

So, how does it handle the DRM - since the PID in anything I bought elsewhere won't match the Amazon app?

It doesn't as far as I know and I doubt it ever will. I meant it works fine with regular non-DRM Mobi/PRC from sources like Gutenberg and MR and stuff which is what the other poster had mentioned.

JSWolf · 11-10-2009, 10:13 AM

I just tried to liberate an eBook that has DRM using the PID for the iPod Touch registered to the account and it did not work. So I'm hoping that someone will figure out how to get the PID.

bhartman36 · 11-10-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

You can also copy them to the Documents-->My Kindle Content folder and they'll show up when you open the program.

Thanks! I have to admit, it doesn't appear to be quite as craptastic as I originally thought now. Still needs work, but not as much as I thought.

wallcraft · 11-10-2009, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Neither pid at Kindle nor pid at iPhone have 10 characters.

All AZW (MOBI) PIDs have 10 characters, which are actually 8 active plus two as a checksum. The device specific serial numbers which are used to generate the PID are not 10 characters though.

wallcraft · 11-10-2009, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I just tried to liberate an eBook that has DRM using the PID for the iPod Touch registered to the account and it did not work. So I'm hoping that someone will figure out how to get the PID.

Did you try the MobiPocket PID for the same PC? Given Amazon's track record, I would not be surprised if it is the same, or perhaps with just the 8-th character replaced (which changes the 9th and 10th character checksum as well).

11-10-2009, 10:13 AM	#27
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,756 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I just tried to liberate an eBook that has DRM using the PID for the iPod Touch registered to the account and it did not work. So I'm hoping that someone will figure out how to get the PID. Last edited by JSWolf; 11-10-2009 at 10:22 AM.

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11-10-2009, 09:25 AM	#18
Rootman Groupie Posts: 181 Karma: 478 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Android & FBReader	Pretty craptastic - even for an Alpha. For one thing I want to choose WHERE to install my software. I purposely segregate my data and user programs from the OS partition C:, this thing installed blindly. <sigh> Anything to beat the Nook out the door I guess.