Kindle Fire run E-Pub??

tiniree · 09-29-2011, 02:20 PM

Does anyone know if the new Kindle Fire will run E-Pub files like my Nook?

Marie

Zeebra · 09-29-2011, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tiniree

Does anyone know if the new Kindle Fire will run E-Pub files like my Nook?

Marie

There's no ePub support

HarryT · 09-29-2011, 02:25 PM

But it's an Android device. There's no reason that an ePub reader couldn't be installed on it.

gweminence · 09-29-2011, 02:29 PM

Of course it will. Install aldiko reader, or any of 10 other android readers

Zeebra · 09-29-2011, 02:32 PM

If they allow you to install apps from android marketplace? I thought it was a modified version of Android, I suppose if you root the device, but natively it won't have any ePub readers on there.

abookreader · 09-29-2011, 02:33 PM

Right now the Amazon App store has ePub readers listed.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...s=ePub&x=0&y=0

including aldiko and moon+ reader

Hopefully they won't block those from the Fire somehow.

jswinden · 09-29-2011, 02:34 PM

We don't know yet whether Amazon will lock out certain apps. I sure hope they allow us to install reader apps from other stores and 3rd party apps, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Zeebra · 09-29-2011, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by abookreader

Right now the Amazon App store has ePub readers listed.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...s=ePub&x=0&y=0

including aldiko and moon+ reader

Hopefully they won't block those from the Fire somehow.

There you go I guess it will be possible.

gweminence · 09-29-2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

We don't know yet whether Amazon will lock out certain apps. I sure hope they allow us to install reader apps from other stores and 3rd party apps, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

They're not going to lock anything in their own app store out. Doing so would give the impression of crippling the device...which would cripple sales. You'll be able to read epubs if you want to. Though, with Amazon's sync-between-devices feature, I'm not sure why anyone would want to. It's very nice to read on your Fire, then go shopping with the wife and read at the same place on your phone.

carld · 09-29-2011, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

We don't know yet whether Amazon will lock out certain apps. I sure hope they allow us to install reader apps from other stores and 3rd party apps, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

There's a quote here on MR somewhere, where someone from Amazon said they will allow you to load APKs on the device, so you should be able to install Android Market and grab whatever Apps you want.

HarryT · 09-29-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by carld

There's a quote here on MR somewhere, where someone from Amazon said they will allow you to load APKs on the device, so you should be able to install Android Market and grab whatever Apps you want.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=151635

murraypaul · 09-29-2011, 05:06 PM

And it wasn't someone from Amazon saying you could install apks on it, that was the article writer.

carld · 09-29-2011, 05:35 PM

Ahh, thanks, fuzzy memory. I hope it ends up being true, but it may not be.

RainingLemur · 09-29-2011, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by carld

Ahh, thanks, fuzzy memory. I hope it ends up being true, but it may not be.

It'd be a welcome addition, that's for sure.

carld · 09-29-2011, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by RainingLemur

It'd be a welcome addition, that's for sure.

I'll say. Amazon has Age of Conquest: Europe, but none of the other maps.

09-29-2011, 02:20 PM	#1
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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	But it's an Android device. There's no reason that an ePub reader couldn't be installed on it.

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Zeebra Evangelist Posts: 461 Karma: 956567 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Kindle Oasis 3	If they allow you to install apps from android marketplace? I thought it was a modified version of Android, I suppose if you root the device, but natively it won't have any ePub readers on there.

09-29-2011, 02:33 PM	#6
abookreader Wizard Posts: 1,516 Karma: 2567610 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindles - Keyboard, Fire, 2-US, iPhone, iPAD	Right now the Amazon App store has ePub readers listed. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...s=ePub&x=0&y=0 including aldiko and moon+ reader Hopefully they won't block those from the Fire somehow.

09-29-2011, 02:34 PM	#7
jswinden Nameless Being	We don't know yet whether Amazon will lock out certain apps. I sure hope they allow us to install reader apps from other stores and 3rd party apps, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

09-29-2011, 05:06 PM	#12
murraypaul Interested Bystander Posts: 3,725 Karma: 19728152 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Note 4, Kobo One	And it wasn't someone from Amazon saying you could install apks on it, that was the article writer.

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carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Ahh, thanks, fuzzy memory. I hope it ends up being true, but it may not be.

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