LITERATE

bearmeat · 01-17-2011, 02:00 AM

HELP, I got a Sharper Image Literate for Xmas and it was a piece of junk but before I realized it I bought a couple books from KOBO as that is what the Literate runs on. I sent it back and bought a Kindle 3. I really like it and the battery life is a tad longer than the Literate(7 hours maximum). That is a good reason right there to not get a Literate anyway my question is ,, How do I
get my books on my Kindle 3 that I still have on my KOBO account on my PC???
Can anyone help??

taming · 01-17-2011, 02:05 AM

Well, some folks download the books from kobobooks.com in ePUB format, remove the Adobe DRM, and then use Calibre to convert the books to .mobi and transfer the books that way. If you are new to all of this, you may have to do a bit of detective work to figure out the DRM part.

bearmeat · 01-17-2011, 02:12 AM

Yes, I'm new to the E-Reader world. The Literate was my first and it was junk, I'm puter savy but need to read up on the converting issue, where would I start my homework?

taming · 01-17-2011, 02:15 AM

Some, including Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing, would say that a search for Apprentice Alf might be a good start.

bearmeat · 01-17-2011, 02:38 AM

Thanx

kindlekitten · 01-17-2011, 02:49 AM

also, check out the kindle forums. there is a lot of good info there.

welcome to the forums!

Snakey · 01-17-2011, 01:11 PM

I went through the process of figuring this out over the weekend, but I don't know how much can be said about it without getting in trouble on the forum. Basically, go to the Apprentice Alf blog, grab the Kindle Tools archive, and start reading the README files in it. I also got some knowledge from this forum based on people's vague tips and discussions. In the end it was really easy.

01-17-2011, 02:00 AM	#1
bearmeat Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3	LITERATE HELP, I got a Sharper Image Literate for Xmas and it was a piece of junk but before I realized it I bought a couple books from KOBO as that is what the Literate runs on. I sent it back and bought a Kindle 3. I really like it and the battery life is a tad longer than the Literate(7 hours maximum). That is a good reason right there to not get a Literate anyway my question is ,, How do I get my books on my Kindle 3 that I still have on my KOBO account on my PC??? Can anyone help??

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01-17-2011, 02:05 AM	#2
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Well, some folks download the books from kobobooks.com in ePUB format, remove the Adobe DRM, and then use Calibre to convert the books to .mobi and transfer the books that way. If you are new to all of this, you may have to do a bit of detective work to figure out the DRM part.

01-17-2011, 02:12 AM	#3
bearmeat Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Yes, I'm new to the E-Reader world. The Literate was my first and it was junk, I'm puter savy but need to read up on the converting issue, where would I start my homework?

01-17-2011, 02:15 AM	#4
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Some, including Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing, would say that a search for Apprentice Alf might be a good start.

01-17-2011, 02:38 AM	#5
bearmeat Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Thanx

01-17-2011, 02:49 AM	#6
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	also, check out the kindle forums. there is a lot of good info there. welcome to the forums!

01-17-2011, 01:11 PM	#7
Snakey What would Snake do? Posts: 49 Karma: 16 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 3	I went through the process of figuring this out over the weekend, but I don't know how much can be said about it without getting in trouble on the forum. Basically, go to the Apprentice Alf blog, grab the Kindle Tools archive, and start reading the README files in it. I also got some knowledge from this forum based on people's vague tips and discussions. In the end it was really easy.