Amazon Ebooks On Other Readers?

Silverone · 09-20-2010, 08:27 AM

Hello,

Can you get the Amazon ebooks onto other ereaders like the cybook opus?. The reason is in the uk ebooks on Amazon are at least two pounds cheeper if not more on each ebook, & I really want a smaller ereader than the Kindle 3.

Thank You xxx

mbovenka · 09-20-2010, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverone

Can you get the Amazon ebooks onto other ereaders like the cybook opus?. The reason is in the uk ebooks on Amazon are at least two pounds cheeper if not more on each ebook, & I really want a smaller ereader than the Kindle 3.

Install Kindle for PC and google for 'skindle'

wayrad · 09-20-2010, 08:53 AM

Or "unswindle".

foghat · 09-20-2010, 09:09 AM

^ don't think unswindle works with the latest version of k4pc.

wayrad · 09-20-2010, 09:24 AM

Easy enough to install an older version, and turn off automatic updates.

foghat · 09-20-2010, 09:44 AM

Agreed - if you can find an older version. Either way, this is key info that was missing in your original response.

ProfCrash · 09-20-2010, 09:46 AM

The answer is yes but you will have to strip the DRM and then convert the unstripped file to match your reader.

Silverone · 09-20-2010, 09:54 AM

Ive looked at all of the above, but im a computer numpty & have no idea how to do it. Never mind.

Thanks for your help xxx

ProfCrash · 09-20-2010, 11:26 AM

You can do a Goggle search for the necessary info. I have been told that it is really easy to do.

J. Strnad · 09-20-2010, 11:44 AM

It's not that easy. Especially if you've bought a Kindle for the ease of downloading and now you're having to figure out which of ten different versions of [name of program] to download to match your processor and what has to be installed before what and when you uninstall the wrong [name of program] and the new [2nd thing you have to download] can't find the new [name of program] because you had to restart and yadda yadda yadda.

For most people the answer is "no," you can't buy an ebook from Amazon and read it on a non-Kindle reader. Unfortunately.

high sierra girl · 09-21-2010, 02:22 AM

Hi, I'm new to the Kindle world and all that goes with the e-reader stuff. Can I download a book say from Chapters (Kobo Reader) and put it on my Kindle? Or is it just books from Amazon that work on it? I love my Kindle, but there are some books that I cannot get in Canada from Amazon. I can get them from Chapters? Any answers would be great!!

SkyDream · 09-21-2010, 02:33 AM

It's the format that makes the world go round.
Kindle likes *.mobi besides his own format but do has problems with epub (although it's possible using some extras). So you need to look for the format of the book when not buying from Amazon.

Be aware of DRM protection !!!!

Kindle can't handle DRM protected books no matter what the format is. Most books sold are DRM protected.

SkyDream · 09-21-2010, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J. Strnad

For most people the answer is "no," you can't buy an ebook from Amazon and read it on a non-Kindle reader. Unfortunately.

Checkout this thread. If you can install Kindle4PC you can remove drm from those books using a GUI. Don't if this works with the latest version 1.2 of K4PC.

HarryT · 09-21-2010, 02:54 AM

It's really very easy. Install Kindle for PC and then install "skindle" (Google for it). It's a simple executable with no scripts, etc, to mess with. Really couldn't be easier and has worked beautifully with all the Kindle books that I've bought.

Onemack · 09-21-2010, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It's really very easy.

Sorry Harry, you may find it verry easy, but I find it completely confusing to the point of gibberish.
The fact that when I do google for it, I get results which show pages and pages of people who query skindle usage and application demonstrates that what is obviously easy to you is not so easy to others.
John

09-20-2010, 08:27 AM	#1
Silverone Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: None	Amazon Ebooks On Other Readers? Hello, Can you get the Amazon ebooks onto other ereaders like the cybook opus?. The reason is in the uk ebooks on Amazon are at least two pounds cheeper if not more on each ebook, & I really want a smaller ereader than the Kindle 3. Thank You xxx

09-21-2010, 02:22 AM	#11
high sierra girl Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Midway, B.C. Canada Device: Kindle newest generation	Other books on the Kindle Hi, I'm new to the Kindle world and all that goes with the e-reader stuff. Can I download a book say from Chapters (Kobo Reader) and put it on my Kindle? Or is it just books from Amazon that work on it? I love my Kindle, but there are some books that I cannot get in Canada from Amazon. I can get them from Chapters? Any answers would be great!!

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09-20-2010, 08:53 AM	#3
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	Or "unswindle".

09-20-2010, 09:09 AM	#4
foghat Evangelist Posts: 464 Karma: 1006520 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: Kindle PW3	^ don't think unswindle works with the latest version of k4pc.

09-20-2010, 09:24 AM	#5
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	Easy enough to install an older version, and turn off automatic updates.

09-20-2010, 09:44 AM	#6
foghat Evangelist Posts: 464 Karma: 1006520 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: Kindle PW3	Agreed - if you can find an older version. Either way, this is key info that was missing in your original response.

09-20-2010, 09:46 AM	#7
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	The answer is yes but you will have to strip the DRM and then convert the unstripped file to match your reader.

09-20-2010, 09:54 AM	#8
Silverone Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: None	Ive looked at all of the above, but im a computer numpty & have no idea how to do it. Never mind. Thanks for your help xxx

09-20-2010, 11:26 AM	#9
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	You can do a Goggle search for the necessary info. I have been told that it is really easy to do.

09-20-2010, 11:44 AM	#10
J. Strnad Guru Posts: 915 Karma: 3537194 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo, Kindle 3, Paperwhite	It's not that easy. Especially if you've bought a Kindle for the ease of downloading and now you're having to figure out which of ten different versions of [name of program] to download to match your processor and what has to be installed before what and when you uninstall the wrong [name of program] and the new [2nd thing you have to download] can't find the new [name of program] because you had to restart and yadda yadda yadda. For most people the answer is "no," you can't buy an ebook from Amazon and read it on a non-Kindle reader. Unfortunately.

09-21-2010, 02:33 AM	#12
SkyDream Wizard Posts: 1,377 Karma: 9400 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Europe Device: PRS-650, iPod touch 4G, iPad 3	It's the format that makes the world go round. Kindle likes *.mobi besides his own format but do has problems with epub (although it's possible using some extras). So you need to look for the format of the book when not buying from Amazon. Be aware of DRM protection !!!! Kindle can't handle DRM protected books no matter what the format is. Most books sold are DRM protected.

09-21-2010, 02:54 AM	#14
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It's really very easy. Install Kindle for PC and then install "skindle" (Google for it). It's a simple executable with no scripts, etc, to mess with. Really couldn't be easier and has worked beautifully with all the Kindle books that I've bought.

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