Kindle app for iPhone and iPod Touch in iTunes Store

[Adam B.]

Originally Posted by deltop

Will attempt a backup, extraction, drm removal and conversion for my PRS-505 later after work

By the way I'm all for staying within the law. But it's ridiculous the hoops you have to jump even though you WANT to pay for content!

I tried this. There appears to be a problem generating the PID from the iPod's serial number listed in the amazon account. MobleDeDRM see's it as a valid PID, but doesn't think it's the correct one for the book.

[volwrath]

Originally Posted by Adam B.

I tried this. There appears to be a problem generating the PID from the iPod's serial number listed in the amazon account. MobleDeDRM see's it as a valid PID, but doesn't think it's the correct one for the book.

Look at post 127
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=127

[Adam B.]

Originally Posted by volwrath

Look at post 127
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=127

W00t! That did it! I'm now reading an Amazon purchased Kindle book on my DR1000!

[exreader]

Originally Posted by Robotech_Master

Ummmm...you've kind of missed the point of this thread? The one entitled "Kindle app for iPhone and iPod Touch in iTunes Store"?

you'll have to skip ahead to post #176 (ahead of mine, behind this one)

unless you have a jailbroken iTouch/Iphone device, as far as i know, the only way for my soft-Kindle to read my non-amazon mobipocket files is ... with another reader.

it might be possible to set up the ipod area with a drive-space, and copy mobi files there, and they'll get picked up (should try it)... i talked to amazon customer support, and they indicated the soft-Kindle was for Amazon purchased content only to the best of their knowledge, at this time, thank you for calling Amazon and choosing Kindle...

so, not entirely off topic if you want to read your books on your iTouch/iPhone, as the soft-Kindle has limits/flaws.


exreader

[Leep]

it might be possible to set up the ipod area with a drive-space, and copy mobi files there, and they'll get picked up (should try it)... i talked to amazon customer support, and they indicated the soft-Kindle was for Amazon purchased content only to the best of their knowledge, at this time, thank you for calling Amazon and choosing Kindle...

I have been successful in using calibre to convert my Kindle ebooks to epub and then uploading them to bookworm. Stanza will access them from bookworm
http://bookworm.oreilly.com/about/

This is nice because you can download them to your iTouch/iPhone as you want them.

cheers

[thibaulthalpern]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Hmm, not getting hot or cold from this one. I still don't see what is so special about that Apple phone or Apple Mp3 player that they should be given a special treatment.

My guess: I think the special treatment comes from the iPhone and iPod being able to be identified uniquely by serial number. This way, Amazon can track their eBooks and have them sent to specific devices as opposed to any computer. As far as I can tell, Amazon Kindle Store still does not allow downloading of eBooks to the computer.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Leep

I have been successful in using calibre to convert my Kindle ebooks to epub and then uploading them to bookworm. Stanza will access them from bookworm
http://bookworm.oreilly.com/about/

This is nice because you can download them to your iTouch/iPhone as you want them.

cool.. that's the first I have hear of bookworm. So, stanza downloads them from bookworm.. you don't via them with the web browser.

Was this ever mentioned on the news and commentary section?

BOb

[BookLoverToo]

OK, so I have made the changes to the kindlepid.py script, obtained my serial number from Amazon, run the script, obtained a PID, downloaded a book to my iphone, retrieved it with iphone backup extractor, and tried MobiDeDrm on it. The script has run fine before (I have used it for other purchased books so I can read them on my Sony- with my mobipocket PID), but this time, MobiDeDrm gives an error :invalid encryption type:0.

Anyone have any ideas?

I have an iphone 3G if that makes any difference.
I have also tried lower case letters and upper case letter in the serial number, and neither resulting PID works.

Thanks in advance for any help. All I want to be able to do is to buy books from Amazon to read for myself! Why is it so hard?

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by BookLoverToo

Thanks in advance for any help. All I want to be able to do is to buy books from Amazon to read for myself! Why is it so hard?

Read post 127 of this thread.

BOb

[BookLoverToo]

I have already made those changes, and am still not having any luck.
Thanks again.

[igorsk]

Originally Posted by BookLoverToo

OK, so I have made the changes to the kindlepid.py script, obtained my serial number from Amazon, run the script, obtained a PID, downloaded a book to my iphone, retrieved it with iphone backup extractor, and tried MobiDeDrm on it. The script has run fine before (I have used it for other purchased books so I can read them on my Sony- with my mobipocket PID), but this time, MobiDeDrm gives an error :invalid encryption type:0.

Sounds like the book is unencrypted. Try just renaming it to .mobi.

[ahintz]

Originally Posted by BookLoverToo

OK, so I have made the changes to the kindlepid.py script, obtained my serial number from Amazon, run the script, obtained a PID, downloaded a book to my iphone, retrieved it with iphone backup extractor, and tried MobiDeDrm on it. The script has run fine before (I have used it for other purchased books so I can read them on my Sony- with my mobipocket PID), but this time, MobiDeDrm gives an error :invalid encryption type:0.

Anyone have any ideas?

I have an iphone 3G if that makes any difference.
I have also tried lower case letters and upper case letter in the serial number, and neither resulting PID works.

Thanks in advance for any help. All I want to be able to do is to buy books from Amazon to read for myself! Why is it so hard?

Try opening the Kindle book in a text editor, and see if the first three characters are "TPZ". If they are, it means the book is a Topaz <sp?> book and can't be decrypted at present. While unfortunately you found one of them, from what I've read here and in other places, these are relatively rare.

[Leep]

When I've gotten that error with mobidedrm it's been because either the book was not drmed in the first place or because it was topaz format.

cheers

[Leep]

cool.. that's the first I have hear of bookworm. So, stanza downloads them from bookworm.. you don't via them with the web browser.

Was this ever mentioned on the news and commentary section?

Here are the instructions from the Stanza site that I used:
2. Go to http://bookworm.threepress.org/, and create an account for yourself.
3. Upload your books to your new account at http://bookworm.threepress.org/.
4. On your iPhone: launch Safari.
5. Go to http://bookworm.threepress.org/ in Safari on your iPhone and sign in.
6. Select the arrow button under Read in Stanza.
7. This will launch Stanza in the Direct Downloads screen. Your book will appear, though it will have a long name with numbers with a URL underneath. Don't worry -- it really is your book.
8. Tap on your book. If Stanza asks you whether you want to download the book, tap Download. The book will open, and it will appear in the categories on the main Library page.

So, yes you do set it up through safari, but then books are all accessed through Stanza

cheers

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Leep

So, yes you do set it up through safari, but then books are all accessed through Stanza

cheers

Cool. So it does d/l the book and you can read it if you go off line?

BOb