Use Calibre to read Amazon books on a Bookeen Cybook Opus?

sharedwindow · 02-02-2010, 08:31 PM

Can I use Calibre to put ebooks I bought off the Amazon site to read on my Booken Cybook Opus? If so, how?

Thanks

rcuadro · 02-02-2010, 08:43 PM

You need to remove the DRM from the Amazon books and then you can use Calibre to convert.
You need to search for skindle (google will work)

wallcraft · 02-02-2010, 09:09 PM

The easiest way is to buy for Kindle for PC and then use unswindle.pyw. Note that this only works with AZW ebooks, which become DRM-free MOBI. Amazon also has TOPAZ ebooks, which are not yet convertible to be readable on other EInk devices.

rcuadro · 02-02-2010, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

The easiest way is to buy for Kindle for PC and then use unswindle.pyw.

oops, that is what I meant

tlrowley · 02-02-2010, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

The easiest way is to buy for Kindle for PC and then use unswindle.pyw. Note that this only works with AZW ebooks, which become DRM-free MOBI. Amazon also has TOPAZ ebooks, which are not yet convertible to be readable on other EInk devices.

Through the efforts of many people, Topaz is convertible.

wallcraft · 02-02-2010, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlrowley

Through the efforts of many people, Topaz is convertible.

Yes, but not yet in a way that is practical for casual use.

sharedwindow · 02-03-2010, 04:41 PM

Thanks for all the great info! I'm also wondering if I can go the same thing with the Sony Bookstore?

wallcraft · 02-03-2010, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharedwindow

I'm also wondering if I can go the same thing with the Sony Bookstore?

If you have the ePub firmware on your Opus, it will read Sony Bookstore ebooks with the DRM intact. You just need to register the same AdobeID with Sony as you use on your Opus. This may happen automatically if you have already used Desktop Adobe Digital Editions to download an ebook.

02-02-2010, 08:31 PM	#1
sharedwindow Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Orange County, CA, United States Device: Cybook Opus, Nook, Kindle for Mac	Use Calibre to read Amazon books on a Bookeen Cybook Opus? Can I use Calibre to put ebooks I bought off the Amazon site to read on my Booken Cybook Opus? If so, how? Thanks

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02-02-2010, 08:43 PM	#2
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	You need to remove the DRM from the Amazon books and then you can use Calibre to convert. You need to search for skindle (google will work)

02-02-2010, 09:09 PM	#3
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The easiest way is to buy for Kindle for PC and then use unswindle.pyw. Note that this only works with AZW ebooks, which become DRM-free MOBI. Amazon also has TOPAZ ebooks, which are not yet convertible to be readable on other EInk devices.

02-03-2010, 04:41 PM	#7
sharedwindow Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Orange County, CA, United States Device: Cybook Opus, Nook, Kindle for Mac	Thanks for all the great info! I'm also wondering if I can go the same thing with the Sony Bookstore?

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