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Mefty - Can you run calibre along side a normal amazon library?
I prefer my Kindle for ease of use.
I travel by foldy bike and train to work and this makes life a lot easier.
It takes up less space in my bag and it's easier to slip in to a pocket if i need to move which i frequently do due to the bike.
a good case is essential and the amazon own one is excellent.
The cost of up to date books is horrific though.
[quote=nwmlarge ]Mefty - Can you run calibre along side a normal amazon library?
Calibre simply converts e-books to the right format (and removes DRM if necessary in order to do so) and then uploads them to your Kindle. So they appear on your device in exactly the same place as books you've bought - I have both on mine. It's a PC app in case you hadn't realised - I download library books using Adobe Digital Editions which it then converts.
BTW I'm not sure you need Calibre to get out of copyright books for free - I'm fairly sure I found some on the standard Amazon library (I have Robinson Crusoe, 39 Steps and Call of The Wild on mine which I think came from there - really should get round to reading them!)
Thanks Aracer, thats good to know!
I just wait for the movie.
[on tenterhooks]When is the Haynes 2003-2010 Ford Focus CMax Manual movie coming out![/on tenterhooks]
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Yes what Aracer said, I think if you were naughty you could even associate your kindle with a mate's amazon account temporarily and then copy the books from the kindle to calibre so you can borrow them.
There are free ones on Amazon, but they can be a bit annoying like not having every book of a series etc, calibre searches all the big sources
Kindle is better to handle if you want to read outdoors, for instance, under the sun, also, if the book is way too heavy for you to hold it for long hours. But surely books in their classic shape are much more about the reading, the cover art, typography, even coffee stains, I develop some infatuated memories upon them. All in all, depends what you are looking for, I would rather handle a kindle whilst I'm sitting in a cafe
I'd love to try a Kindle but all the books I want to read don't seem to be available to download (old sci-fi stuff).
For any book lover please make a trip to Hay-on-Wye one day - oh. My. Word. I spent a day there but could spend a week and many hundreds of pounds on proper books!
I'd love to try a Kindle but all the books I want to read don't seem to be available to download (old sci-fi stuff).
Have you looked? There is a hell of a lot of old stuff on there for 79p a time.