Thanks for that suggestion, Marc, and for that information. I have downloaded
calibre, but I can see that it will require a little study to see how to work
it.
I'm using Kindle for Mac, and it seems to be OK; since I don't have any other
reader, now that I have sold my iPad, I think I'll stick with my book on the
Mac.
I might buy a Kindle, now that it is pretty cheap, so calibre will come in
useful then.
Chris
On 8 Oct 2011, at 05:47, Marc Lawrence wrote:
>
> Personally, not being one to respect DRM or the reliability of other
> people's servers, I'm inclined to remove the DRM from all files I buy
> and ensure I have my own local backups. For what it's worth, for my
> ebook management I use the Calibre software:
>
> http://calibre-ebook.com/
>
> and, for what it's also worth, you can easily locate plugins which
> automatically strip DRM. The software can then send ebooks to your
> device while connected, converting them to the appropriate format as
> it does (sending them to iTunes, for example, converting them from
> Amazon's format to the epub format for use with iBooks). Or you can
> email them to your Kindle email address where your 3G Kindle will then
> receive them. Or you can set up the calibre server so that you can
> retrieve them from your own, local library while on the go.
>
> Also, there is Amazon's Kindle application which runs on your Mac or
> PC (which you can download your purchased books into). Thus, being now
> local, you have your own backup available, just by knowing where the
> Kindle app stores them. Amazon also has a Kindle app for iPad &
> iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Windows phone.
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