'Er indoors says Calibre is available on the Mac but you also need Kindle for Mac (free download from Amazon). She then launched into a long spiel about DRM, and reading with this to convert to that.....When I woke up she suggested if you need to know all about this stuff get in touch. She's well into ebooks and has 45000 at last count.
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Bloody computers...
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Re: Bloody computers...
Rob,
I have Kindle for Mac... sometimes read on this 'pooter... would like to get Calibre to compare... where?
Apple Shop?
Other supplier?
DRM?????????????
I have Kindle for Mac... sometimes read on this 'pooter... would like to get Calibre to compare... where?
Apple Shop?
Other supplier?
DRM?????????????
Regards & God bless,
Ray
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"Insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"
"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
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graynomad
Re: Bloody computers...
You can get it from calibre-ebook.com/download apparently.
I gather you need both, one converts the book to...hang on
Open in Kindle,
flip a couple of pages,
exit
Open Calibre
Add the file from the "My kindle" folder (or wherever they are stored on you computer)
Then....
oh crap it's getting boring again, I'll PM you her email.
EDIT: PM'd, and DRM is Digital Rights Managed, in other words you aren't supposed to be able to copy the book.
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Rob
I gather you need both, one converts the book to...hang on
Open in Kindle,
flip a couple of pages,
exit
Open Calibre
Add the file from the "My kindle" folder (or wherever they are stored on you computer)
Then....
oh crap it's getting boring again, I'll PM you her email.
EDIT: PM'd, and DRM is Digital Rights Managed, in other words you aren't supposed to be able to copy the book.
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Re: Bloody computers...
Thanks Rob,
Just downloaded Calibre for Mac, and read the first part of the User's Guide... will read the rest after sleepies.
Try-out "Sometime after Now" as son and heir states when pressed for a time on anything.
Report will follow on this thread...
G'nite all
Just downloaded Calibre for Mac, and read the first part of the User's Guide... will read the rest after sleepies.
Try-out "Sometime after Now" as son and heir states when pressed for a time on anything.
Report will follow on this thread...
G'nite all
Regards & God bless,
Ray
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"Insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"
"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
W.C.Fields
Ray
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"Insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"
"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
W.C.Fields
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Re: Bloody computers...
Certainly is hard work using Apple stuff, get a proper 'puter, all happens in seconds.
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Re: Bloody computers...
My windoze and Android gear get along fine. That Calibre is good for sorting books out too 
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Re: Bloody computers...
The Mac seem to be the problem part Wayne, maybe getting a real computer would be the better move 
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Re: Bloody computers...
Hi, all
I use an Imac 21 with an extensive Ebook file, and use a Kobo tablet which is great in that it reads primarily Epub, the most popular format, and, in more recent models, Mobi, the format utilised by all Amazon Ebooks. Granted when reading a Mobi novel the odd misspelt word in the 5th line of each page indicates how hard the Kobo is working, but otherwise it's fine in all respects, unless you want backlighting.
Getanapplegetanapplegetanapple...
I use an Imac 21 with an extensive Ebook file, and use a Kobo tablet which is great in that it reads primarily Epub, the most popular format, and, in more recent models, Mobi, the format utilised by all Amazon Ebooks. Granted when reading a Mobi novel the odd misspelt word in the 5th line of each page indicates how hard the Kobo is working, but otherwise it's fine in all respects, unless you want backlighting.
Getanapplegetanapplegetanapple...
See you on the back roads,
shonky et al.
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Re: Bloody computers...
Hi, all
Used to have Caliber a year or so ago, but with a latest model Kobo it's superfluous, unless of course your computer is Windows 7 or 8 plus the latest patch and McAfee and still gets hacked.
Getanapplegetanapplegetanapple...
Used to have Caliber a year or so ago, but with a latest model Kobo it's superfluous, unless of course your computer is Windows 7 or 8 plus the latest patch and McAfee and still gets hacked.
Getanapplegetanapplegetanapple...
See you on the back roads,
shonky et al.
shonky et al.