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kindle etc
glagys
08-02-2012
was wondering about the kindle/ ebook thing
and was wondering, what about when you are reading autobio's i know that i have read quite a few that show thier past in photos will you be able to see these photo on the kindle /e reader thingy
cheers
stud u like
08-02-2012
Originally Posted by glagys:
“was wondering about the kindle/ ebook thing
and was wondering, what about when you are reading autobio's i know that i have read quite a few that show thier past in photos will you be able to see these photo on the kindle /e reader thingy
cheers”

Sometimes it has photos removed, sometimes not. It depends on where you get the ebook from.
458driver
08-02-2012
Yes but not in colour - all the Kindle specs can be found here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...SIN=B0051QVF7A
Nasalhair
08-02-2012
Every book I've read on my Kindle which had pictures in the "real" book has also had them in the Kindle edition, sometimes in the middle, sometimes at the end.
ClashcityRocker
09-02-2012
You might want to consider non-Kindle.

The Kobo touch for example. It's the same price as the Kindle, has a touchscreen, isn't locked to a single supplier (uses EPUB, which everyone aside from Amazon supports), supports free library lending. Of if you want to go upmarket, the Sony Reader, same features as the Kobo Touch, but quote alot lighter that both the Kindle and the Kobo, however the Sony store is a mess right now. (but again, it's an EPUB based reader, so can accept content from anywhere, includign Google Books and Kobo).

EPUB has over 3m titles available, Kindle only has 700k. Whilst this may cover the main titles, there will be plenty of titles that are only out on EPUB, as despite Amazon's attempts as pushing forward with their own proprietary format, EPUB is fast becoming the defacto standard, potentially leaving Kindle owners out in the wilderness, at mercy of what Amazon want to do (or charge).

Why would anyone buy a device locked to a single content source. It's like buying a car that only takes petrol from a particular garage.
paulj48
09-02-2012
Originally Posted by ClashcityRocker:
“You might want to consider non-Kindle.

EPUB has over 3m titles available, Kindle only has 700k. Whilst this may cover the main titles, there will be plenty of titles that are only out on EPUB, as despite Amazon's attempts as pushing forward with their own proprietary format, EPUB is fast becoming the defacto standard, potentially leaving Kindle owners out in the wilderness, at mercy of what Amazon want to do (or charge).

Why would anyone buy a device locked to a single content source. It's like buying a car that only takes petrol from a particular garage.”

A bit misleading that, a piece of free software called Calibre can easily and quickly convert EPUB's to Kindle friendly format.

The beauty of a Kindle (and the reason I bought one) is the ability to email yourself content and for it to automatically appear within seconds on your device.

Calibre can even be setup to automatically check blogs and other news sites (BBC for example) and to deliver the latest news automatically to your device via Amazons 'whispernet'
stoatie
09-02-2012
Originally Posted by paulj48:
“A bit misleading that, a piece of free software called Calibre can easily and quickly convert EPUB's to Kindle friendly format.

The beauty of a Kindle (and the reason I bought one) is the ability to email yourself content and for it to automatically appear within seconds on your device.

Calibre can even be setup to automatically check blogs and other news sites (BBC for example) and to deliver the latest news automatically to your device via Amazons 'whispernet'”

Calibre's also good for converting .cbr to .pdf, if you're in a comics kind of mood.
ClashcityRocker
10-02-2012
Originally Posted by paulj48:
“A bit misleading that, a piece of free software called Calibre can easily and quickly convert EPUB's to Kindle friendly format.”

What's misleading is people pretending that all the worthwhile things to read arent protected with DRM that prevents you converting between formats without breaking the law.
paulj48
10-02-2012
Originally Posted by ClashcityRocker:
“What's misleading is people pretending that all the worthwhile things to read arent protected with DRM that prevents you converting between formats without breaking the law.”

There are many online stores that sell DRM free Ebooks
IvanIV
10-02-2012
Originally Posted by ClashcityRocker:
“What's misleading is people pretending that all the worthwhile things to read arent protected with DRM that prevents you converting between formats without breaking the law.”

If you don't redistribute the freed books nobody can find out and nobody is getting harmed. DRM is like forbidding people to read their book on their sofa and allowing it only in bed. Removing DRM and redistributing the books for free or for money is a different story completely.
metanoia
10-02-2012
Originally Posted by ClashcityRocker:
“What's misleading is people pretending that all the worthwhile things to read arent protected with DRM that prevents you converting between formats without breaking the law.”

I very much doubt that anyone would ever get prosecuted if they legally purchased a DRM protected book from for example Amazonn then stripped the DRM with Calibre and read it on a Sony reader.

Obviously 9 out of 10 people stripping DRM are probably nicking the book from somewhere/one.

It's a ludicrous situation anyway with the whole DRM thing, don't know how they'll ever work it out.

Peronally I find it morally a very grey area, with paper books I often lent them or gave them away to multiple people after I'd read them and I feel like I should be able to do the same if I so wished with a digital copy, obviously to do this you'd need to restrict it to one copy of each purchased item at a time, which without licences etc.. would be impossible with the currently available tech.

Also anyone can join a library and read most books for free and that's not stealing.
Eater Sundae
10-02-2012
Originally Posted by metanoia:
“I very much doubt that anyone would ever get prosecuted if they legally purchased a DRM protected book from for example Amazonn then stripped the DRM with Calibre and read it on a Sony reader.

Obviously 9 out of 10 people stripping DRM are probably nicking the book from somewhere/one.

It's a ludicrous situation anyway with the whole DRM thing, don't know how they'll ever work it out.

Peronally I find it morally a very grey area, with paper books I often lent them or gave them away to multiple people after I'd read them and I feel like I should be able to do the same if I so wished with a digital copy, obviously to do this you'd need to restrict it to one copy of each purchased item at a time, which without licences etc.. would be impossible with the currently available tech.

Also anyone can join a library and read most books for free and that's not stealing.”

Re bold. But there is a mechanism for writers to be paid for their work when their books are borrowed from libraries, IIRC
gerry d
12-02-2012
Originally Posted by paulj48:
“ a piece of free software called Calibre can easily and quickly convert EPUB's to Kindle friendly format.”

Calibre is a great bit of software.
IvanIV
12-02-2012
It's trivial to remove DRM if you are the owner of the book = your encryption key was used to encrypt the book. It's not trivial if possible within a reasonable time otherwise. So if DRM free books that originally had DRM are in circulation, somebody who knew the original owner's amazon login/adobe id did it.
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