Thanks -- it's a Mac only program. I'll check into the Windows options
that are discussed and try again.
Thanks,
David
On 2/20/2013 5:41 PM, Curby Keith wrote:
>
>
> I used dedrm on the files, then used Calibre with it's default settings
> to convert to both .epub and .pdf formats. Search for dedrm using Yahoo
> or Google search.
>
> Curby
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* David H. Bailey dhbailey52@comcast.net>
> *To:* iPad@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:20 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [iPad] eBook readers
>
> Were they DRM Kindle books? If so, could you let me know how you did
> that, please? Thanks!
> David
>
> On 2/20/2013 5:07 PM, Curby Keith wrote:
> >
> >
> > I've used Calibre to convert Kindle books (.mobi, .azw, .azw3)
> format to
> > .epub and all worked fine on my Nook.
> >
> > Curby
> > Del City, OK
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > *From:* David H. Bailey dhbailey52@comcast.net
> >
> > *To:* iPad@yahoogroups.com
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:42 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: [iPad] eBook readers
> >
> > On 2/18/2013 8:18 PM, __A_YAHOO_USER__ wrote:
> > > I have a number of ebooks from different sources such as B & N,
> > > Google, iTunes, etc. In my hands, it would seem on the iPad
> that each
> > > seller needs its own specific ebook reader app for its ebook
> > > purchases and that ebooks purchased from one seller cannot be read
> > > using another seller's app. Is this true? Is there any way(s)
> for an
> > > ebook purchased from one seller to be read on another seller's app?
> > > In particular, I am interested in placing all my ebooks on iBook or
> > > at least one reader app instead of having them scattered all
> over the
> > > place on different reader apps which is messy and disorganized. Is
> > > there a universal ebook reader app that can accept all ebooks
> > > irrespective of supplier? I can imagine this may be a particular
> > > problem with ebooks borrowed from public libraries also.
> > >
> >
> > Someday there may be a single ebook reader app that reads all the
> > different proprietary formats, but that day isn't today.
> >
> > There are ways to strip DRM from some of the proprietary formats and
> > then using a utility such as Calibre you can convert non-DRM ebooks
> > between formats so you can end up with them all in the same
> reader. But
> > it's not easy to strip DRM from some of the formats, and it is
> > potentially illegal (the courts seem to have decided both ways in
> > different cases, so there's no clearcut legal precedent to bypass the
> > Digital Millenium Copyright Act parts that make it illegal to remove
> > copy protection, at least from what I've read. I'll be happy to learn
> > otherwise.
> >
> > I tried to convert Kindle books to ePub, but I could never get the
> > steps
> > I found online to work right so I gave up.
> >
> > Supposedly all ePub works can be read by the same reader, even with
> > DRM,
> > so if you have some from different sources you should be able to read
> > them all in the same reader. "Should" being the operative word.
> >
> > So until the day that a company actually licenses the technology from
> > the different ebook vendors and combines them all into a single
> reader
> > app (that would likely cost some money to buy that app), we're stuck
> > with multiple reader apps and trying to remember which book we
> > purchased
> > in which format.
> >
> > --
> > David H. Bailey
> > dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
>
> >
> > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com/>
> > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> David H. Bailey
> dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
>
> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com/>
>
>
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>
>
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David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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