On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:39:31AM +1100, Charles Haynes wrote: > I keep all my books in epub, but have considered getting a Kindle device. > Calibre will convert to un-DRMed Kindle format if you're willing to do a > bit of work. Last time I looked it was also possible to put an epub reader > on a rooted Kindle if you want to go that route.
Thanks, I realize there are converters but problem is, not all documents "like" being converted :-). So I wanted to max my ability to read stuff without converting. Say, I can convert Postscript document to PDF, I grok they are similar under the hood - yes it's still possible to find something in PS, even today. Or one can have some old stuff and want to read it again. But converting ps to epub... Maybe not. Especially if I don't have to. I guess one can also make native readers for Kindle, so one could open those Postscripts on the device. But this means diminishing built-in flash storage. > On the other hand, those PocketBooks look nice... I watched some videos on youtube before making decision. Of course there are more brands to choose from. BTW, since we talk about choice. The story about removing "1984" from people's Kindles made me appreciate more an idea of device that doesn't have to connect back home to be usable: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html?_r=0 I don't really care what's the name of business who did it. It's just choice of technology for me. Some of it I like and some of it I avoid. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_r...@bigfoot.com **
