Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-proprietary EPUB (or even MOBI) bookstore?

2012-11-28 Thread Barry Drake
On 28/11/12 10:24, doug livesey wrote: How did the one from Barnes and Noble work? Did you have to extract it from a horrible proprietary e-reader, or was that just available for you to convert? It's so long ago I can't remember the details. I paid for it and downloaded the file from the B&N

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-proprietary EPUB (or even MOBI) bookstore?

2012-11-28 Thread Mark Einon
On 27 November 2012 23:47, doug livesey wrote: > Is the geek gestalt aware of anywhere where I can buy the latest books in a > form that I can then either read on the Kindle, or convert to read on it? > Cheers, >Doug. Hi Doug, There's Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/) for a massi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-proprietary EPUB (or even MOBI) bookstore?

2012-11-28 Thread doug livesey
How did the one from Barnes and Noble work? Did you have to extract it from a horrible proprietary e-reader, or was that just available for you to convert? On 28 November 2012 10:13, Barry Drake wrote: > On 27/11/12 23:47, doug livesey wrote: > >> If you can buy EPUB books, and then have access

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-proprietary EPUB (or even MOBI) bookstore?

2012-11-28 Thread Barry Drake
On 27/11/12 23:47, doug livesey wrote: If you can buy EPUB books, and then have access to the actual file, it's pretty trivial to then convert that to the Kindle format. However the problem I've had is even getting to the actual file. I don't seem to have the problem you have. I use Calibre w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-proprietary EPUB (or even MOBI) bookstore?

2012-11-28 Thread James Morrissey
Hi Doug, I am not sure exactly what you mean by access to the file, but since you are talking about readers, have you tried Okular (http://okular.kde.org/)? Best, James. On 28 November 2012 08:16, Alan Lord wrote: > On 27/11/12 23:47, doug livesey wrote: > >> Is the geek gestalt aware of any

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Non-proprietary EPUB (or even MOBI) bookstore?

2012-11-28 Thread Alan Lord
On 27/11/12 23:47, doug livesey wrote: Is the geek gestalt aware of anywhere where I can buy the latest books in a form that I can then either read on the Kindle, or convert to read on it? Does this article help? http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/10/drm-be-damned-how-to-protect-your-amazon-e