Bit of a silly question

[amaresu]

Can any I read a Kindle Edition on something besides a Kindle? I can't seem to find an answer saying one way or the other.

Thanks.

Comments

[damned_colonial]

Doubt it. AFAIK, you need either a Kindle or the Kindle app on an iPhone. Amazon'd Kindle editions are all DRM'd.

[amaresu]

That's what I was afraid of. Thanks.

[sineala]

There's also the Kindle for Mac and PC programs -- you can't read it on non-Amazon made stuff without cracking the DRM.

[amaresu]

Yeah, I just hate reading actual books on my computer. It's a weird issue that makes no sense as I'll read novel length fanfic no problem.

Thanks.

[elf]

You can legitimately read Kindle books on a Kindle, iPhone/iTouch, or PC/Mac with the Kindle program.

In order to read K'books on other portable readers, you'd need to crack the DRM, which involves (1) installing a particular version of Python and (2) acquiring both the kindlepid.py and kindlefix.py scripts, and learning to run them.

I'm told it's all very easy after the initial weird learning curve. And the legality is in fuzzy-state... nobody knows how legal it is to crack DRM for personal use. (Distributing DRM-removal tools is a crime. (See me not telling you where to find said scripts. Because really, anyone who can't master a simple Google search *deserves* to cope with DRM'd ebooks.) Using them is not.) The reality is, nobody is going know if you remove DRM from a book for personal use.

[amaresu]

Clearly this is the universe laughing at me for failing not once, but twice, to get with the program and learn python.

On the other hand it might just be the motivation I need to go and learn it finally.

Thanks.