Kindle 2

[gothwalk]

So, the Kindle 2 is now available. I've been ignoring it while it was in Version 1, but it might be time to start looking at this new one. Although part of me is arguing for waiting until V3. Any thoughts?

Comments

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

That was one of the reasons I've ended up with the Sony PRS-505 (which is wonderful).

[autopope.livejournal.com]

And even more wonderful when you add in Calibre and (google for this one) MobiDeDRM.py, at which point you can buy DRM'd Mobipocket ebooks if you're so inclined, strip the DRM, and transcode them for use on the Sony Reader without needing to run their Walled Garden software.

(Important for me, because both Sony's ebook store and Adobe Digital Editions insist on running under Windows, and I'm a Mac/Linux gearhead.)

[microgirl.livejournal.com]

Is there an easy way of doing that the other way round - as in, taking DRMed ePub books from Waterstones et al and stripping them so they can be read on the BeBook? (Which can only read Mobipocket DRM books)

[autopope.livejournal.com]

I don't know of a way of stripping DRM from epub files -- or indeed of buying them from Waterstones without going through Adobe Digital Editions (see above: wake me when there's an OS X or Linux port).

I think you'll find the BeBook can read DRM-free Mobipocket books, though.

[microgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh the BeBook can read DRMed Mobipocket books, never minds DRM-free. It can read DRM-free ePub books too. But I'd just like the option of being able to buy from more than one source if I could, for price, availability etc.