Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Robert L Cochran wrote: > >> Please note: I am saying all the above after having downloaded only one >> free sample chapter of a Kindle-ized book, and I have never bought a >> Kindle Store book from Amazon. >> >> > If you want to give it more of a test, go to Baen Free Library and > download some books in the Kindle format. They have a fair sample of > free books. They are complete books, but about half are the first > book in a series, to get you hooked on the author's work. (If you > liked the first one, and want more of the same.) > > They offer the same book in more then one format. So if you like the > book, but don't like reading it on the Kindle, you can read it on > other devices. If all else fails, you can always download the HTML > version. Best of all - no DRM! > > http://www.baen.com/library > > Mobibook offers free software that will create books in their format > - from what I understand, they will work in the Kindle as well. > (Just change the extension.) > > http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/ProductDetailsCreator.asp > > Mikkel > Thanks for letting me know about baen.com. I was downloading stuff like Tom Sawyer (which is fun reading by the way, and could have been better if I could see the original book illustrations in the Kindle) from gutenberg.org. I also have the Mobibook software and have used it. Bob -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
