Robert L Cochran wrote: > Robert L Cochran wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> > Well, this did induce me to plug my Kindle in for a recharge. I have to > say the showy book covers on the baen.com website make me wish even more > that the Kindle is color-capable. > > Bob > > I downloaded "Primary Inversion" by Catherine Asaro from Baen. Connected it to my Fedora 7 box over USB with no trouble and copied the book (as a *.mobi file) onto it. The table of contents is at the end of the book. I suppose that's no different than having it at the start of the book. The front cover images are grayscale and tough to read. The text itself is fine. I then went back to baen.com/library and downloaded the same book in HTML zip format, and put it on my hefty Dell Latitude E6400 laptop. Started Firefox 3 and read a few paragraphs. The book cover now at least shows up in color. The HTML links appear to work. I like the HTML version better except for one thing -- the laptop weighs a ton compared to the Kindle. 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
