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Calibre doesn't convert from AZW files, Amazon's format Bryce Send a noteboard - 05/09/2009 10:15:37 AM
That's the main thing (well, that and the price) holding me back from buying a sony reader vs. a Kindle. I won't buy either until this format fight is over with a clear victor or a compromise of some sort. I like buying my books from Amazon, and it saddens me that there's no way to read them on something other than the kindle.

The story gets even more pathetic when you check out the wikipedia article that says, "Amazon owns Mobipocket, and the Kindle AZW file format and DRM scheme are almost identical to the Mobipocket file format and DRM scheme..."

Mobi files can be easily converted by calibre. What a racket, sheesh!
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Followup to Ebook discussion - 04/09/2009 01:46:28 AM 1105 Views
I'll see what I can find out... - 04/09/2009 02:17:55 AM 743 Views
Comments. - 04/09/2009 06:46:06 AM 736 Views
True, but that's just irritating as hell. And, of course, it will inhibit adoption. - 04/09/2009 10:06:55 PM 705 Views
Yeah you're right. - 05/09/2009 03:00:16 AM 676 Views
Calibre doesn't convert from AZW files, Amazon's format - 05/09/2009 10:15:37 AM 728 Views
Calibre totally rocks for book conversions *nods* - 05/09/2009 10:39:57 AM 788 Views
A resonse from a friend of mine... - 08/09/2009 08:54:11 AM 863 Views
Thanks for the info! I really appreciate it *NM* - 08/09/2009 04:16:02 PM 316 Views
*NM* - 08/09/2009 11:10:29 PM 365 Views

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