[gui-talk] Kindle books

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

Also, the electronic book files that the Kindle uses are encrypted and
specialized for that device.  So this is not a practical source of
accessible books at this time.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 
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> Behalf Of tribble
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:49 PM
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> Subject: [gui-talk] Kindle books
> 
> Hi all -- Has anyone had experience good or bad reading books on Kindle
> sold
> by amazon?
> Is Kindle a software reader, or a hardware device like an ipod?
> Is it accessible? I'd like to get an armload of books but since I would be
> scanning them anyway, I would prefer getting them in some electronic
> format.
> What is Kindle anyway?
> I guess I'll go back to amazon and read up on it, but I wanted to ask the
> list first.
> Thanks in advance.
> Oh, and the books aren't on bookshare -- I checked.
> --le