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Re:Free Kindle This November by msbarnett on Saturday February 26, 2011 @03:21PM (#2266423)
It isn't locked down at all. You can read ebooks from o'reilly, baen, pragprog, and many other non-Amazon stores on it right out of the box.

It simply doesn't implement competing DRM schemes.

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Re:Free Kindle This November by moultano on Saturday February 26, 2011 @03:27PM (#2266439)
EPUB is not a competing DRM scheme. It's the standard for virtually every other reader and store, and the kindle doesn't support it.
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Re:Free Kindle This November by msbarnett on Saturday February 26, 2011 @03:31PM (#2266451)
Which is a completely separate issue from the claim that the kindle is a locked down device that can only view content bought from Amazon.

In my experience, every DRM-free ebook store I've dealt with has been happy to sell me a .mobi.

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Re:Free Kindle This November by moultano on Saturday February 26, 2011 @04:34PM (#2266582)
Still, the reason they doesn't support epub is most likely because it would make it easier to get books from sources other than amazon. The OP was finding it regretable that they have the motivation to do things like this.
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Re:Free Kindle This November by whyaorta on Saturday February 26, 2011 @04:31PM (#2266573)
Conversion between (DRM-free) EPUB and MOBI is pretty much trivial. It's a pain, but it's hardly a problem.
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Re:Free Kindle This November by pmcginn on Saturday February 26, 2011 @05:51PM (#2266730)
Download Calibre to manage your ebooks. It makes conversion pretty much transparent, and with the right plugins you can set it up to remove the DRM from the books you purchase.
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Re:Free Kindle This November by epubdrmremoval on Wednesday March 02, 2011 @03:11AM (#2278845)
Why not get a professional epub drm removal software here:http://www.removedrmfromepub.com
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