Ask HN: can I transfer a $6,000 Kindle book onto PC, DRM-free?

Re:Ask HN: can I transfer a $6,000 Kindle book onto PC, DRM-... by old-gregg on Saturday May 09, 2009 @02:23PM (#601209)

Jesus... Looks like I'm sticking to laptops + PDFs. From product reviews:

"... if your Kindle 1 breaks or you purchase a Kindle 2 all your Newspaper and Magazine issues will be UNREADABLE on the replacement or new device ..."

Here is one more, seems like committing to electronic formats you're asking for trouble even when upgrading to another version of the same product:

"... I have a tremendous volume of Kindle content (public domain and Amazon). I discovered that I could not directly transfer from my computer backup for Kindle 1 to the new K2 ..."

Another one:

"... Although Amazon says it keeps you content on their server, I found many instances where I could not download my books to my computer because the item THAT I PAID FOR was not available for download to my new Kindle2..."

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Re:Ask HN: can I transfer a $6,000 Kindle book onto PC, DRM-... by mapleoin on Saturday May 09, 2009 @04:16PM (#601375)

But really... There are other ebook readers besides the kindle..

iRex let you use open formats, and the software is also opensource and in continuous development: http://www.irextechnologies.com/

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Re:Ask HN: can I transfer a $6,000 Kindle book onto PC, DRM-... by Zev on Saturday May 09, 2009 @04:35PM (#601400)

A lot of the Kindle's source is Open Source as well, under a GPL license. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&...

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