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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2020-02-11 05:44 pm

[ SECRET POST #4785 ]


⌈ Secret Post #4785⌋

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Re: Based on Secret #5....

(Anonymous) 2020-02-12 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
No. I use an app called AlReader (I commented on secret #5 with a bit more detail about it) for all ebooks, including ones I buy from Amazon and check out from the library, as well as get from online places like Project Gutenberg.

Amazon has a "lock" on books you buy from them because they only want you to be able to read them on a Kindle (or on the Kindle app), but there's a really useful program called Calibre that removes it (you can find a bunch of tutorials online about how to use it). It sounds like it could be complicated, but it's really not, and it's worth a couple extra steps to be able to read Amazon's books on an app way better than the Kindle one (at least IMO).

Re: Based on Secret #5....

(Anonymous) 2020-02-12 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
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Wanted to mention that AlReader is if you plan on reading on your phone or tablet, but if you plan on reading on your computer, Calibre has its own ereader that comes with the program. (There was an AlReader desktop version at one point, but it hasn't been updated in forever and is kind of glitchy so I don't recommend it...it's also been mostly taken down from the places that hosted it so it's kind of hard to even find.)
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Re: Based on Secret #5....

[personal profile] tabaqui 2020-02-12 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, good to know. I don't read or do anything online on my phone, and I don't own a tablet, so it would be PC all the way. Thanks!

Re: Based on Secret #5....

(Anonymous) 2020-02-12 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
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I'd recommend just downloading Calibre, then. You can use it to unlock books bought from Amazon and then use the ereader that comes with it to read them. It's what I use to read on the computer at work when we're slow. I used to use the Kindle PC app even after I stopped using it on my tablet, but the Calibre PC reader is much better. The main thing for me is that you can use any font you have installed on your computer (it might've changed by now, but the last time I used the Kindle PC app you only got two choices, and sometimes just one depending on how the book was formatted).

Anyway, here's the link for Calibre:

https://calibre-ebook.com/
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Re: Based on Secret #5....

[personal profile] tabaqui 2020-02-12 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome, thank you! I appreciate the info.
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Re: Based on Secret #5....

[personal profile] tabaqui 2020-02-12 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Neat! I'll check it out. I despise Amazon in general, and usually only go there to read reviews of books/products. I never wanted to do the ereader thing, but it seems some stuff will never be in print. Bummer.