Re: ebooks

I have been using Adobe Digital Editions which installs in wine.   That 
may help to solve the issue with the DRM files....assuming that the file 
itself is not corrupt.

As well, you can use calibre to convert your amazon ebooks to epub 
(maybe others) after you have downloaded them t your computer through 
the the kindle software, whihc also runs under wine.

On 2016-06-19 02:35 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote:
> Calibre will read epub format books, so if it says that your file is
> corrupt then that is what the problem is.
>
> .mobi is only really supported by kindle, though I think that Calibre
> can convert that format into another.
>
> Like John, I have a preference for DRM free content, so I buy all of my
> technical ebooks from either Oreilly or Packt.
>
> For non-technical books my choices are much more limited.  The gutenburg
> project is a great source of public domain works (which I can still load
> onto my kindle).  Unfortunately most of the time the really good books
> are locked behind a DRM scheme which makes the whole situation more
> complicated than it needs to be.  With the constant lengthening of
> copyright in the US, we have not had a great of work released into the
> public domain for the past several generations.
>
> Best of luck.
>
> On Sun, 19 Jun 2016 at 14:14 John Jardine <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Not an expert by any means but...
>
>     Wiki here:
>     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats
>
>     More general search:
>     https://www.google.ca/search?q=wiki+ebook+format
>
>     The only formats I've ever used are Kindle (Amazon), PDF and a
>     couple of times I've wound up with mobi's.
>
>     I have a strong preference for DRM free material, so tech books from
>     O'Reilly or Packt as opposed to Amazon.
>
>     Cheers
>     John J
>
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