On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 02:05:34PM -0000, loyal_barber wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > > > Addendum - > > Many Canon printers work on Linux and can be maintained from the print > > manager. Look at Caliber for working with the Kindle. Lots of Linux users > > have them and do not own Windows or use Wine. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Thanks for reminding me, Roy. I own a Kindle and cannot imagine why > I would need a computer to use it let alone Windows. I have NEVER > hooked my Kindle to the computer for any reason so please help me > understand why you would need the computer to use your Kindle. I > am not trying to be dense, just don't understand.
I wonder if it has to do with downloading to your computer? If I remember correctly, if you own a Kindle, you can log into Amazon, and then choose to download a Kindle book you own to your computer. Another possibility might have been that until recently, there was no Kindle for Linux, though OS X and Windows had a Kindle app, enabling you to buy the Kindle edition without owning a Kindle. However, as of very recently (early August, I think) Amazon released the Kindle Cloud reader, which works in Chrome or Safari. I believe the idea was to get around Apple being Apple, wanting something like 30 percent of anything sold through its Kindle App store. https://read.amazon.com/about So, for your folks who would like to get your books electronically, and don't want a smartphone, you can now read a Kindle book online--you can download the book to your computer so that you can then read it offline--as far as I can tell, the book is kept in an sqlite database format on your computer, as opposed to the azw format that it has on the Kindle. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Cordelia: You can't see everything. You're just a vampire like everyone else. . . that didn't come out right. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
