Mobipocket books on Kindle
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| We've known for some time already that Amazon's AZW files are actually Mobi
| files, but Amazon didn't share Kindle's Mobi PID which would allow one to buy
| encrypted Mobi books for Kindle.
| Well, I've discovered the algorithm used to generate the PID and was able to
| use it on Fictionwise, but there was another catch. AZW files have a flag set
| in the DRM info which is not present in books bought from other vendors.
| After fixing that, I could read the book on Kindle.
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http://igorsk.blogspot.com/2007/12/mobipocket-books-on-kindle.html
DRM just doesn't work. It's an endless chase.
Don't fear the pirates
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| Perhaps being born of piracy itself, the movie industry is particularly
| susceptible to fears that other pirates will come along and rob them
| of their booty. When video-cassette recorders were first introduced, the
| movie industry feared for its life. According to the industry, not only did
| VCRs destroy the movie experience by taking it from the big screen to the
| small one, they also enabled rampant piracy.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071127.wtq-1107pirates/BNStory/GlobeTQ/home
Get a licence (expiry pending) for music/video rather than actually buy it...
the RIAA/MPAA's wet dream. It's the greed, not the 'pirates'/'criminals'.
Related:
The Cult of Kindle
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| I’d not given Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader much chance of succeeding given
| the stratospheric price tag combined with DRM, but then I started reading the
| customer reviews for it and just realized that the Kindle has already amassed
| quite a considerable cult following, and this could be crucial to its
| success.
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| [...]
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| The DRM issue also bothers me. Well, not the DRM so much but the feeling
| that if this service did tank, you’d end up with a $400 paperweight and no
| access to the books you bought.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1023
Kindle, Eee PC top Amazon.com 'most wanted' list
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| Ironically, perhaps, it was the N810 that was the only meachine ahead of the
| Eee PC in Amazon.com's list of best-selling notebooks. Even though the N810
| isn't a notebook, in the true, computery sense of the word.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/22/eee_pc_americas_most_wanted/
Kindle sold out
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| There is no telling if this is a consequence of consumer demand exceeding
| Amazon's forecasts as to how many people would want this thing, or if Amazon
| is taking a page out of Nintendo's book and creating a little product
| scarcity to drum up business. All I know is I got mine in the mail today, and
| I'm already in love.
|
| Flop? I think not.
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http://blog.blankbaby.com/blankbaby/2007/11/kindle-sold-out.html
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