Question about down loads to Reader

[EagerBeaver]

Can you down load Kindle Edition e-books on to your sony reader??

[jumpsuit]

Hi there

Currently I don't think there is a legal way to do it.

Understandably Amazon are quite precious about Kindle

[Drumzman]

Hi EagerBeaver,

No, not possible I'm afraid - the format Kindle uses is unique to them (so that you are tied in to buying their product, and their books from Amazon I guess)

Have you tried registering with your local library to borrow eBooks on-line though? (quite a few libraries do it now!) - It's brill, free, and something you can't do on a Kindle!!  May be an alternative way of reading any titles on your Reader without having to buy them again if you only have them in the Kindle format...

[EagerBeaver]

Hi Drumzman

Many thanks for that I was not aware that you could use a library

[cam6278]

some sites you can dowload free books...Kobo is one which updates quite frequently and they are new books

[carpetmojo]

Yeah, Kobo's good, so's manybooks.

RE: Libraries, you can also get e audiobooksfor it as well, but only a few have actual ebooks for downloading unfortunately.

My local one (Somerset) said it's something they're planning, but whether that will survive the cuts, I don't know.

[ They did have  something new though, a mini mp3 player ready loaded with a book - just provide earphones and a AAA battery and you're away, no cassetes/CD's/d/loads etc.... Ours charge £2 and its yours for 3 weeks  just like a hard book.  They have around 40 titles now, so never going to sweep the market.

GBut good for a very quick audio book (usually unabridged) without hassle.]