Do Amazon ebooks work on systems excluding the Kindle?
I have a Sony portable reader. Can I buy ebooks for it on Amazon, or do such books only work for the Kindle.
Answers:
Unfortunately you can't. See here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
Amazon's ebooks only work on the Kindle, unless the DRM is cracked, which get into legality issues.
And more importantly--you can only *BUY* Amazon ebooks if you have a Kindle; they require the device reg in the past they'll sell you ebooks. This is a ridiculous business approach, since the Kindlebooks are just Mobipocket ebooks with a different considerate of DRM (the "lock" that prevents them from being read on unauthorized devices). They could offer them in Mobi format, which several kind of ebook readers use, but they don't want customers who haven't bought a Kindle.
You can't buy Amazon books for your Sony, but you can buy books from plenty of places other than the Sony store, and there are lots of free ebook sites as all right.
List of ebook stores: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_s… (and they try to tell you what formats are available, and whether the store uses DRM)
List of free ebook sites: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Free_eBo… Source(s): http://www.mobileread.com
No you cannot. Actually stronger ebook support is the strength of Amazon over Sony, as you can see here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
Amazon books only work on the Kindle. Source(s): Sony Reader owner
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Answers:
Unfortunately you can't. See here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
Amazon's ebooks only work on the Kindle, unless the DRM is cracked, which get into legality issues.
And more importantly--you can only *BUY* Amazon ebooks if you have a Kindle; they require the device reg in the past they'll sell you ebooks. This is a ridiculous business approach, since the Kindlebooks are just Mobipocket ebooks with a different considerate of DRM (the "lock" that prevents them from being read on unauthorized devices). They could offer them in Mobi format, which several kind of ebook readers use, but they don't want customers who haven't bought a Kindle.
You can't buy Amazon books for your Sony, but you can buy books from plenty of places other than the Sony store, and there are lots of free ebook sites as all right.
List of ebook stores: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_s… (and they try to tell you what formats are available, and whether the store uses DRM)
List of free ebook sites: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Free_eBo… Source(s): http://www.mobileread.com
No you cannot. Actually stronger ebook support is the strength of Amazon over Sony, as you can see here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
Amazon books only work on the Kindle. Source(s): Sony Reader owner
Related Questions:
Can you buy the kindle e books past its sell-by date amazon to put onto your sony reader?
does the formatting work for both devices the same way? this kind of sounds stupid No you cannot. The Kindle and Sony Reader support different format. And Kindle books are solely readable on the Kindle. You can read a good comparison of the supported format...
Kindle 1 or Kindle 2 which is the better buy and why?
I have wanted a Kindle for a while and now Amazon have come out with the new Kindle 2. Which is the better product and why? You may check some reviews here: http://ezinearticles.com/?Amazon-Kindle-¡ I choose Kindle 2 personally, for the new functions and enhancements. You may read more to...