Kindle question

[billysgirl5]

For those with Kindles or Nooks, is it possible to share your books with someone else without them having to purchase the books?

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[jennygeee.livejournal.com]

I quite often see ebooks shared on LJ - I'll see if I can find out where I get them.....

edit: http://ysi-leftovers.livejournal.com/tag/!e-books if you need to join first it's: http://ysi-leftovers.livejournal.com I'm sure there are others, I'll let you know if I find any.

maybe I got the wrong idea of what you are asking?

[billysgirl5.livejournal.com]

This is good, great even! I hadn't thought of groups that would do this. I found several good books...some I'm waiting to hear about if the author will refresh the links to. Thanks!

[ctrokj.livejournal.com]

Not sure about the Kindle but the Nook will let you share with another Nook on SOME of their books only. It needs to have a little "Lean Me" corner flag like thing.

[billysgirl5.livejournal.com]

I found out that you can email some kindle users some books. But we'll see how that goes.

[lostandalone22.livejournal.com]

No, it's like with iTunes and the m4p thing. There's some kind of lock on the books to keep you from sharing.

[billysgirl5.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I found that out. Kinda sucks, but I get it.

[munibunny.livejournal.com]

Yes, I just borrowed a book from somebody. All he needed was the email address that's hooked to my Amazon account.

And I don't have a Kindle so I'm reading it via the Kindle app on my iPhone.

[billysgirl5.livejournal.com]

From what I understand, I can only do it with some Kindle users and only if they have a Kindle.

Hmmm, that's interesting (and makes more sense) though.

[eruminator.livejournal.com]

Hi! Saw your question on Miss Begonia's f-page.

A lot of Amazon content is encrypted and will only work on the Kindle linked to the account that purchased the content. HOWever there's a workaround that you could use, if you're the person who wants to share.

Steps:

1) Download the Kindle application from Amazon. This will enable you to read the e-book on your computer.

2) Start the app and select the book you want.

3) Browse your My Documents directory and look for the Kindle folder

4) The latest e-book opened will be unencrypted. HOWever, it will not be labeled by the book title. Rather it will be named a random string of letters and numbers. I usually just go to the latest folder by date.

5) Copy the .mobi file (or whatever the .extension is) and paste it somewhere else. Rename it to whatever you want. Share, upload, whatever.

Voila!

I'm afraid I can't help with the Nook. I don't have one.

[billysgirl5.livejournal.com]

I noticed that a lot of their content is encrypted and figured there had to be a way around it. Thank you so much!