linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Using Wine

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 02:05:34PM -0000, loyal_barber wrote:
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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> 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.

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