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adavid27

28 Dec 2011, 05:06 PM | Post: #1

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iTunes Books to Kindle?

I've been given a couple of iTunes gift cards and was wondering if it is possible to buy books form iTunes, and transfer them to the Kindle?

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28 Dec 2011, 06:53 PM | Post: #2

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(28 Dec 2011 05:06 PM)adavid27 Wrote: I've been given a couple of iTunes gift cards and was wondering if it is possible to buy books form iTunes, and transfer them to the Kindle?

The iTunes books are likely to be epub's which can be converted in Calibre to mobi format for use on the kindle. The problem is going to be the epub's are likely to be protected by DRM to prevent you doing this.

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jonnygreenwood

11 Jan 2012, 02:10 AM | Post: #3

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(28 Dec 2011 05:06 PM)adavid27 Wrote: I've been given a couple of iTunes gift cards and was wondering if it is possible to buy books form iTunes, and transfer them to the Kindle?

surely this is impossible..
the main issue is not the format, but the DRM.
the books Itunes sold are APPLE DRM protected, as far as i know, this DRM can't bypass at this moment.

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11 Jan 2012, 08:14 PM | Post: #4

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RE: iTunes Books to Kindle?

(11 Jan 2012 02:10 AM)jonnygreenwood Wrote:
(28 Dec 2011 05:06 PM)adavid27 Wrote: I've been given a couple of iTunes gift cards and was wondering if it is possible to buy books form iTunes, and transfer them to the Kindle?

surely this is impossible..
the main issue is not the format, but the DRM.
the books Itunes sold are APPLE DRM protected, as far as i know, this DRM can't bypass at this moment.

I think it depends on whether the author selected to enable the DRM. I bought a book 3 days ago on iTunes and used Calibre to read it. I have not yet tried to convert it to .PRC but I will try that in a day or two.

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