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Kindle for Zorin ?

Wally The Confused

Tue May 20, 2014 2:32:28 pm

Hi All.
Prior to posting, I did search the different forums, on both google and Zorin and only got:
"No suitable matches were found "
Does that mean that Kindle is not compatible with Zorin ( Yet ) ?
Thanks In Advance
Wally.

Wolfman

Tue May 20, 2014 5:16:54 pm

Hi,

download the "Kindle Reading App for Windows" and then install with wine!.

This is old(ish) but should work:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/144463/h ... untu-12-04

I don't know how to do it btw!. :D (I don't have a Kindle)

Wally The Confused

Tue May 20, 2014 7:40:04 pm

Hi Wolfman.
Thanks.
No, I do not have a Kindle unit either, just the programme that allows me to download and read books.
Right, thanks, Im off to Google, what is Wine
and how to use it.
TTFN

Swarfendor437

Tue May 20, 2014 8:06:23 pm

Hi, Please DON'T buy a Kindle:

1. It puts booksellers out of business (that is Amazon's long-term aim)

2. It deprives Authors of the income they should receive

https://www.stallman.org/amazon.html

WINE (= Wine Is No Emulation) is so called because it utilises Windows Native .dll's (Dynamic Link Libraries).

To see what WINE can run in GNU/Linux see this page here:

http://appdb.winehq.org/

Wolfman

Wed May 21, 2014 5:28:14 am

See also:

http://wiki.winehq.org/

Wally The Confused

Wed May 21, 2014 1:20:22 pm

Thanks for the help.
Hey, Swarfendorf 437. I totally understand what you mean, but I travel a lot, and with all the new limits on cabin baggage, and extra payments etc, 3 decent paperbacks are not only bulky, but can quickly take a kilo of your weight allowance.
So I do have the kindle program, on my aspire 1 with about 5 books, so far.
However, at home, I prefer a proper book,

Swarfendor437

Wed May 21, 2014 5:14:54 pm

HI, you can also install 'Calibre' this is a cross-platform e-book converter for multiple devices - you can download an e-pub and convert it to the device you want to read it on:

It's in the repositories and also from it's official site for the latest version:

http://calibre-ebook.com/

Also check this site out - you can even read some captured originals online! :D

http://archive.org (aka One Million Books Project) :D