I don't know what kind of OS the Kindle has. (Linux something-or-other, I'm sure.) I don't know if the core system is flexible enough to add another ebook format--logic says it should be (epub is HTML in a zip file), but logic and code don't always meet. It's possible they couldn't add epub support without wiping out the whole system and starting over, meaning losing all one's listed books, bookmarks, notes, filing system and so on. And if that's what it takes, they'll offer it on newer devices and not upgrade the old ones; too many people would get confused/upset at losing their data.
The Magic Words to google for DRM removal are "skindle" (to remove Kindle DRM) and "mobidedrm" (for mobi books from other places) and [inept cabbages] for Adobe DRM. (Oh, and convertlit for .lit files, which are almost obsolete at this point.)
The "inept" system (by coder i♥cabbages, named after Adobe's "Adept" DRM) involves installing Python (possibly a specific version of Python) on your computer and running a script through it that will allow you to decrypt a DRM'd ADE ebook that you can normally read on your computer.
I don't know the details; I don't deal with DRM at all. There are veiled discussions at Mobileread about problem-fixing. It doesn't touch the Kindle at all; you use it to crack other books, and then would have to run them through a converter like Calibre to make them Kindle-able.
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Date: 2011-01-01 11:24 pm (UTC)The Magic Words to google for DRM removal are "skindle" (to remove Kindle DRM) and "mobidedrm" (for mobi books from other places) and [inept cabbages] for Adobe DRM. (Oh, and convertlit for .lit files, which are almost obsolete at this point.)
The "inept" system (by coder i♥cabbages, named after Adobe's "Adept" DRM) involves installing Python (possibly a specific version of Python) on your computer and running a script through it that will allow you to decrypt a DRM'd ADE ebook that you can normally read on your computer.
I don't know the details; I don't deal with DRM at all. There are veiled discussions at Mobileread about problem-fixing. It doesn't touch the Kindle at all; you use it to crack other books, and then would have to run them through a converter like Calibre to make them Kindle-able.