I have a personal library of over fifteen hundred books. I travel often. To keep my library available whether I’m in Florida, New York, or Texas, I use cloud storage. The most popular ones for personal use are Google Drive, Amazon Cloud, Dropbox, and OneDrive. They all offer free space hoping you will eventually buy…
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Take Charge of Your eBooks- Kobo
The process for freeing book files from vendors depends on the vendor. Calibre removes DRM from Kobo and Barnes & Noble books as well. The only books Calibre cannot free are iBooks from Apple. To free a Kobo book, Calibre uses the Obok_Plugin which downloads together with the DeDRM tools. Install the plugin exactly as…
Take Charge of Your eBooks- Part 4
At this point, you should be ready to create your liberated library. Kindle for PC should be installed, and your Kindle library downloaded to your computer. Calibre should be fully functional, DeDRM plugin included. Open Calibre. The Calibre library should be empty. On the top menu, locate the “Add Books” tab. This is the green…
Great Use for Old iPad Mini!
I have been reading on a Kindle Fire for years. An avid reader of paperback novels, I found myself unable to deal with the small print as I got older and my eyesight deteriorated. The constant tension on my fingers from holding the book open and turning pages caused stiffness. Thick paperbacks took a lot…