ebooks and pdf?

[omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Chris O'Connell)]

Calibre can convert either Mobi (Amazon's format) or EPUB (the one BN chose
to standardize on).  EPUB books are also available from the public library
for download.  EPUB seems to be a more standardized format.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 04/12/2011 06:31 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> > There is a book I am interested in, and it is available in ebook
> > format.    I'm new to the ebook scene.   What options are there to
> > convert it to pdf if I want to view it on my linux laptop?   I don't
> > have any interest, at this time, of investing in an ebook reader (such
> > as Kindle, etc).
> >
> > Thanks for any education the list can provide.
> >
> Just one addition here, what ebook format. Amazon's Kindle has their
> proprietary format. B&N has another format.
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