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[Discuss] [OT]iPad for 90 year old.



On 06/16/2012 06:40 PM, John Abreau wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
>
>> 1. Can the builtin Apple book reader download and read Kindle books, or
>> would she need to install the kindle app. I like the style of Apple's
>> book reader.
> The short answer is "No". The Apple book reader cannot read Kindle books
> natively. It is possible to scrape off the Kindle DRM from a Kindle book, and
> to convert the output of that to a format that the Apple book reader can read,
> but the process is non-intuitive and must be performed on an actual computer;
> it cannot be performed from the iPad directly.
>
>
>
Thanks. I wasn't sure. The Kindle app should suffice.

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