Timeline for Is there a way to read kindle books on Windows which do not support Windows?
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| Feb 4, 2015 at 11:04 | vote | accept | John | ||
| Feb 4, 2015 at 5:54 | comment | added | tcrosley | As a test case, I went to the Amazon Store and found "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Book 1. In devices, my iPhone 6+, Kindle DX, and Windows 7 PC were greyed out. But my iPad, Kindle Cloud Reader, and Windows 8 PC were listed as valid choices. Since I could get this book free with Kindle Unlimited, I went ahead and did so and brought it up with the Kindle Cloud Reader. I had no problem doing a screen capture. Same for the book "Frozen: A tale of two sisters" mentioned in a comment under the question. | |
| Dec 25, 2014 at 2:13 | comment | added | Tomm | The issue with Kindle Cloud & PC Reader compatibility occurs primarily in books with a lot of scanned graphics. The first volumes of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Series would be an example. I think Amazon actively blocks reading of such books on PC as it would be easy to screen capture the content and, hence, bypass the DRM. | |
| Dec 20, 2014 at 15:32 | comment | added | elixenide | @Tomm I have to second John on this; I've never run into this issue. It's true that some books are incompatible with some devices or platforms (for example, this book is not compatible with the Kindle Cloud Reader). Such limitations affect a relatively small number of books.That said, I'm not aware of any good options for reading those books on Windows. I will update if I come up with any. | |
| Dec 20, 2014 at 11:00 | comment | added | John | @Tomm That may be but I don't know how common it is. I think every one of the books I've bought has been readable in the cloud reader. | |
| Dec 20, 2014 at 9:53 | comment | added | Tomm | No, you can't. There are titles that are listed as incompatible with both Kindle Cloud Reader and Kindle for PC. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 23:27 | history | answered | elixenide | CC BY-SA 3.0 |