Re: Python curses
On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:11:28 -0500
Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
> paulf@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:29:31 +1100
> > David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 at 15:04, <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to write some code in Python's curses module.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This kindle/paperback book [1][2] might also be of interest.
> > >
> >
> > Don't like Amazon's vendor lock with Kindle. Do you know of a
> > simple, accessible way of converting a Kindle book to something I
> > can read on my PC?
>
> The Debian package calibre contains:
>
> - an X11 application which is an all-singing, all-dancing
> library manager and ebook reader
>
> - a set of CLI-usable conversion utilities, most importantly
> 'ebook-convert', which figures out the input format
> automatically and exports to a large number of output formats,
> most usefully EPUB and PDF.
>
Follow-up question, in case you know this too: apparently, when you
purchase a Kindle book and read it via the Kindle app on your Android
phone, the document doesn't exist on the phone itself. I've
plugged my phone into my PC and examined every directory under Android
and the SIM card, and I can't find a trace of the Kindle book I
purchased.
I've installed Calibre, but without having the Kindle file in hand, I
can't convert it. So... any idea how to actually pry the Kindle file
out of Amazon's greedy hands, so I can point Calibre at it?
Paul
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