[LM_NET] Kindle question from a non-Kindle user

[Jacqueline Henry <jhenry@GANANDA.ORG>]

I have just discovered a way to "convert" my netbook into an ebook reader.  
http://lifehacker.com/5468581/turn-your-netbook-into-a-feature+rich-e+book-reader

So far the ideas I have tried work - and I am now playing around with reading an 
ebook for fun.  It is a little clunky - because netbooks are heavier than Kindles - 
but it gives me an idea of the experience to see if I want to invest the money in a 
reader.   I think I will wait for the iPad, rather than going for the kindle.

Anyway...I downloaded my first ebook from our public library.   My question is - 
can ebooks books be downloaded from Amazon or Barnes & Noble onto a laptop - or do  
you have to own a Kindle or some other proprietary ebook reader to be able to do so?

Jacquie

"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in 
silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals 
as librarians...."   (Monty Python)

"The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for poetry and to 
put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American way." ~ The Philadelphia 
Inquirer, 9-20-03

"Education is not about filling a pail, it's about lighting a fire."  ~ William 
Butler Yeats


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Jacquie Henry, MLS
Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS)
Gananda Central School District
3195 Wiedrick Road
P.O. Box 609
Macedon, NY  14502
315-986-3521 x 3144
jhenry@gananda.org
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