There are a number of "eBooks" I'd like to get on my iPad but they are listed on Amazon as Kindle Edition books. Is installing the Kindle app for iPad the only way to download and read these books?

There are a number of "eBooks" I'd like to get on my iPad but they are listed on Amazon as Kindle Edition books. Is installing the Kindle app for iPad the only way to download and read these books?

I would think so, they want you using there reader, as well as for security reasons to. Like iTunes music bought from iTunes, only good for Apple devices, or used to be anyways.

There are a number of "eBooks" I'd like to get on my iPad but they are listed on Amazon as Kindle Edition books. Is installing the Kindle app for iPad the only way to download and read these books?

Is there a reason you don't want to use the Kindle app? I use it all the time, it's free and stable. No problems with it. No messing around with converters and stuff.

Amazon does have a cloud reader that lets you read in a browser window. Poke around where you found a Kindle book. I can't remember how to access it.

If you're worried about running out of space, I have a 16 GB iPad and 8 GB iPod touch. Both have dozens of apps and I'm in no danger of running out of space.

Just needed that assurance :) Downloaded both Kindle for Mac and for iPad. From what I understand, the books will sync.

Just needed that assurance :) Downloaded both Kindle for Mac and for iPad. From what I understand, the books will sync.

Yes they all sync. I switch between my iPad, iPhone, MacBook Pro and iMac regularly. Syncs without issue, always on the last page I was reading. Works very very well.

Yes they all sync. I switch between my iPad, iPhone, MacBook Pro and iMac regularly. Syncs without issue, always on the last page I was reading. Works very very well.

I concur. I've read books using the Kindle app on iMac, iPad, and iPod and have had no problems with syncing. The app just works.

( The only problem I have with ebooks is that they are not as easy to lend to someone else when you finish.:( )

( The only problem I have with ebooks is that they are not as easy to lend to someone else when you finish.:( )

Calibre and Apprentice Alf has your back on that one if you do the research.

I just bought my first book from Amazon.com. I didn't think .com took Canadian purchases. Finding Kindle books on Amazon.ca is rather confusing, thus, my purchase from .com. Am I going to run into trouble with this. or are all books purchased from the US side of Amazon?

You can only buy kindle books at amazon.com. You can also buy lots of stuff there, they will tell you on the page if the product can't be shipped to you.

As doglips said, you can only buy Kindle books on Amazon.com. If you look near the top left hand side of the page you should see Canada under "Your Country or Region". Only titles available in Canada are displayed.

Good to know. Thanks.

I personally only use the kindle app for book reading, I like it even better than iBooks. I also have a kindle for reading on the bus and both sync up to the last page seamlessly.

There are a number of "eBooks" I'd like to get on my iPad but they are listed on Amazon as Kindle Edition books. Is installing the Kindle app for iPad the only way to download and read these books?
You have already got most of what you want regarding your question but I'll jump in and hopefully not repeat too much.

Amazon dot com has digital content and Amazon dot ca does not.
Amazon dot com is my favourite store on earth (except for Costco of course, everybody likes Costco) while Amazon dot ca is slow to get up to speed. Don't know why.

If you sign in to your account on dot com you will see a whole digital section where you can manage your Kindle purchases, library, cloud, etc. and synch your Kindle to all your reader apps or devices. The Canadian site section on digital content is not there. (hopefully sometime) So, yes, shop on Amazon dot com and they will let you know if anything can't be purchased by us.

Most Amazon book formats are MOBI. I think the Kindle Fire is or is going to use a different file format but regardless, a free download of Calibre will take care of any file format change you can conceive of.

Calibre is easy and fun to use plus it's free. The developer updates it at least once a week so I donated twenty bucks for it anyway. The software is that good.

Bottom line: Get a Kindle MOBI book file and you can convert it to read on anything with any reader app.

P.S. to this: You can also get a kindle email address like csonni@kindle.com (just an example).

If for example you gave me this address to your kindle and ALSO authorized me to send you books in the "Manage Your Digital Content" I told you about, you could be sitting on the beach in Hawaii and I could email you a book, article, or whatever and you could download it and read it and convert it to whatever you want.

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If the ebook is bought on Amazon, it has DRM enabled, and so you will need the Kindle app to open it. It's not a bad app for reading, actually. I would choose it over iBooks for how it handles highlighting. But I still prefer the flexibility of the ePub format that iBooks uses. Unlike Kindle, it doesn't make a distinction between DRM and non-DRM for effortlessly adding titles to the app.

If the ebook is bought on Amazon, it has DRM enabled, and so you will need the Kindle app to open it. It's not a bad app for reading, actually. I would choose it over iBooks for how it handles highlighting. But I still prefer the flexibility of the ePub format that iBooks uses. Unlike Kindle, it doesn't make a distinction between DRM and non-DRM for effortlessly adding titles to the app.
Yes, you are right (( p g )). The last book I bought is a .azw format that Calibre can't work with due to the DRM lock you refer to.
I read the book on my kindle and then downloaded it to my computer to open on my Kindle application there and it won't do that either.
I had no trouble with the previous Kindle .mobi files I have.