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Kindle 2 (yes, "two) International, and Japanese ebooks...... - stan_in_japan - 2012-08-08
Hello everyone.
I have successfully put the software "Duokan", made by a Chinese company and designed to show Japanese / Korean and 2 flavours of Chinese "properly", on my 2nd generation Kindle 2 Internationl ( B003...serial number ).
The sites...
here: http://flip.netzbeben.de/2010/11/duokan-available-with-english-gui-today/
...and...
here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=105847
The install makes it a "dual-boot" Kindle, and the OS "Duokan" does not interfere with normal Kindle operation.
It's features are not identical to the Kindle's - it has some menu features that the Kindle does not, and visa-versa (remember I am talking about Kindle 2, but Duokan works on all models from "2" onwards, according to the site / blogs).
This is NOT a post about PDF files on a Kindle.
I use "Calibre", also free, to put "other than Amazon" files on my Kindle, and it converts them for you (html to kindle; epub to Kindle etc etc).
Ebook features like bookmarks, searching etc are built-in.
Kindle 2 (yes, "two) International, and Japanese ebooks...... - Splatted - 2012-08-08
Awesome! Does this mean I can buy Japanese E-books and read them on my kindle?
Edit: Nvm It seems you need a kindle keyboard to run it.
Kindle 2 (yes, "two) International, and Japanese ebooks...... - blackbrich - 2012-08-08
Splatted Wrote:Awesome! Does this mean I can buy Japanese E-books and read them on my kindle?I thought you could already read Japanese on the Kindle 3+?
Edit: Nvm It seems you need a kindle keyboard to run it.
Kindle 2 (yes, "two) International, and Japanese ebooks...... - Necrojesta - 2012-08-08
From what I hear, there is Japanese text support and they can use PDFs. I think I'll be getting a kindle 4 tomorrow, the basic model, if I remember I'll try and see how if it works alright.
Edit: I managed to get through the Aozora Bunko website, download Kokoro in .HTML format, convert it it .mobi and it seems to display alright, seems like it'll work but I haven't tried it on a Kindle yet.
Kindle 2 (yes, "two) International, and Japanese ebooks...... - chamcham - 2012-08-08
Necrojesta Wrote:From what I hear, there is Japanese text support and they can use PDFs. I think I'll be getting a kindle 4 tomorrow, the basic model, if I remember I'll try and see how if it works alright.Amazon is expect to release the Kindle in Japan anytime now (within the next few months). Maybe you should hold off on buying that Kindle.
Edit: I managed to get through the Aozora Bunko website, download Kokoro in .HTML format, convert it it .mobi and it seems to display alright, seems like it'll work but I haven't tried it on a Kindle yet.
Kindle 2 (yes, "two) International, and Japanese ebooks...... - suffah - 2012-08-08
Necrojesta Wrote:From what I hear, there is Japanese text support and they can use PDFs. I think I'll be getting a kindle 4 tomorrow, the basic model, if I remember I'll try and see how if it works alright.I can confirm that Japanese PDF's work perfectly fine on my 1st-gen Kindle DX.
Edit: I managed to get through the Aozora Bunko website, download Kokoro in .HTML format, convert it it .mobi and it seems to display alright, seems like it'll work but I haven't tried it on a Kindle yet.
Kindle 2 (yes, "two) International, and Japanese ebooks...... - Necrojesta - 2012-08-09
The Japanese .mobi works fine, I have Kokoro on there, easy to get. If they release a Japanese kindle it matters not really, there's still the books on Aozora Bunko I can get for free, plus an import would be more pricey.
If they start releasing more ebooks in Japan, maybe I'll get them through less proper means if necessary.