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Comment on YSK: You don't own your Kindle e-books.

sopo@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

No but you can jailbreak them, and their OS is linux-based; unfortunately if it’s a new Kindle or newish with an up to date firmware, you might have to wait for someone to release a new jb method. With a jb you can install Koreader (which alone can do everything useful), but also people (mobileread forums) have compiled a working Python library and a terminal with bash…mostly useful to show off :) you can run neofetch

If you’re like me and need Koreader (has impeccable pdf reflow and stardict support), a Kobo is way easier, and you don’t have to wait

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count_duckula@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I’ve been using KOReader on my phone now, ever since my Kindle one day decided to be unrecognisable on my computer. Couldn’t find a solution to fix it so it became a glorified paperweight.

The screen real estate is slightly degraded, but fuck if I give Amazon any more of my money. Besides, I get to store epubs as epubs instead of converting to that god awful mobi format.

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- sopo@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Way to go, modern phone screens are not too bad…I think a big reason I enjoy dumb ereaders is the lack of multitasking lol
  
  Your kindle probably has a busted micro usb port (the cables too can stop working for data transfer), no idea if it’s too difficult to solder a new one… I would try cleaning it up really well first
  
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helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

With a jb you can install Koreader

So yes?

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- sopo@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It’s a powerful program but not a complete OS replacement
  
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  - helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Oh, so it’s like a sideloaded Kindle app?
    
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    sopo@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yes exactly! On Kindles to install that app we need a jailbreak (and the procedure will depend on device and firmware version, since we are trying to circumvent Amazon limits), most of the OS stays the same and you can still use the normal “reader” app.
    
    Of course if you are already satisfied by the normal reader all you need to do to gain more freedom is managing your books with Calibre on a computer, it’ll take care of converting to kindle format if you put an epub in it, and send it to device, with just one click. My dad does this after I showed him once or twice and he’s not techy at all.
    
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