I know I switched ages ago but I’ve never managed to port my existing library of ebooks off the kindle
Comment on Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Absurd. Glad I have a Kobo.
afterworkparty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Mac@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Do you want help?
afterworkparty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s been a while since I tried it but from memory I had managed to extract the device keys from my kindle for DeDRM and then it wouldn’t decrypt the files with them
MacStache@programming.dev 2 months ago
I did it a little while ago. Was very easy. Download books with kindle app, load them into Calibre and use a one click plugin to strip the DRM. I think this was the step-by-step I used.
Mac@mander.xyz 2 months ago
The guide the other user commented looks pretty good, better than the one i followed. lol
If you run into issues let us know.
End0fLine@midwest.social 2 months ago
I switched to Kobo a few years and couldn’t be happier. I hated supporting Amazon.
CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 2 months ago
My libra 2 breaking just after they were discontinued will forever be an unhappy event. I know the libra colour exists but I can not stand color e-ink screens.
Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Wow, I just bought it last year before they discontinued it then. Interesting that only colour screens are available now. It must mean that they are at least as good though?
CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 2 months ago
honestly I have no clue why so many manufactures are pushing color e-ink right now. It’s still not as good as the first gen nook was for black and white.
Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
At least I’m hoping that there’ll still be a spectrum of both BW and color screens available. Apparently many seem to like/prefer colour screen, and the screen door effect and worse contrast doesn’t seem to bother a lot of people. Some even prefer the more textured look of the screen door effect, though I don’t know myself as I’ve never tried a colour screen. Either way, I’d be hesitant to try one, and as I kept my Kobo Aura One for like 7 years it’ll be quite some time before I upgrade my current Kobo Libra 2. If I have some spare cash I might be inclined to try a colour e-reader as an alternative to my current one, but it’s not high on my priority list.
But yeah, it definitely seems that Kobo is pushing their colour screens as they’re only selling the Libra in colour now. Might be that they release a B/W once the hype dies out a bit though.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The Kobo Clara Color’s screen doesn’t look any different to me with non-color eBooks than their non-color version. The only thing that’s really different is that the book cover you see when it’s powered off is in color. Now I will admit that e-ink color is not very good, but it doesn’t ruin the experience of reading just a regular book.
CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I’m extremely sensitive to the screen door effect on the color e-ink screens I’m not sure that there is a reason why but some people don’t seem nearly as bothered by it as others.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m farsighted and have an astigmatism, so I have to read with glasses, and maybe that’s the issue, but I just held my Clara really close to my face and I don’t notice any screen door effect.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just swapped to a Libra Colour last month and I’m feeling better about the choice every day
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Yep. Not to gloat, but I never touched Amazon’s ebook marketplace.
My current e-reader is a second-hand Kindle that has a permanent message asking if I would just please connect to a WiFi network just one time just for a moment PLEEEEEASE.
I get my books from libgen, Gutenberg, or Kobo, and keep them on my computer. They’re organized in Calibre, and I transfer them over on a USB cable.