Comment on Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books

• amos@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You could have made a better choice, I suppose. And some authors/editors do deserve the money.

  Pirating is not necessarily resisting. Are you taking money from authors who really really need it? Or are you taking money from rich CEOs who are worsening the environment, future generations, etc?

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  • Yppm@lemy.lol ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ya good point.

    Seems like I’m doing it backwards lol

    Giving money to Amazon for the hardware and then stealing from the authors.

    I should do some more research before buying my next ebook reader.

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    • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Pirate the books, then donate the purchase price directly to the authors to bypass the middleman.

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  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Whenever you want to buy a book, pirate it, then donate the amount equivalent to the purchase price directly to the authors. Bypass the middleman.

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• PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  At least install KoReader before they find a way to firmware-lock the device.

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  • Yppm@lemy.lol ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Using calibre to just upload books directly.

    I’ll check out KoReader. Never heard of it.

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    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, Calibre is the way to go. KoReader is basically custom built for Calibre, and includes things (missing from the base kindle firmware) like native metadata retrieval.

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