I have bought a few otherwise hard to find books on Amazon. Actual paper books. At least used to be possible.
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eleitl@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
No, you could never buy books on Amazon, only rent them. Calibre with DeDRM plugin was a poor way to liberate them, given that formatting in libre formats was often worse than the original.
I stopped doing that and ingnored the Kindle ecosystem in general. I tried a Kobe reader with .epub books from diverse sources but I mostly use tablets (LineageOS and GrapheneOS) to consume content these days. The reader apps are not that great there, sadly.
XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
eleitl@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Yes, when I buy books on Amazon it’s the dead tree kind.
rumba@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I’d be pretty surprised if you couldn’t waydroid something decent without googleing up. Certainly moon reader or something should run without the store?
eleitl@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I’m limiting myself to only open source applications on the tablets. Strictly nothing from Play Store or Aurora.
rumba@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
When you call the shots, you get the outcomes. It’s honestly not a bad way to live. Best of luck to ya!
eleitl@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Thanks, it is enough for me.