Do you have an easy way to strip the DRM from the Kobo ebooks? If not, then is it much different thank Amazon? I also have a kobo but don’t buy from their store. I mainly buy books on ebooks.com if they are DRM free. And maybe acquire others that aren’t DRM free.
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Boozilla@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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white_nrdy@programming.dev 2 months ago
bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
One thing to note about the Kobo store is that it (unlike Amazon) lists the DRM status of a given book towards the bottom of the store page below the reviews. If you see something like “Epub 2 (DRM Free)” then that’s the format that the book will be in if you download it.
You can download a book that you’ve purchased directly from the website on the My Account/My Books subpage. I’ve tested this out and it can be a good way to get paid DRM free ebooks, if that’s what the publisher wants to sell.
PastelKeystone@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Bookshop.org also has a DRM-free search filter and shares profits with local bookstores.
white_nrdy@programming.dev 2 months ago
I thought I remember Amazon also listed that, but it’s moot at this point.
Another good option that lists DRM plainly is ebooks.com
They even have a search filter for only DRM free
Boozilla@lemmy.world 2 months ago
[deleted]white_nrdy@programming.dev 2 months ago
Ok, good to know. Next time I buy an eBook I’ll look at it
Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yea, I use calibre to strip it, have my entire collection backed up
Deebster@infosec.pub 2 months ago
I have the DeDRM plugin set up on Calibre and it’s either it’s working perfectly or everything I’ve bought from Kobo didn’t come with DRM (I think it’s the first one).
white_nrdy@programming.dev 2 months ago
That’s good to hear. The last (and only) book I bought on Kobos store I had to use Adobe Digital Editions I think, which was annoying since they don’t provide that for Linux.
Deebster@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Hmm, I do remember installing that at one point - it might be that I needed to extract a key from it to configure the plugin. I was on Windows then so it wouldn’t have been too hard.
JoyfulCodingGuy@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I think DRM on Kobo books is dependent on what the publisher requests or something like that. The few I have bought don’t have DRM from what I can tell.
Helluh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I also switched to Kobo about 6vmonths ago. Got the libra colour so i can read comics and manga too. I use annes archive for my ku only reads. Purchase titles through kobo(or direct from the author anytime its possible), or borrow from overdrive. Also, very recently discovered Instapaper is amazing for reading webnovels!
Deebster@infosec.pub 2 months ago
The fact that they fixed the jailbreak just as I was about to do it was part of the reason I moved to Kobo (went with the Clara BW and am very happy with the upgrade).
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Amazon eliminated side loading? I’ve been using calibre to convert books to azw and transfer to my Kindle. Always worked fine for me. Unless they pushed out an update to break this?
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What Amazon eliminated was your ability to download your books and then load them to your Kindle from your computer instead of using their whisper net.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ah gotcha thanks.
humanamerican@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Thanks for helping me discover Kobo! Looks like a good Kindle alternative.
Ugurcan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There’s also Boox, another alternative with Android.
jinwk00@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Except they are blatantly violating GPL license
__siru__@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Could you give a bit more context?
humanamerican@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I’ll check that out too
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I have a Kobo Clara BW and it’s fantastic. Unfortunately, it doesn’t support my SO’s language well, so YMMV.
Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yea, love my kobo
Just bought a new 7" Libra, my only complaint is the colour screen is lower contrast than a pure black and white