I noticed this feature wasn’t available for my Colorsoft and asked support about it. They assured me it would be added later. This is exactly what I expected to happen.
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
Submitted 4 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb
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TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
you returned it as soon as that was the answer right? I know that would be my answer.
guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I get my books for my used Kindle off Libby because I have no expectation of ownership and I don’t want to give Amazon the satisfaction of my money.
ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
Surprised Pikachu face
thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This won’t stop users from removing DRM. There will always be a way to own your e-books.
fatalicus@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Well fuck… Guess i’ll need too look at what is available for ebook downloads i my arr stack to get books for my kobo.
The kobo store is mostly useless, and there are limited options available for buying ebooks here, so amazon has been the best option for likely finding what i was looking for.
phx@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Yeah I looked into the Kobo store and a LOT of the books I have - which are not exactly small titles - aren’t available there.
In some cases they’ve got the first couple books or audiobooks out of a series that currently has 10
__init__@programming.dev 4 months ago
I’m waiting for them to get rid of the send-to-kindle email thing to receive books from calibre. I’m surprised it has survived for this long. I’ve wanted to try out a kobo but can’t justify it cause my 10+ year old kindle still works perfectly fine for reading. But once they remove that feature or drop support for my device, it’s kobo time.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Check out boox for a properly open(-ish) platform, it’s android based.
njordomir@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Apparently Boox has been a stomping all over the GPL licensing terms. You can find a lot of info on it, but here is a non-reddit link: www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=277431
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Totally did not see this coming. Like, fifteen years ago or whenever.
uraniumcovid@lemm.ee 4 months ago
did that a couple of days ago thankfully. goodbye amazon, you were never loved.
Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I’m sad that the Kindle Oasis doesn’t get a new model. Mine has served me well for the past few years, but it’s starting to show its age.
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 months ago
I felt the same about my Voyage, but I’ve resolved to move to kobo once it bites the dust.
TheRealKuni@midwest.social 4 months ago
I jumped from the Voyage to the Paperwhite when they switched to USB-C and added a warmth slider for the screen. It’s really nice, especially with an origami case (even if that case isn’t as nice as the origami case for the Voyage).
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I literally just installed caliber recently. Are they following my every move or something? Trying desperately to prevent other “near techky” people from leaving the market place?
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Calibre is open-source: github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre
So if it had telemetry, we would have heard about it.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No I mean, now that I got caliber they block book downloads.
LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I told people years ago. You don’t own those books.
I own my books… They are made out of this thing called paper and line the wall of my office. All the volumes I value I have of copy of for myself and future generations of my family
tomkatt@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And mine are digital, DRM stripped, stored locally, backed up to my NAS, and cloud.
Don’t be a Luddite.
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s terrible…
Just fyi there is some good publishers like baen that still support and don’t plan on removing ebook format downloads.
rouroborous@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Iquit on Kindle a few years ago. The publicationsI read, like Asimov’s Sci Fi, no longer publish via Kindle. I use Book Funnel, Kobo, Pocket Book and store books on my desktop’s drive.
R3D4CT3D@midwest.social 4 months ago
you will own nothing & like it
/s
ouch@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Another tool for bulk downloading, with 811 stars for the record:
bluetardis@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I found this super helpful… github.com/WeLackDiscipline/…/end-all-guide.md
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I wonder how long before this US administration makes “copyright infringement” a felony…
🤔
SubtitledMustard@lemmy.world 4 months ago
And then copyrights all pending legislation…
grahamja@reddthat.com 4 months ago
I have no need for my Kindle services anymore. I bought books there for how easy it was to put on my electronic devices, and to easily make back up copies for later. If I can’t downloaf and reformat the e-book to easily make a physical copy I don’t want it.