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

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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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  • 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.

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  • TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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    • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Surprised Pikachu face

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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    • 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

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  • __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.

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    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Check out boox for a properly open(-ish) platform, it’s android based.

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      • 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

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Totally did not see this coming. Like, fifteen years ago or whenever.

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  • uraniumcovid@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    did that a couple of days ago thankfully. goodbye amazon, you were never loved.

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  • 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.

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    • 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.

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      • 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).

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  • 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?

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    • 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.

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      • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No I mean, now that I got caliber they block book downloads.

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  • 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

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    • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • R3D4CT3D@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    you will own nothing & like it

    /s

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  • ouch@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Another tool for bulk downloading, with 811 stars for the record:

    github.com/…/amazon-kindle-bulk-downloader

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  • bluetardis@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I found this super helpful… github.com/WeLackDiscipline/…/end-all-guide.md

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  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wonder how long before this US administration makes “copyright infringement” a felony…

    🤔

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    • SubtitledMustard@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And then copyrights all pending legislation…

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