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.
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
Submitted 6 days 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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guywithoutaname@lemm.ee 5 days ago
ohshittheyknow@lemmynsfw.com 5 days ago
Surprised Pikachu face
thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 5 days ago
This won’t stop users from removing DRM. There will always be a way to own your e-books.
TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 6 days 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.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
you returned it as soon as that was the answer right? I know that would be my answer.
fatalicus@lemmy.world 6 days 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 5 days 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 6 days 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 6 days ago
Check out boox for a properly open(-ish) platform, it’s android based.
njordomir@lemmy.world 6 days 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 6 days ago
Totally did not see this coming. Like, fifteen years ago or whenever.
uraniumcovid@lemm.ee 5 days ago
did that a couple of days ago thankfully. goodbye amazon, you were never loved.
Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 5 days 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 5 days ago
I felt the same about my Voyage, but I’ve resolved to move to kobo once it bites the dust.
TheRealKuni@midwest.social 5 days 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 5 days 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 5 days ago
Calibre is open-source: github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre
So if it had telemetry, we would have heard about it.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 5 days ago
No I mean, now that I got caliber they block book downloads.
bluetardis@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I found this super helpful… github.com/WeLackDiscipline/…/end-all-guide.md
LordCrom@lemmy.world 6 days 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 6 days ago
And mine are digital, DRM stripped, stored locally, backed up to my NAS, and cloud.
Don’t be a Luddite.
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 6 days 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 5 days 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 6 days ago
you will own nothing & like it
/s
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
I wonder how long before this US administration makes “copyright infringement” a felony…
🤔
SubtitledMustard@lemmy.world 5 days ago
And then copyrights all pending legislation…
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
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