Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
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Knew this would happen
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I’m guessing audible will follow soon after.
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So it just obsoletes them for the model users that buy from Amazon and put it on their Amazon device without conversion in between. Even though they should be Amazons favourites.
lol, lmao even.
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The specific devices impacted by this are pretty old (I think only the first and second gen ones? So at latest 2009), so honestly I doubt they're very worried about it.
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both seem just as terrible to me
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Kobo allows epub
Kindle doesn't? Mines 2 years old but my co worker got one for Xmas and theirs loads the epub I sent them no problem at all
Honestly the Kobo is better as a physical device imo but the Kindle is perfectly simple to commit crimes on if you have Calibre
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No reason that they can't just go 'oh we didn't sell those books, we should clean up all that unauthorized content' at some point in the future.
On our personal devices? That's illegal where I am and I doubt they even have the capability to do that currently, anyway
Or custom non-connected firmware
Just don't connect to the Internet and use Calibre to manage your library, there's no need for custom firmware
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I sure am glad I got a Kobo for myself for Xmas and ripped all my books to it. Guess I'll be recycling my Kindle for good.
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I'm quite glad that I never bought fully into Kindle/Nook/Kobo and instead went with an eInk Android tablet.
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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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Which model did you end up with? Do you like it?
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The guide the other user commented looks pretty good, better than the one i followed. lol
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If your model accepts a custom OS, some of them make decent e-ink displays for weather, family photos, etc.
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I went with a Box Note Air 3C, and it's great. I hear the new model is basically the same but faster.
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Yeah I've actually thought about doing that and making it an office desk calendar or something. Thanks for reminding me!
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Its possible to buy DRM free ebooks from itch.io and it is where I get everything that I can.
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I mean, I agree with this. I have a kindle and had no idea you could directly connect it to download books. Guess I learned my new thing for the day.
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I just got a Kobo color (don't recommend the color feature; no book is ever going to use it except the red-letter Bible and House of Leaves) and gifted the old Kindle to a friend. I e-reader is an awesome gift actually because for a lot of people it's something they would never evenly in years take a chance on, but that they would love it if they tried.
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Adding on to this that Barnes and Noble sells DRMed ePUB files that are relatively easy to strip DRM from using Calibre.
So if you can't find a book anywhere else, at least they don't use a proprietary format and still allow you to download your books using their PC software.
I was a semi-early adopter in the ebook space and I have refused to get onboard with the kindle ecosystem from the start. There's no reason for their proprietary format other than complete control over things they pretend to sell you. Amazon is also the Walmart of books and uses their position to browbeat publishers and authors into taking smaller cuts of sales.
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Kobo and Nook ebooks are still ePUB and easy enough to free from their DRM.
