Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
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I switched to Kobo a few years and couldn't be happier. I hated supporting Amazon.
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And Kindle supports mobi files? It is just that those tend to get preprocessed into azw or the other one files. Much like Kobo tends to work best if you preprocess those epubs into kepubs.
The issue is that Amazon has repeatedly changed their mobi variants to fight against de-drm tools as well as increasingly locking down their apps and even devices to make it harder to get data off (and now on) to them.
There is absolutely nothing stopping Rakuten from doing the exact same with Kobo. And people should be aware of that rather than just stanning their favorite company.
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Try this python script: https://github.com/Jedi425/BulkKindleUSBDownloader
Source: https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/114002221924654676
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Awesome, thank you!
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You can still use calibre to sideload onto them. Where you get the books is another issue.
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Check out boox for a properly open(-ish) platform, it's android based.
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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
If you run into issues let us know. -
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.
