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

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  • A [email protected]

    You could have made a better choice, I suppose. And some authors/editors do deserve the money.

    Pirating is not necessarily resisting. Are you taking money from authors who really really need it? Or are you taking money from rich CEOs who are worsening the environment, future generations, etc?

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    Whenever you want to buy a book, pirate it, then donate the amount equivalent to the purchase price directly to the authors. Bypass the middleman.

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    • Y [email protected]

      Ya good point.

      Seems like I'm doing it backwards lol

      Giving money to Amazon for the hardware and then stealing from the authors.

      I should do some more research before buying my next ebook reader.

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      Pirate the books, then donate the purchase price directly to the authors to bypass the middleman.

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      • roofuskit@lemmy.worldR [email protected]

        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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        Do the non-kindle e-readers link to Libby? I may eventually try to get my wife and I off our kindles and she uses that when she can.

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          Piracy is also a "We're underpaid and can't afford shit in this economy" issue. It's ethcal to pirate since the rich steals from us all the time.

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            That's interesting. What kind of massage are you talking about here?

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            Answered in the sibling, but this basically: https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc

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              The article literally says you will still be able to push books via Calibre etc, but won't be able to download books into Kindle from PC.

              Example:
              If you don't have a WiFi at home, there is an option to connect Kindle via USB to your ethernet connected PC and download books from Amazon that way.

              And this option is going away, as most people have WiFi.

              Anywho, fuck Amazon (for other things, but not this one).

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              I send epubs via email. I didn't see any reference to that. Is that still going to be possible?

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                Do the non-kindle e-readers link to Libby? I may eventually try to get my wife and I off our kindles and she uses that when she can.

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                100% yes on Nook, and as far as I know Kobo hasn't dropped compatibility.

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                • zecg@lemmy.worldZ [email protected]

                  there is nothing stopping them from doing the same bullshit with firmware updates to the kobos and drm updates to the store and apps.

                  I never connect the Libra to any network, how can they do anything? I did actually install some updates since there were a few annoying bugs, but I just downloaded the firmware on the pc from https://pgaskin.net/KoboStuff/kobofirmware.html and updated it offline. Now all those bugs seem fixed and poor Kobo still hasn't seen the interwebs

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                  Ah, my deepest apologies. I was not aware there was absolutely no issue or threat to anyone because you didn't connect a kindle to the network either.

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                    Ah, my deepest apologies. I was not aware there was absolutely no issue or threat to anyone because you didn't connect a kindle to the network either.

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                    there is nothing stopping them

                    how can they do anything?

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                      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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                        Makes it harder to pirate or share, so more profit with the benefit of censorship. They could make updates to material on the fly if they wanted. Assuming you need an Internet connection, no privacy and limits where you can read. It's hard because you can't avoid things like AWS but you can stop paying them directly. Sadly, even now, it's hard to convince people to give up on Amazon and similar corps.

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                        • L [email protected]

                          Answered in the sibling, but this basically: https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc

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                          Thank you!

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                          • R [email protected]

                            I send epubs via email. I didn't see any reference to that. Is that still going to be possible?

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                            I have access to the same information as you, so unfortunately, I don't know.

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                              I wonder how long before this US administration makes "copyright infringement" a felony...

                              🤔

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                                I wonder how long before this US administration makes "copyright infringement" a felony...

                                🤔

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                                And then copyrights all pending legislation...

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                                  Surprised Pikachu face

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                                  • flyingsquid@lemmy.worldF [email protected]

                                    100%. I have always pirated, but the amount of things I pirated went way, way down when Netflix had a decent library of things to watch and was affordably priced.

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                                    I moved from MA to NC and I miss my library every day. (I also miss other things.)

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                                      Can I root my 10 year old Kindle Paperwhite?

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                                      • xatolos@reddthat.comX [email protected]

                                        You mixed up step 2, it's supposed to be "Install KoReader".

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                                        I'm planing on doing this but i fear 2 things out of pure ignorance: killing my kindle and battery usage

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                                        • M [email protected]

                                          Hi, what do you like about boox nova? I have the Paperwhite (2022) and wondering if there's a better alternative that isn't Amazon.
                                          I do enjoy the page turn animation, does boox have it too?

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                                          No book turn animations in Neo Reader, but other apps might, like Moon+ Reader. I prefer the Boox interface and warm light, and it’s much more customizable. Also, being android based means access to alternative reading apps, and even manga.

                                          Not sure if you can still buy the Nova line, I’ve had it since 2020. I bought the Paperwhite Signature as an “upgrade” but the Boox screen is larger, the warm light is nicer (warm orange/tan, the Kindle warm light is pee yellow).

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