Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.
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Good luck accessing my ebooks.
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Get them out of Amazon:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361503
It works, I just exported alk my ebooks into epub earlier today.
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I have hundreds of books in my kindle. But 0 on Amazon.
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Very happy I got a PocketBook instead of the store locked alternatives
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Perfection is the enemy of better
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How is that legal?
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Buy elsewhere, or simple look up epubs and mail them to kindle
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I think with applications, like Calibre its relatively painless to save the whole library, if someone is ready to jump ship. Now its the perfect time.
I personally use a Kobo without the online features, which is fantastic, but there are many great Kindle alternatives without the corporate spyware bullshit.
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Because in the kindle store you're not purchasing the book but a license to the book.
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I don't think that will work with the .kfx file type. At least it didn't for me.
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A wink's as good as a nod to a blind bat.
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Windows only. Le sigh.
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First, you will need DeDRM v10.0.9 beta/RC or the alpha release. This will work on many (but not all) Kindle ebooks. (Some Kindle books come with extra-strength encryption that these tools cannot handle, etc.) If you have questions about installing, setting up, or using DeDRM, ask on GitHub.
"many but not all" hm.
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Sadly, Calibre doesn't handle .kfx at this time.
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Where do others buy epubs? (Besides the library) In many cases my obscure authors only use Amazon.
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FWIW, I did not have a single book with DRM issues. That being said, I don't have too many "hot bestsellers" or something similar.
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It absolutely does. https://plugins.calibre-ebook.com/ there is a KFX input plugin. Also, if using an older version of kindle for PC you can batch download your whole library and import to Calibre.
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I've used Kobo and Ebooks.com, and import into my Calibre library. I know some authors have a way to purchase directly on their site.
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I mean authors don’t see money anytime someone rents an ebook do they? Libraries just need to pay for licenses to the publisher annually from what I’ve read on reddit/Lemmy.
I can understand renting ebooks so that your library continues to fund a digital library, but if the book is available in paper form that doesn’t really benefit the author either.
