Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands.
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I just went to pine64.org and I still see the PineNote community version being out of stock on the EU store. Is it available elsewhere?
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Undernet and #bookz for me somehow turned out to be easier than more popular styles of piracy.
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Try explaining how to do that to your non-techie relatives, especially the older ones who like reading. Yes, this makes is more difficult to switch.
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i keep getting mixed msgs on this (then again, I could be misinterpreting) but it sounds like you can still download the ebook to your kindle (it will be in .kfx format), but if you plug the kindle into the computer and copy the .kfx file to it, that you should then be able to import it into calibre on your computer and the kfx plugin should strip the DRM.
i haven't tested this to be sure yet (my kindle library is already downloaded and i've just been buying ebooks from Kobo since the Amazon announcement)
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Starting February 26, 2025, the option «Download and transfer via USB» will no longer be available. You can still send Kindle books to Wi-Fi enabled devices by selecting the «Deliver or remove from device» option.»
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#bookz is fantastic!
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That's where I'm getting conflicting info: I understand you won't be able to "download and transfer via USB" from the Amazon website but when you download a book from the Kindle over wifi it's still a file on your kindle that can be browsed to if you connect your Kindle to a computer via USB
Then you copy that downloaded ebook (.kfx) to your computer and import into Calibre and use the Kindle plugin that strips DRM from .kfx files.
I'm going to try that today and see if it actually works...
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I'd love to see them put that on the big black dildo I purchase each year. Try me!
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It is pretty obvious why they are doing this though, but it also means you don't own them, you are renting them.
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In the meantime, hackers have just released a new jailbreak and made it a more open platform than ever :^)
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Oddly enough, pirated ebooks are a malware minefield. And hard to find.
That said, I have about 8000.
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I got a secondhand Kobo on eBay for less than $100, almost in new condition (the seller just forgot to include the charging cable, but luckily I had plenty of spare micro-USB cables). It's a 2018 model, but it has 8 GB of storage, plenty for most people, and a nice 6" 300 PPI screen with warm light and dark mode. It's more than sufficient.
Point being, alternatives are out there.
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i buy most ebooks from a small local bookstore. for the rest there's still zlib
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Lol
sorry vibrating/heating function locked until daily dues are paid.
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That was amusingly well timed:
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That and the upgradeable storage... as soon as I can figure out how to solve my partition issues.
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To all the people who are saying "I'll just pirate books," you are aware you can buy eBooks from places that Amazon, right?
Have a look at https://bookshop.org/ebooks
You can buy books/eBooks and support local bookstores that aren't Barnes & Nobles or Amazon.I'd suggest you download/archive your Kindle books and then buy your eBooks from elsewhere. You can still load those onto your Kindle.
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no doubt
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Does that provide epub when baught? Or does it lock you in with their DRM app?
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There's also the old Samsung Tab tablets I found that would do pretty decent job as well, those are around the same price range too, like the A10 and the A8's
And looking into the kobo clara series it does look like those are about 120-130 second hand currently so not as bad
