Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands.

[casmael@lemm.ee]

Yeah is this going to break calibre functionality? I remember using it to rip books from my kindle library but not how, exactly

[saltysalamander@fedia.io]

I'll continue pirating, thanks.

[robotzap10000@feddit.nl]

I was looking at the PineNote myself, but they stopped selling the developer version due to low demand. I'm afraid that it won't be back until those who do own it finish writing the software for it.

[atda@lemmy.world]

I tend to bounce around software. I ran into it at random researching docker containers and just kind of stuck with it. I've got a habit of trying to containerize everything nowadays haha

[land@lemmy.ml]

This is the way.

[saltysalamander@fedia.io]

And Calibre, a third party software for managing ebooks, has a plugin to crack Kindle files

Which requires being able to download those files from Amazon. Which is what this post is all about, Amazon not allowing you to download the files anymore.

[webghost0101@sopuli.xyz]

PSA: “Archiving” is a general legal-neutral and safe term you can use with co-workers.

[spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Dropping a link for the lazy/myself for later

https://www.kavitareader.com/

[spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I'll be done with audible the moment I stop being able to liberate and archive what I pay for.

Until then, they're helping me build my audiobookshelf

[eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz]

I love my Kobo. I installed KO Reader on it and have Calibre for managing my ebooks.

Get all my ebooks from z-library or Anna's archive.

[singletona@lemmy.world]

Probably some kind of plugin or script to run... i forget the specifics because literally grab the kindle version, then search z-library.

[prox@lemmy.world]

Am I an idiot for enjoying my Kindle Paperwhite as an eReader, while at the same time never actually buying books from Amazon?

[polysics@lemmy.world]

Overdrive (which is Libby) integrates directly into the Kobo OS so you can borrow books directly on the device instead of the roundabout way you have to do it on the Kindle.

[huquad@lemmy.ml]

If it's alright for Facebook, it's alright for me. Yoho

[nickwithac@lemmy.world]

Fuck that.

YARR!!

[st3ph3n@midwest.social]

I have a Boox Palma 2 - their cellphone-sized thing that doesn't have a cellular radio. I love it. They're more expensive than kindles, though, since they're not subsidizing their cost with ebook sales. I haven't actually tried jailbreaking a kindle so I can't say how good an experience that would be, but you could probably pick up a kindle of some description on the used market for dirt cheap to try it out.

[illness@infosec.pub]

Oh... I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know.

[illness@infosec.pub]

The Palma was one of my top choices but I was thinking it might be a little small for me. It is one of the better looking devices.

I didn't even think getting a used Kindle. New Kindle prices seem a little high for getting a locked system, so a used one is probably the most cost effective method.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[birdobserver@lemmy.world]

It’ll break saving books you bought from Amazon, but you’ll still be able to send books you got from other places to it from Calibre. Fortunately barely any of my ebooks on my kindle are from Amazon (though my next ereader isn’t going to be a kindle, that’s for sure).

[rozz@lemmy.sdf.org]

Same. I find ebooks for my family or we use Libby. I wouldn't know how to buy a book on my kindle if I wanted to.