[Amazon/Kindle/DRM/Capitalism/Digital Ownership]
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and...
Daz
[Amazon/Kindle/DRM/Capitalism/Digital Ownership]
[Amazon/Kindle/DRM/Capitalism/Digital Ownership]
Daz
back up your stuff now if you want online backups 
Daz
...offline. shh I just woke up
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I tried to do this but couldn't figure out how to do it without a physical Kindle, and I sure as fuck wasn't going to get a physical Kindle just to do it, so, welp, oh well
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fuck Kindle, also, gonna continue buying books physically or from bookshop dot org for any ebooks
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for anybody wondering: this happens on Feb 26th
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seems very class action lawsuity but 
Ashen Key
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: give me a few minutes, and I'll find the instructions that let me backthings up without needing a physical kindle. i did it last night.
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oh, thank you!
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that's much appreciated (and sorry for being grumpy in your plurk op, I've gotten very very particular about book ownership lately)
Ashen Key
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: here you go!
From the Calibre community on Reddit: 2024 Guide to ...
Ashen Key
I followed those instructions exactly, and managed to jailbreak over 500 books.
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thank, I will take a look tomorrow (when I don't have a cat resting on me)
Ashen Key
at the VERY LEAST, it gives you a link to a version of kindle that still lets you DL things without too much drm
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yes that was something I came across too when trying to find solutions, that earlier versions of Kindle were better about it (because of course)
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the biggest roadblock was "well the instructions for that are on that reddit over there. it works for everything. [doesn't link]" or "without a physical Kindle you're out of luck"
Ashen Key
Yeah I was worried I'd have to buy an older kindle, and then we were given the deadline so I hustled. Fortunately, I was linked this page from r/books iirc.
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nobody can afford a dang Kindle right now nor has the TIME ahaha sob
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at least with breaking these books I have out of Kindle jail I can maybe put them on another device down the line (have to figure out a good non Kindle reader app for my iPad)
Ashen Key
I need to go write to australia's consumer protection, this is bullshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. and not everyone HAS wifi
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its absurd and it's certainly not going to make anyone buy a damned Kindle
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especially not when they push out low quality products claiming they're top of the line and new
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I have to remind myself I need to get this done by the 26th, it's the 18th now and I've got time. and thankfully not as many books as others
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only like 40+ maybe and some of those I have physical copies of anyway
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I also look forward to people figuring out how to break out Kindle books after this goes into effect too honestly because people always find a way and corporations are not as clever and all powerful as they think
shinotenshi22
I know having the kindle app on my computer counted as a "device" for purposes of download/transfer via USB when I did that this weekend.
shinotenshi22
(I downloaded everything so I have the files, and I'll break the drm some other time.)
libby❀dango
yeah i still need to look into how to break drm but i was able to get everything but one book downloaded. not sure why that one didn't work
黒人しながら疲れた
ugh 
Amazon makes me sick
Amazon makes me sick
黒人しながら疲れた
Ashen Key
: thank you so much. I'll give this a try for whatever I have left on my kindle.
Bret 🍊
Woof i was trying to get things to work last night with no luck so i'll be giving these other instructions a whirl, thank you
黒人しながら疲れた
oh, having a chromebook makes things so much harder 
NotEnoughCoffee
I use a kindle ripper.
❝marti❞
NotEnoughCoffee
: details? I've neevr been able to get the Calibre thing to work
NotEnoughCoffee
I haven't had much luck with that one either. I use Kindle Converter. You can find it here Kindle converter
NotEnoughCoffee
You've gotta keep it updated to keep up with Kindle's updates or it blocks it, but I've had great luck with it.
❝marti❞
thanks!
A healer (but-)
For folks looking for new ereading apps i saw good things about Neoreader. Available on android and sideloady onto everything else.
A healer (but-)
https://Bookshop.org also just started selling ebooks and using their own software
𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚐
i'm so glad i got myself a stupidly cheap used kindle for this Exact Thing. guess i'll get back on backing up my library in full lmao.
skipthedemon
Moonreader is also a good e-reader app.
Ainsley ☄
problem with Bookshop is that you're locked into their app
Ainsley ☄
so if you want to read the book you paid for on a different app, you're out of luck
Ainsley ☄
I use Calibre with the DeDRM plugin + KFX input/output + Kindle 4 PC 2.3 to do my books from Amazon. DeDRM also works on Kobo books. Problem is, Amazon is where 90% of the sales are. Most self-published authors publish exclusively with Amazon, so Kobo/Play Books/B&N aren't going to have the range
Ainsley ☄
and in the US, a lot of libraries use Libby for their ebooks, with a good portion being Kindle.
Ainsley ☄
also Dealing with Kindle ebooks in calibre - MobileRead F... this is an extensive guide for Kindle books in calibre
Ainsley ☄
the entire site's an excellent resource, and I enjoy the fact it's old school forums
Ainsley ☄
also if anyone has questions about backing up books, I am very familiar with Windows methods. I don't have a Mac so can't speak to how Apple does things
skipthedemon
I don't think I've personally come across a book in Libby I couldn't download as a ascm and open in Adode to read as a epub. (and also use an old version of calibre and de Dr to jail break)
Ainsley ☄
yeah I use that method too
Ainsley ☄
if it doesn't send it to Amazon to fulfill the loan
Ainsley ☄
Play Books uses ADE as well
Ainsley ☄
so I've used it a lot to backup the books I bought there (100+)
Ainsley ☄
I have 2k books in Amazon, mostly from those stuff your kindle promos and books on sale (like .99 -2.99)
𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚐
i honestly wont be surprised if amazon moves into pressuring ppl into some sort of e-book subscription program down the line
Ainsley ☄
probably not, they have KU already
Ainsley ☄
and they pay out more than they take in if someone reads more than 10 books in the prgram a month
Ainsley ☄
bc they pay out on page reads
Ainsley ☄
I'm not sure of the exact amount, but a lot of people make living wages writing books just for KU
Ainsley ☄
amount per page*
Bepo
I have Linux on desktop and so I can’t install the Kindle app, and I also don’t have a physical Kindle so I couldn’t figure out how to download when I found out last night 
if anyone can help I would appreciate it.
if anyone can help I would appreciate it.
Ainsley ☄
GitHub - Jedi425/BulkKindleUSBDownloader: Quick scri...
I looked at MobileRead and found this as an option
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thank you for the added resources everyone!
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we're in this together (together being taking ownership of our books we literally paid for bc fuck amazon)
we're in this together (together being taking ownership of our books we literally paid for bc fuck amazon)
Ainsley ☄
MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Amazon is rem... link to the post talking about the script I posted above
黒人しながら疲れた
I've tried this website: https://dedrm.com/ to remove the DRM from one of the kindle books I bought and it seems to have worked (at least on Moon+ Reader)
黒人しながら疲れた
I've not tried the DRM-removed file on my paperwhite yet
transilience
welp i guess I better clear my calendar
goodnonsense
BLESS Y'ALL it's working
transilience
goodnonsense
: Which method?
goodnonsense
The Reddit one!
goodnonsense
I haven't tried moving anything to my Kindle but it's letting me download everything and I tested removing DRM. It let me convert to pub as a test
transilience
I'm doing something wrong then
SPOILER ALERT
I've yet to figure out how to un-DRM any of my purchases, I'll have to try some of the stuff here
SPOILER ALERT
this is why I try to keep files of all my e-things u_u
A healer (but-)
For those doing it the calibre way: very important that you change the download location file before you start downloading ANY ebooks or the de drm will not work on some of them pls learn from my mistake
waffle party 🧇
A healer (but-)
: where does it need to be? this might be my problem.
A healer (but-)
Anywhere that isnt your onedrive
A healer (but-)
And if you dicked up like me and downloaded to the default onedrive location youll need to delete the kindle app and all downloaded books and start over with the very specific kindle app version on the reddit
A healer (but-)
I recommend the hard drive local documents folder but anywhere local is fine
waffle party 🧇
Ah, that doesn't fix my problem then. But hopefully it helps someone else! Thanks!
Ashen Key
the reddit link i posted, i had to follow EXACTLY, including to create a new folder to extract the deDRM plugin zip to. Previously, I couldn't get it to work. But sadly, that's all I can do as far as troubleshooting goes.
TeaMergency
Just did some (very old .AZW files admittedly) thru Windows desktop Kindle App > download my books ("docs") from amazon's cloud > convert in Calibre to .EPUB & save to disk > open and read with no worries in Aquile
黒人しながら疲れた
I use a chromebook, so this has been a journey, but it seems that, for me, Calibre 7 crashes, so I downgraded to 6.29, followed the guide from reddit and it's working just fine. just in case anyone else had the same issue!
transilience
after several speedbumps I also got most of my stuff into Calibre 👍🏻
Pen Again
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
I think you have a kindle. I don't remember who else I know for sure has one.
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
thanks for ta g
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I'm trying the method
Ashen Key
posted right now and it works I feel so powerful
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you guys have four days left to do this btw!!
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also!
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this was posted for a list of drm-free books
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(for purchase)
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there's one ebook I thankfully do not need to do any of this for since I own a hardcopy of it