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dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago

Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books

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Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books

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dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days ago
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Amazon has introduced a new e-book DRM system that is inaccessible to
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    8 days ago

    Switched to kobo.

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      I bought my first ereader this summer and got a Kindle and hated it. Returned it and got a Kobo. Its fantastic, I can just load my ebooks like it’s an external drive. I dont have to email all my ebooks to Amazon just to get them on my own device.

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        @BitsAndBites @Lushed_Lungfish also also, if you’re local library uses overdrive/Libby you can just have free books, easy peasy

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          Yes, the ability to use Overdrive directly on the Kobo to checkout or return titles is so much nicer!

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        I’ll be switching to kobo next time round, but I’ve never not been able to dump books onto my kindle by usb. I do it with my phone over USB sometimes. Since when has not doing that been a thing?

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          Since at some point recently. You can still email files (epub not mobi now) to your kindle, but usb transfer doesn’t work any more.

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            Have you got a link to more info about it? I can’t find details anywhere.

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              Your “Send to Kindle” email address is in your profile details, under devices and apps. In the app (Android) it’s under settings.

              https://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle

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                Sorry, I meant any more details about sending books to kindle via USB - I’ve never had any issue doing this.

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      I’ve been with them for a couple of years now. Unfortunately the devices just doubled in price but I’m very happy with them otherwise.

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