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Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands. (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Cat@ponder.cat to c/technology@lemmy.world

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On February 26th, Kindle customers will lose the ability to download eBook purchases directly to their PC. If you want to switch to a rival eReader brand in the future, I suggest that you use the soon-to-be discontinued "Download and Transfer via USB" feature to archive your Kindle library.

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[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 5 points 4 months ago

If this doesn't help physical book sales, nothing will.

[–] DeadNinja@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I'm so in love with Anna.....

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago

This is why I have an Android e-ink device. I can put the kindle app on it for anything from their shitty walled garden, but I also can put pretty much anything else I want on it too.

[–] mysteriouswineglass@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

Quick shout out to oceanofpdf

[–] c5e3@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i buy most ebooks from a small local bookstore. for the rest there's still zlib

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[–] Flatfire@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

I wonder if this is at all related to the EU changes to eBook DRM standards, where the standard Kindle Adobe DRM isn't compliant

[–] jamie_oliver@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Been using an Onyx Boox Nova 3 for maybe ~~8~~ 4 years now. It runs android, drm free everything (edit: it has no store really, it is basically empty. Supports virtually any filetype you can read. Epub, pdf, mobi, cbz). For some android could be a distraction from reading, but the browser is slow enough to were you use it to hop on annas-archive, get a book and then quickly close it. File transfer via shared wifi or USB, good reader, some nice reading stats without needing any account. Recommend if anyone wants to jump the amazon ship.

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