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Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books (www.theverge.com)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You know I am starting to think going to the library is a better idea than buying their products. You can literally just walk in.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

You can also get ebooks from the library

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Some libraries offer large sections of the O'reilly Safari Bookshelf, a collection of educational tech books.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My library only offers ebooks via CloudLibrary, which doesn’t support e-readers. You have to read everything in their mobile app which scrolls instead of turning pages. It’s like someone custom built an app to be horrible for reading books in bed.

I literally pay $50 per year for a library card in a neighboring city, just so I don’t have to deal with it.