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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

My favorite sites for actual ebooks are Humble Bundle and Fantastic. But these are predominantly tech books. No idea where I’d get good fiction in epub today.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

The only surprise here is that it took them this long to do it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (6 children)

They are allowed to do that? It's your ebooks, not their ebooks.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Quick shout out to oceanofpdf

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

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

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