The latest generation, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Scribe 2, Kindle Scribe 1, and Kindle and the upcoming Kindle Colorsoft, all have something in common. When you plug them into USB into your PC or MAC, they no longer appear as external drives. This prevents users from using file managers to back up their books or to sideload new books onto the Kindle. Amazon has also removed the download and transfer via USB option for purchased ebooks from the content page. This will likely prevent people from striping the DRM from the books and sharing them on piracy websites. This is not
  • tutus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    What are people’s go-to for eBook buying stores? Preferably DRM free.

    I try to not buy Kindle books but I usually end up back there as it’s either much cheaper (not just slightly) or can only be found there.

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I usually just borrow e-books from the library, download as epub and strip the DRM from the file so I can read it, and return the eBook to the library right away for the next person to borrow it.