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My question is whether this device can download and read ebooks from Amazon? I don't have a Kindle and the small number of Amazon ebooks I have (many of them fr
by inetsee 6y ago
My question is whether this device can download and read ebooks from Amazon? I don't have a Kindle and the small number of Amazon ebooks I have (many of them free), I read on Amazon's Reader page. My take on Amazon is they aren't going to make it easy to bypass their controls, both DRM and otherwise.
- kick 6y agoCalibre strips Amazon's DRM and most book reading software supports you fetching books directly from Calibre.
- input_sh 6y agoNote: not out of the box, but there's a plugin for that. Keywords that will lead you to it: Apprentice Alf.
- mmm_grayons 6y agoIs there some ban against linking drm strippers on HN? I've seen countless links to scihub or to paywall bypasses on articles.
- jonahbenton 6y agoI have removed DRM from all of my Kindle book purchases over the years (over 100) to read as PDFs on my Remarkable without issue. The Calibre toolchain- bless the work of the author- is a little painful to use but works consistently and though it's a GUI, the CLI works as well and can be automated. It is definitely possible to make de-DRM harder, but lots of things are possible and thankfully don't happen.
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