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Ask HN: Viable Alternative to Kindle and Kindle Store?
I've been a loyal Kindle user for about 8 years. I have all the normal qualms with it, but I have to admit the books are convenient and cheap. Now I've suddenly run headfirst into a DRM issue that's preventing me from reading a book I need for work and I'm ready to throw the whole thing out, provided there is something better.
Is there a reader and store that provides similar availability, price, and convenience but without DRM so that I can share my books and read them 50 years from now?
- toomuchtodo 5y agohttps://remarkable.com/ https://remarkable.com/ https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002658737-Ebooks https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/36000265873... (epubs) https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002658717-PDFs-Documents-?preview%5Btheme_id%5D=210292689 https://support.remarkable.com/hc/en-us/articles/36000265871... (PDF) (disclosure: i have one, I love it, no other association, I intend to eventually build some sort of Internet Archive integration for it)
- iamnotwhoiam 5y agoWhere do you buy books for it?
- toomuchtodo 5y agoI try a variety of sources, and use Calibre [1] to manage my ebook library. First Amazon (Calibre will strip the DRM), and I'll step through Barnes and Noble, ebooks.com; failing any of those, libgen (and I'll buy a used dead tree copy to pair with it). I do my best to be a responsible intellectual property consumer. [1] https://calibre-ebook.com/ https://calibre-ebook.com/
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- iamnotwhoiam 5y agoCalibre suggests an email service that doesn't let me create an account, can't convert the mobi file I need, and doesn't know how to deal with any of the other books on my Kindle. They aren't stored on the Kindle as mobi files, so /shrug
- toomuchtodo 5y agoSorry to hear it doesn't work for you. Wishing you luck finding a solution to meet your requirements.
- speedgoose 5y agoI have some nostalgia feelings while looking at this website design. It even has an now very old powerbook g4 on the main page.
- Raminj95 5y agoThe remarkable is one of the best things I have bought. It has single handededly made me read more and take so much more notes and read much more interactively and thus learning more. But it is not that good for reading PDF's if that is something you are looking to do. Also it's not possible to read on half the page and take notes on the other which is a feature I would really like, anyway just my 2 cents :D
- Raminj95 5y agohttps://gl.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-libra-h2o?utm_source=Kobo&utm_medium=TopNav&utm_campaign=Libra%20H2O_SE https://gl.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-libra-h2o?utm_source=... this is my kindle alternative, i love it.