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Wow I knew it was bad, but I had no idea it was this bad. On a side note one of worst things(but not the only bad thing) about the Kindle Scribe is the fact tha

Wow I knew it was bad, but I had no idea it was this bad. On a side note one of worst things(but not the only bad thing) about the Kindle Scribe is the fact that you can't easily load ebooks from other vendors on it, making note taking a hassle. I wonder how much of the ebook sales happen through the kindle store in the west. China and other places clearly have their own stores that seem to sell larger volumes. It's somewhat interesting that you cannot really buy ebooks from amazon.co.jp outside the country either.

easytiger 4y ago
Does the scribe not support the @kindle.com send document facility? Not that I trust Amazon to keep that around
causi 4y ago
You can't plug it into your computer and drag files onto it?
- innocenat 4y ago
  You can drag-drop books in Kindle Format as Kindle doesn't support EPUB natively. But notetaking require conversion to KFX, which is not a trivial format to convert to without sending it via Amazon Server. (I actually don't know if side-loaded KFX actually support notetaking on the Scribe)
  - iamtedd 4y ago
    Calibre can handle KFX conversion, though it requires a plugin and Kindle Previewer from Amazon (https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202131170 https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202131170). At least then it doesn't require uploading to Amazon's servers.
    - innocenat 4y ago
      That is what I meant by non trivial.
  - mantas 4y ago
    Kindle is switching to epub. For example send-to-kindle no longer takes mobi, only epub.
    - lxgr 4y ago
      As a source format for their delivery platform, yes. So far, I haven't seen any evidence that the readers or apps will be getting native ePub capabilities. Even then, ePubs sent to your own account still are treated as second-class books. Most importantly, they are not rendered in the "enhanced typesetting" engine, while Amazon-bought books (often likely from the same source ePub) do get that. It's really hard to interpret this as anything other than making it intentionally hard/annoying to import DRM-free purchases from third-party bookstores.
      - innocenat 4y ago
        Epub sent to your account does have enhanced typesetting on the Scribe.
        lxgr 4y ago
        Interesting, on my Paperwhite (latest model) and in all of the apps I get legacy typesetting only, even for newly mailed ePubs.
andix 4y ago
I have a first generation Kindle Paperwhite (it still works fine). I just connect it to the PC via USB and press on „send to device“ in Calibre. It does some automatic conversions. It is even possible to download eBooks from the Kindle and convert them to epub. You need a plug-in for that, but that’s not legal in every country, because it removes the DRM.

easytiger 4y ago

Does the scribe not support the @kindle.com send document facility? Not that I trust Amazon to keep that around

causi 4y ago

You can't plug it into your computer and drag files onto it?

innocenat 4y ago
You can drag-drop books in Kindle Format as Kindle doesn't support EPUB natively. But notetaking require conversion to KFX, which is not a trivial format to convert to without sending it via Amazon Server. (I actually don't know if side-loaded KFX actually support notetaking on the Scribe)
- iamtedd 4y ago
  Calibre can handle KFX conversion, though it requires a plugin and Kindle Previewer from Amazon (https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202131170 https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202131170). At least then it doesn't require uploading to Amazon's servers.
  - innocenat 4y ago
    That is what I meant by non trivial.
- mantas 4y ago
  Kindle is switching to epub. For example send-to-kindle no longer takes mobi, only epub.
  - lxgr 4y ago
    As a source format for their delivery platform, yes. So far, I haven't seen any evidence that the readers or apps will be getting native ePub capabilities. Even then, ePubs sent to your own account still are treated as second-class books. Most importantly, they are not rendered in the "enhanced typesetting" engine, while Amazon-bought books (often likely from the same source ePub) do get that. It's really hard to interpret this as anything other than making it intentionally hard/annoying to import DRM-free purchases from third-party bookstores.
    - innocenat 4y ago
      Epub sent to your account does have enhanced typesetting on the Scribe.
      - lxgr 4y ago
        Interesting, on my Paperwhite (latest model) and in all of the apps I get legacy typesetting only, even for newly mailed ePubs.

andix 4y ago

I have a first generation Kindle Paperwhite (it still works fine). I just connect it to the PC via USB and press on „send to device“ in Calibre. It does some automatic conversions. It is even possible to download eBooks from the Kindle and convert them to epub. You need a plug-in for that, but that’s not legal in every country, because it removes the DRM.