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> When it started deleting books i had side-loaded via calibre This is news to me. All my kindle library is books side loaded via calibre. Then again, my kindl

by thih9 2y ago

> When it started deleting books i had side-loaded via calibre This is news to me. All my kindle library is books side loaded via calibre. Then again, my kindle paperwhite is non stop in airplane mode so maybe this is a factor. In any case this is alarming and thanks for the feedback, I will read more about non-Amazon devices because of that.

bambax 2y ago
All my Kindle library is also books side loaded via Calibre (sent to my kindle email address). I have been doing that for years (more than an decade actually) and have never had any book deleted by the device. Is this real?
- imp0cat 2y ago
  It's explained elswhere in this thread - only the "DRM'ed" ebooks that "belong" to another Kindle are deleted. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41866327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41866327
  - thimabi 2y ago
    That happens on sideloaded books that belong to the same device as well, at least on my Kindle Scribe. These books disappear occasionally, and I have not found a consistent way to make them reappear in the UI. Sometimes they return on their own, other times they do not. Interestingly, their files remain on the Kindle’s file system.
  - bambax 2y ago
    Ah, ok. I always de-DRM everything automatically (opening books in Calibre does the de-drming). It sometimes happen with the newer systems that newer Kindle books can't be de-drmed, but then I return those immediately. But I'm surprised a book with DRM can even be added to another device than the one it belongs to, let alone be opened?
    - dotancohen 2y ago
      > I'm surprised a book with DRM can even be added to another device than the one it belongs to, let alone be opened? It is probably a path that could potentially lead to another sale. The user reads a few pages of the book, gets hooked, and then is told about the restriction.

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> When it started deleting books i had side-loaded via calibre This is news to me. All my kindle library is books side loaded via calibre. Then again, my kindl

by thih9 2y ago

bambax 2y ago
All my Kindle library is also books side loaded via Calibre (sent to my kindle email address). I have been doing that for years (more than an decade actually) and have never had any book deleted by the device. Is this real?
- imp0cat 2y ago
  It's explained elswhere in this thread - only the "DRM'ed" ebooks that "belong" to another Kindle are deleted. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41866327 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41866327
  - thimabi 2y ago
    That happens on sideloaded books that belong to the same device as well, at least on my Kindle Scribe. These books disappear occasionally, and I have not found a consistent way to make them reappear in the UI. Sometimes they return on their own, other times they do not. Interestingly, their files remain on the Kindle’s file system.
  - bambax 2y ago
    Ah, ok. I always de-DRM everything automatically (opening books in Calibre does the de-drming). It sometimes happen with the newer systems that newer Kindle books can't be de-drmed, but then I return those immediately. But I'm surprised a book with DRM can even be added to another device than the one it belongs to, let alone be opened?
    - dotancohen 2y ago
      > I'm surprised a book with DRM can even be added to another device than the one it belongs to, let alone be opened? It is probably a path that could potentially lead to another sale. The user reads a few pages of the book, gets hooked, and then is told about the restriction.