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This is far worse for me than the other possible interpretation - that you could download books but not transfer them. I buy Amazon e-books to read them on othe
by bo1024 2y ago
This is far worse for me than the other possible interpretation - that you could download books but not transfer them. I buy Amazon e-books to read them on other e-readers, but now it looks like I can't.
- starfezzy 2y ago[dead]
- freeAgent 2y agoThat’s the bottom line. Kindle books will now be fully locked into the Kindle ecosystem and if Amazon decides to take back something you’ve “purchased,” you’ll have no recourse. I’m done purchasing ebooks from Amazon because of this.
- barbazoo 2y agoTIL that Kobo integrates with libraries, that means you can download and read library ebooks on your Kobo.
- arez 2y agoyep, that's exactly why I got a Kobo, so much better
- cowsandmilk 2y agoKobo is owned by Rakuten who used to own Overdrive/Libby.
- mattl 2y agoKindle does this too via Libby.
- goosedragons 2y agoOnly in the U.S.
- mattl 2y agoIs Libby available elsewhere?
- goosedragons 2y agoYes. Overdrive and Libby are available elsewhere.
- rmkrmk 2y agoI'm using a library card outside of the U.S. with Libby and send all my loans to my Kindle via amazon.de, works fine
- goosedragons 2y agoIs it a U.S library card? Or a library card from outside the U.S (e.g., a German one)? That's not clear from how you wrote it. I believe it's a U.S library only thing. Libby's own FAQ says it's U.S only but perhaps they just haven't updated it.
- rmkrmk 2y agoIt's a German library card
- mshroyer 2y agoYes but in their US integration, it's actually a bit more glitchy than Kindle especially if you're juggling multiple library cards. You can still make it work, and I do bother with that because my Kobo is such a better device than my Kindle, but it's more of a headache than using Libby to send to Kindle.
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- fooker 2y agoWell yes, Amazon wants you to buy kindles.
- waonderer 2y agoIt's rather pushing me away from kindle books because of they will be restricted. I am more likely to get ebooks from other sources and read them in my kindle. They wish to increase sale of Kindles, but will end up decreasing sale of Kindle ebooks.
- widowlark 2y agomy solution is to buy a basic kindle with wifi and use that to download the books, then transfer them to calibre directly from the kindle