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Honest question. Where can I buy ebooks outside Amazon to use with my jailbroken Kindle? Is there a Bandcamp for books? I want properly created files the kindl

Honest question. Where can I buy ebooks outside Amazon to use with my jailbroken Kindle? Is there a Bandcamp for books? I want properly created files the kindle can render with the options I want, not a pdf that forces a layout.

phantomathkg 1y ago
I googled, and it seems Kobo can? But I don't own a Kobo to test it. https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019527954-Download-books-from-your-Kobo-account-to-export-to-another-device-or-app https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019527954-Downloa...
- frm88 1y ago
  I own an Onyx Poke and I buy my books at kobo. They work just fine. With a jailbroken Kindle capable of processing EPUB this should (!) work. Give it a try with an inexpensive book, maybe?
- fph 1y ago
  I have a Kobo. Yes, you can download books you buy from them to any device. They are Epubs with DRM.
SCdF 1y ago
There are plenty of ebook stores if you google around, that have a standard range and use Adobe DRM, so off the bat wouldn't work on a kindle. In theory you can remove that DRM using Calibre, but I haven't tried. Other than that, not really? There are plenty of ways in which you can buy _a_ drm free book, but not some large range (or even bandcamp-quality range, where there are authors you've heard of, just not Dan Brown / Stephen King sized ones) site. I haven't got around to solving this problem so am also interested. I already own a kindle, I don't want to generate ewaste by changing physical device.
- thomasuebel 1y ago
  Was impacted by invalid ASIN pop up. Got fed up finally. Sold my kindle paperwhite via classifieds to someone who would embrace the Amazon walled garden (so someone new e-reading). Then bought a pocketbook. Now all my ebooks work again. And no waste. I use beam ebooks for drm free books. Bought all my Expanse books there.
surgical_fire 1y ago
I switched to Pocketbook. Removing DRM from e-books bought outside of Amazon was trivial.
uncircle 1y ago
I buy ebooks outside Amazon with my non-jailbroken Kindle. They’re usually DRM’d EPUB files, which I unDRM with Calibre and transfer to my device, which I have kept in airplane mode for the better part of a year. The bonus part is Calibre keeps a local copy on your PC, so now all my book purchases are backupped and without DRM.
- 1317 1y ago
  well ok so can you answer the actual question then
sotix 1y ago
Borrow from the library! Kobo has library borrowing built right into the device if you're in the US and can use Overdrive/Libby. Otherwise, you can use the Libby app to send the book to your Kindle.
nunez 1y ago
ebooks.com is what I use. Their books use Adobe DRM, but that's easy to remove. I'll go to the publisher's website directly otherwise.
ivanjermakov 1y ago
Individual authors often provide alternative purchase options

phantomathkg 1y ago

I googled, and it seems Kobo can? But I don't own a Kobo to test it. https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019527954-Download-books-from-your-Kobo-account-to-export-to-another-device-or-app https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019527954-Downloa...

frm88 1y ago
I own an Onyx Poke and I buy my books at kobo. They work just fine. With a jailbroken Kindle capable of processing EPUB this should (!) work. Give it a try with an inexpensive book, maybe?
fph 1y ago
I have a Kobo. Yes, you can download books you buy from them to any device. They are Epubs with DRM.

SCdF 1y ago

There are plenty of ebook stores if you google around, that have a standard range and use Adobe DRM, so off the bat wouldn't work on a kindle. In theory you can remove that DRM using Calibre, but I haven't tried. Other than that, not really? There are plenty of ways in which you can buy _a_ drm free book, but not some large range (or even bandcamp-quality range, where there are authors you've heard of, just not Dan Brown / Stephen King sized ones) site. I haven't got around to solving this problem so am also interested. I already own a kindle, I don't want to generate ewaste by changing physical device.

thomasuebel 1y ago
Was impacted by invalid ASIN pop up. Got fed up finally. Sold my kindle paperwhite via classifieds to someone who would embrace the Amazon walled garden (so someone new e-reading). Then bought a pocketbook. Now all my ebooks work again. And no waste. I use beam ebooks for drm free books. Bought all my Expanse books there.

surgical_fire 1y ago

I switched to Pocketbook. Removing DRM from e-books bought outside of Amazon was trivial.

uncircle 1y ago

I buy ebooks outside Amazon with my non-jailbroken Kindle. They’re usually DRM’d EPUB files, which I unDRM with Calibre and transfer to my device, which I have kept in airplane mode for the better part of a year. The bonus part is Calibre keeps a local copy on your PC, so now all my book purchases are backupped and without DRM.

1317 1y ago
well ok so can you answer the actual question then

sotix 1y ago

Borrow from the library! Kobo has library borrowing built right into the device if you're in the US and can use Overdrive/Libby. Otherwise, you can use the Libby app to send the book to your Kindle.

nunez 1y ago

ebooks.com is what I use. Their books use Adobe DRM, but that's easy to remove. I'll go to the publisher's website directly otherwise.

ivanjermakov 1y ago

Individual authors often provide alternative purchase options