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I don't suppose this is going to work well with their comics/graphic novels, will it? I stopped buying ebooks from Amazon some time ago and switched completely

I don't suppose this is going to work well with their comics/graphic novels, will it? I stopped buying ebooks from Amazon some time ago and switched completely to Kobo (and their much-more-easily-defeated DRM), but Amazon's acquisition of Comixology means they've still got by far the best collection of digital comics on the market.

Forgeties79 1y ago
I’m sure you already know this but I’ve actually had a lot of success getting comics on hoopla with my library card. Obviously this completely depends on your local library but if you haven’t it’s worth looking in to! Has what I want a solid 35% of the time. Not the newest releases but I’ve gotten stuff that’s only 6 to 12 months old without much issue
- AdmiralAsshat 1y ago
  Not my use-case. I have roughly 250 legitimately purchased graphic novels and manga purchased from Amazon over the years that I'd want to backup. I have about half of them already ripped, from an earlier time when the Kindle4PC application was easier to crack. But I still grab new comics from time to time.
  - Forgeties79 1y ago
    My bad I should’ve clarified this wasn’t meant to be a specific solution to the Kindle problem so much as an available option for the future!
- makeitdouble 1y ago
  Slightly off-topic, but while we're at it: for all it's DRM hell and shenanigans, the Amazon kindle store is currently the absolute best way to grab foreign ebooks wherever you live on the globe. Most local ebook stores will put undue barriers on who can purchase what because of generic region policies and/or their publishing contracts being country limited. Amazon will accept any valid credit card from anywhere as long as you create an account on the dedicated store. It's digital goods so you can also fill in any random address if needed.
  - tripzilch 1y ago
    > the Amazon kindle store is currently the absolute best way to grab foreign ebooks wherever you live on the globe No, piracy is.
    - makeitdouble 1y ago
      As much as I also want that narrative to be true, the amount of books that will never be pirated for whatever reason is just massive.
boldlybold 1y ago
Comics need a full "image" for the page, so this is unlikely to work. Can you inspect the requests and see what you get? Or to the author: what happens to images in the ebook?
- gruez 1y ago
  If all you need is an image, can't you just use browser automation tools to screenshot each page? After all, much of the content is in images so it's not like you need it OCRed for accessibility purposes.
  - rs186 1y ago
    If you can live with lower quality image. Most people probably will be ok with that though.
    - makeitdouble 1y ago
      It will depend on the books, but the images aren't that high resolution in general. I've had some slightly blurry on 2.8x1.9k screens, especially the older ones.
    - nicman23 1y ago
      you just tell puppeteer to change resolution
pixelmelt 1y ago
I haven't gotten images working yet, they have some weird obfuscation applied to them as well

Forgeties79 1y ago

I’m sure you already know this but I’ve actually had a lot of success getting comics on hoopla with my library card. Obviously this completely depends on your local library but if you haven’t it’s worth looking in to! Has what I want a solid 35% of the time. Not the newest releases but I’ve gotten stuff that’s only 6 to 12 months old without much issue

AdmiralAsshat 1y ago
Not my use-case. I have roughly 250 legitimately purchased graphic novels and manga purchased from Amazon over the years that I'd want to backup. I have about half of them already ripped, from an earlier time when the Kindle4PC application was easier to crack. But I still grab new comics from time to time.
- Forgeties79 1y ago
  My bad I should’ve clarified this wasn’t meant to be a specific solution to the Kindle problem so much as an available option for the future!
makeitdouble 1y ago
Slightly off-topic, but while we're at it: for all it's DRM hell and shenanigans, the Amazon kindle store is currently the absolute best way to grab foreign ebooks wherever you live on the globe. Most local ebook stores will put undue barriers on who can purchase what because of generic region policies and/or their publishing contracts being country limited. Amazon will accept any valid credit card from anywhere as long as you create an account on the dedicated store. It's digital goods so you can also fill in any random address if needed.
- tripzilch 1y ago
  > the Amazon kindle store is currently the absolute best way to grab foreign ebooks wherever you live on the globe No, piracy is.
  - makeitdouble 1y ago
    As much as I also want that narrative to be true, the amount of books that will never be pirated for whatever reason is just massive.

boldlybold 1y ago

Comics need a full "image" for the page, so this is unlikely to work. Can you inspect the requests and see what you get? Or to the author: what happens to images in the ebook?

gruez 1y ago
If all you need is an image, can't you just use browser automation tools to screenshot each page? After all, much of the content is in images so it's not like you need it OCRed for accessibility purposes.
- rs186 1y ago
  If you can live with lower quality image. Most people probably will be ok with that though.
  - makeitdouble 1y ago
    It will depend on the books, but the images aren't that high resolution in general. I've had some slightly blurry on 2.8x1.9k screens, especially the older ones.
  - nicman23 1y ago
    you just tell puppeteer to change resolution

pixelmelt 1y ago

I haven't gotten images working yet, they have some weird obfuscation applied to them as well