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    The Amazon Kindle War Against Piracy

    (goodereader.com)
    101 points kozmonaut | 12 comments | 27 Sep 25 06:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.772s | source | bottom
    1. lentil_soup ◴[27 Sep 25 08:48 UTC] No.45394178[source]▶
    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.

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    2. phantomathkg ◴[27 Sep 25 08:54 UTC] No.45394203[source]▶
    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-Downloa...

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    3. surgical_fire ◴[27 Sep 25 09:33 UTC] No.45394375[source]▶
    I switched to Pocketbook. Removing DRM from e-books bought outside of Amazon was trivial.
    4. SCdF ◴[27 Sep 25 09:39 UTC] No.45394394[source]▶
    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.

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    5. frm88 ◴[27 Sep 25 09:42 UTC] No.45394408[source]▶
    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?
    6. thomasuebel ◴[27 Sep 25 10:46 UTC] No.45394673[source]▶
    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.
    7. uncircle ◴[27 Sep 25 12:27 UTC] No.45395130[source]▶
    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.

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    8. 1317 ◴[27 Sep 25 12:37 UTC] No.45395200[source]▶
    well ok so can you answer the actual question then
    9. fph ◴[27 Sep 25 12:53 UTC] No.45395313[source]▶
    I have a Kobo. Yes, you can download books you buy from them to any device. They are Epubs with DRM.
    10. sotix ◴[27 Sep 25 16:03 UTC] No.45396953[source]▶
    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.
    11. nunez ◴[27 Sep 25 16:14 UTC] No.45397075[source]▶
    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.
    12. ivanjermakov ◴[28 Sep 25 00:29 UTC] No.45400661[source]▶
    Individual authors often provide alternative purchase options