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The Amazon Kindle War Against Piracy

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101 points kozmonaut | 3 comments | 27 Sep 25 06:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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buyucu ◴[27 Sep 25 07:57 UTC] No.45393947[source]▶
I just use libgen / Anna's Archive. No need to pay money to Amazon.
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1. thaumasiotes ◴[27 Sep 25 10:52 UTC] No.45394692[source]▶
I was kind of mystified by Amazon's move against downloading Kindle books, since ebooks on Anna's Archive are of much lower quality. Wherever they're coming from, it's not Amazon.
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2. mandelken ◴[27 Sep 25 14:22 UTC] No.45395946[source]▶
Could you explain? From my experience, they are exact digital copies of the ebooks on amazon. It’s not like mp3 in lower audio quality, it’s word by word the same book.
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3. thaumasiotes ◴[27 Sep 25 19:00 UTC] No.45398500[source]▶
I tried downloading several Dresden Files ebooks from Anna's Archive. They contain various difficult-to-understand errors including word substitutions that tend to ruin the text. AA offers several editions, but they appeared to be the same error-filled book in different file formats. The errors are not present in the Kindle editions of the same books.