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Kindle is removing download and transfer option on Feb 26th

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Re: Kindle is removing download and transfer option on Feb 26th

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Post by toyg »

int_19h wrote: post #135
toyg wrote: post #118

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> you can email any ePub file Except when you can't, like literally yesterday: subscribed to Asimov's, sent ePub, got a link, clicked a link, "that link is not valid". Repeat, same message. Why? Who knows? My next ereader won't be a Kindle.

Can you clarify what you mean by "got a link"? If you're using Send to Email, there shouldn't be any links involved. You just, well, send an email to the designated address with the ePub attached, and it shows up in your library shortly after.

Amazon asks you to verify the upload was intended, by sending a link you need to click. It's been like that for years.

Re: Kindle is removing download and transfer option on Feb 26th

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freeAgent wrote: post #90
bo1024 wrote: post #56

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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 other e-readers, but now it looks like I can't.

That’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.

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Re: Kindle is removing download and transfer option on Feb 26th

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Post by maccard »

tfsh wrote: post #169
maccard wrote: post #155

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I’ve managed the kindle library for my wife and I on two devices for close to 10 years and I’ve never dealt with syncing or file systems full stop. I hit “buy” on amazon and about 15 seconds later the book is on the kindle and ready to read. There _is_ no management to do.

To clarify this is managing my own library rather than buying books off Amazon. I tend to buy books locally and pirate the ebook copy which I sync from my computer. I don't feel inclined to line Amazon's pockets any more than I already have...

I understood, sorry. The comment you replied to that you plus 1’ed said:

> I’m not sure why anyone buys Kindles when there are so many better options available.

My point is that the kindle _is_ an excellent experience and that’s why people buy them.

Re: Kindle is removing download and transfer option on Feb 26th

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Post by goosedragons »

rmkrmk wrote: post #193
goosedragons wrote: post #158

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Only in the U.S.

I'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

Is 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.

Re: Kindle is removing download and transfer option on Feb 26th

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Post by waonderer »

fooker wrote: post #165
bo1024 wrote: post #56

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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 other e-readers, but now it looks like I can't.

Well yes, Amazon wants you to buy kindles.

It'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.

Re: Kindle is removing download and transfer option on Feb 26th

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Post by nightski »

zozbot234 wrote: post #167
ryantgtg wrote: post #144

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Another reason people (e.g., my mother in law) buy kindles is that the price of ebooks is very often much less from Amazon than from the Kobo store. My mother in law wants to be like us and so she recently bought a kobo. But then she bought herself a new kindle as well simply so she can buy cheaper books and then transfer them (which she hasn’t figured out how to do, and which according to this thread will no longer…

I don't think you can download ebooks from the Kindle store and transfer them to a Kobo unless they happen to be specifically DRM-free ebooks (which very few ebooks are, and basically none from the big publishing firms)? And even then a format conversion would be involved. (If you mean transferring them to the Kindle reader, you can of course download the books directly on-device.)

You can remove the DRM pretty easily, which is likely why Amazon is making this change.
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