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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 int_19h »

toyg wrote: post #192
int_19h wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

FWIW I have been using that feature for well over a decade, with several hundred third party books in my Kindle library, and I haven't seen what you described once. Is the sender on the pre-approved list in Send to Email settings?

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

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Post by aradox66 »

yreg wrote: post #210
aradox66 wrote: post #209

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i want to knowwwww

I guess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27s_Archive

Ah yeah I mean there's always some big archive that is constantly dodging takedowns, I find it hard to keep up as these tend to go down every few months and you need to know the new one somehow

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Post by kcartlidge »

Saigonautica wrote: post #188
daveoc64 wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I’m not sure why anyone buys Kindles when there are so many better options available. For me, the Kobo lacks something like the Send to Kindle feature. I can send books I've obtained from outside the Kindle Store (DRM free sellers, Humble Bundle, public domain etc.) and then store them in my Kindle library. These are then synchronised across all of my Kindle devices and apps - completely for free Kobo does have inte…

A working solution for me was to deploy a little website to organize both my physical and ebooks in the same place. For physical books, it tells me where they should be. For ebooks, I can download the file, the website is light enough that it works fine with my ebook reader. Surely there are bugs, but here it is, if you'd like to give it a spin: https://github.com/seanboyce/ubiblio Interestingly enough, I had tried t…

That looks good (not actually cloned and tried it yet).

However the screenshots in the README show (for me anyway) as broken links, even though they work when clicked on. I can see you're linking to the images in the blobs. If it helps, for my own stuff in the README I link relative to the README file in the actual source. So for one of yours for example I'd use: ./ubiblio_menu.png

This also has the advantages of both being self-contained and also working locally (eg in the VS Code preview) before you've pushed the images.

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Post by uni_baconcat »

neilv wrote: post #11

For people already locked into Kindle, I don't know what to tell you. (Unless you DRM-crack, and get into the gray areas of the piracy culture that's creating much of the DRM problems.) But it would be healthy for everyone if people supported a DRM-free and non-surveillance ebook ecosystem. One solution I found is to buy ebooks as DRM-free EPUBs and PDFs, and read them in open source desktop tools and on my relativel…

In fact, I want to hear from authors, who write books and profits from their work, what’s their thoughts about this policy change.

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Post by rmkrmk »

goosedragons wrote: post #196
rmkrmk wrote: post #193

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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.

It's a German library card

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Post by BjZnxPwb »

fractallyte wrote: post #67

I spent yesterday morning downloading ALL my (~2400) Kindle books using the command line utility from https://github.com/yihong0618/Kindle_download_helper In case anyone else needs to do something similar: Log in to your Amazon account > Manage Your Content and Devices Copy the cookie and save it to a file ('cookie.txt'): https://github.com/yihong0618/Kindle_download_helper?tab=rea... Execute the Python utility (this…

All I get is:

``` Exception: Can't get the csrf token, please refresh the page at https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/mycd/myx#/home/content/booksAll and retry ```

Can someone give explicit instructions about the content of the cookie.txt?

The README instructions are unclear.

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Post by bitsoda »

bloomingkales wrote: post #110

Libby is the way to go. It's going to suck when they defund the library.

I love Libby. It's introduced me to so many titles by browsing what's currently available that I otherwise would've skipped over. The 21 day loan period gives me just enough of a gentle push to read that I wouldn't have if I owned the book outright.

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

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Post by fractallyte »

BjZnxPwb wrote: post #216
fractallyte wrote: post #67

I spent yesterday morning downloading ALL my (~2400) Kindle books using the command line utility from https://github.com/yihong0618/Kindle_download_helper In case anyone else needs to do something similar: Log in to your Amazon account > Manage Your Content and Devices Copy the cookie and save it to a file ('cookie.txt'): https://github.com/yihong0618/Kindle_download_helper?tab=rea... Execute the Python utility (this…

All I get is: ``` Exception: Can't get the csrf token, please refresh the page at https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/mycd/myx#/home/content/booksAll and retry ``` Can someone give explicit instructions about the content of the cookie.txt? The README instructions are unclear.

Firefox Web Developer Tools:

- Go to the 'Network' tab, refresh the page, and select a POST request.

- In the 'Headers' tab, scroll down and look for 'Cookie'. Right-click on this, and 'Copy Value'.

- Paste the value into a new text file, called 'cookie.txt'.

For reference, here's an example value of my cookie:

  session-id=152-5779672-8150522; session-id-time=2072187201l; i18n-prefs=USD; ubid-acbuk=259-0623959-6435953; lc-acbuk=en_US; x-acbuk="@fcSz1?ZoidPtV8iWFAT7S17q2buySBbi4OwMLzIatTX959dMWVcBs49BIYMKXwJ"; at-acbuk=Atza|IwEBILEDqYWReiVGyOpmljozmQfD84EYR493RQmb81gnR8CQajM2fpFmD7Ctc_db6aZ4e_ERI-VUHdji6-7tbYD6CGd10XzLG0hkvc2o5fl_OoT-SeDq_RvSygSUBzSd490Rg9gcUgDnEdUail7DvN0azO8a-aCtP1OZLk3YybpWL8rvCmlUGZeOWdF38FqGK61ne-HIUbXyU2Iy76995hLRebGrWRC3itESiiqYK0_fROUAUQ; sess-at-acbuk="6TNr+KYPYOzhQzHqyVoy91Xuq46dx4JxZmhWLgMTazs="; sst-acbuk=Sst1|PQGAuJ4uN8jtkdj4izQcBXmJCedA0A6Ct4AQkODweU5nYxW7f4kcYZAcoMF4TdDLcPeJc8OG1G1Q8dfCXZS8vjdWJmKElymBmqbaLKs1QVUbPFZheZefgl2REzTcqQIhaZX9aVy8kDwmWnkroAWDGv49gWadknkKUbHFq_gxyM8TKVEy8PGF2gmkDXkg2pvl598uZUXDL5svz9XDdQ90RRZVadMT8wlp2j5gO5Plftf5Zvzg-j4sT_3XIyuxKh8jwmeICxoaXvvkLO274UMcLCNZXEkrPQ-CmjUkACQ5M5rOcAI; session-token="CXpMUQVXX+bcPXMLqA7T9caleUA9JO5VWkX834DDQPUumoVZWL4vyjpKFMyjQVoVOlyAYTG0hT3E9QmhWG18kPxfPQq3vquApm1HzDUTuOwb8XSdG0Avkrp2I+lwgpjYMdOX1xiMMtgFLcxxKsIA9cPDPEinm1p4SVTHYdQ6S83TzcuK5Jr+C5oE4ZNoDeuY7p7aTitCEHxuHwMRqHzwEtKj7TB8N6S1x1KLjnd8X8u5ToZGudN5UYmKtp7tuIObvC4Z064GtK1I9OZvTF32KLW5XkY0v9FWUuZqEze5xkoukN+7o3KSnCYMfFteNPY1Nk+IislDOVbGwRuEaYbxPHYCuVj1RyamIA2LbLx1dRqe3ODi8B/b9oCP1VHuDFdqmqMYbxNy66Q="; sp-cdn="L5Z9:DE"

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

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Post by [deleted] »

toyg wrote: post #192
int_19h wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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

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Post by permo-w »

toyg wrote: post #118
permo-w wrote: post #28

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you're right. it's an e-reader that you can email any epub file to and it'll read it. if you don't want to pirate, there's a functional store. what more do people need?

> 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.

you probably just didn't send it from a verified send-to-kindle email address. either add the email or send the epub from your kindle account email
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