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Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by WillPostForFood »

jestersarmed wrote: post #84
loeg wrote: post #61

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> you have [to] send [books] through [Amazon's] servers. No, you can sideload books using USB mass storage. It's pretty easy. Kindle Paperwhite is still a great experience even without using the Amazon book ecosystem.

You are correct, you can sideload, but as soon as you open them in your Kindle, they get an Amazon-DRM; so you can't read the very same files on another e-reader. And - as soon as you go online with your Kindle - said DRM is checked and all non Amazon books deleted. At least, that was the case 10 years ago: I still own a Paperwhite 1st Gen which is now basically defunct. I switched to a Poke 5P (Onyx) and was surpris…

you can sideload, but as soon as you open them in your Kindle, they get an Amazon-DRM; so you can't read the very same files on another e-reader.

Not true and never has been. The Kindle will make no changes to sideloaded files.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by unsnap_biceps »

andrewla wrote: post #57
unsnap_biceps wrote: post #49

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They officially discontinued the oasis last year. I'm holding onto my oasis until it dies.

Was there an official announcement of this? All I can find in Google is reddit threads speculating about its discontinuation.

As with all previous kindles, the only official bit is the removal from the store. There hasn't been a case (so far) of a kindle that was removed from the store and then a later model being released.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by qzw »

geodel wrote: post #68
thimabi wrote: post #6

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The color model is expensive, indeed. My guess is that they will quietly offer discounts after the hype goes away.

Yeah, black friday is near. I am thinking older models will be given higher discount via their deal site woot.com. And latest model on Amazon with 20-50 dollars off depending on original price.

Don’t forget you can also trade in pretty much any old kindle in any condition for another 20% off (plus a few bucks for the old device itself).

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by boznz »

windsurfer wrote: post #103
Yeul wrote: post #101

The Kindle is one of the best things Amazon ever did. They made subsidized ereaders and made them cheap. Ofcourse they did it to promote their store but they've never blocked side loading.

They do block side loading of audiobooks. You can only play audiobooks from Audible on Amazon Kindles.

Silly question, but why would you ever buy a kindle (or a kobo) for an audible book?

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by alpaca128 »

alexawarrior4 wrote: post #76

Why is no one making higher dpi ebook readers? I've been waiting decades now for an ebook that would actually have the resolution of printed 600 dpi pages. The chunky text simply makes ebooks for me uncomfortable and unpalatable for long reads.

Probably because it's enough for most people. I have a Paperwhite with (I think) 300 dpi and unless I reduce the font size to the minimum and look really close I can't see any issues at any reading distance. It feels like a printed book to me.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by carlosjobim »

jestersarmed wrote: post #84
loeg wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you have [to] send [books] through [Amazon's] servers. No, you can sideload books using USB mass storage. It's pretty easy. Kindle Paperwhite is still a great experience even without using the Amazon book ecosystem.

You are correct, you can sideload, but as soon as you open them in your Kindle, they get an Amazon-DRM; so you can't read the very same files on another e-reader. And - as soon as you go online with your Kindle - said DRM is checked and all non Amazon books deleted. At least, that was the case 10 years ago: I still own a Paperwhite 1st Gen which is now basically defunct. I switched to a Poke 5P (Onyx) and was surpris…

What you wrote is completely untrue. I have myriad of books on my Kindle which are not on Amazon, and they are not deleted. Neither does anything weird happen to them.

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by carlosjobim »

tene80i wrote: post #111
throwaway091290 wrote: post #100

My kindle paperwhite is my favorite tech that I own. It has changed by life significantly for the better and allowed me to cut down the time I waste on doom-scrolling social media. I find a book on shadow libraries, convert them into epub format and then send them over to my kindle via USB. Calibre helps in all this. I have read close to a hundred book now--all for no dime.

Shame you don’t see any need to compensate writers for your enjoyment of their work.

I don't know about the commenter above, but most writers I read have been dead for at least a hundred years. Should I purchase their e-book online for $850 each or should I get it from a shadow library?

Re: Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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Post by heelix »

andwaal wrote: post #35
htamas wrote: post #17

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My Kindle had this "bug" where my side loaded books randomly disappear. As a workaround, I have to keep it in flight mode at all times. Not a big issue since that’s what I would do anyway, but in case my Kindle would break, I wouldn’t think long to buy an alternative

This happend to my kindle to! After keeping in in flight mode for years I put it online again in order to buy a few new books from the kindle store, poof suddenly my entire library of side loaded books was gone, with progress and everything. I could see random metadata files related to the books on the drive, be books was gone. Super annoying as many of the books I didn't have locally anymore and to loose the "archiv…

Same, though I don't think it is going to help Amazon the way they hope it does. I moved books over to my kindle and had it nuke my humble bundle collections when I added a purchase from Amazon. I've not connect it again until I figure out how to backup and restore MY metadata.
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