Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks

Post by terinjokes » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 12:46 AM UTC

DennisP wrote: post #281

terinjokes wrote: post #170

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If you want to be part of Kindle Unlimited you have to give worldwide exclusivity to Kindle Unlimited, and can't have ever published your eBook on another platform. Even if I wanted to join, Kindle Unlimited is not offered here. I can't even buy the eBook from Amazon.

It's not just that. E.g. Cooper and Hutchinson's edition of Plato's complete works, available on Kindle for $31.[1] Or on another tack, Yudkowski's recent If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies .[2] Neither book is on Unlimited, and I couldn't find either one on Kobo. I struck out half a dozen times in a row and finally gave up. [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OZ4NMHU [2] https://www.amazon.com/Anyone-Builds-Eve…

Post by tzs » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 1:05 AM UTC

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thegrim000 wrote: post #208

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99.99% of the time when you read something on the internet and your reaction is "that's wild" / "wow that's crazy" / "that's unbelievable", then what you are reading is in fact likely nowhere near the actual truth / real.

98.378274% of the time when you read something on the internet quoting accurate probabilities they're making it up to push their biases onto you.

Post by 9991 » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 1:35 AM UTC

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mystraline wrote: post #193

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Buying drm'ed shit, and removing later only indicates that DRM is acceptable. Pirate it to start, and dont pay. You're an 'illegal' either way, with a tort copyright violation OR a criminal DMCA violation.

Unfortunately not everything is available on the high seas. For instance, it's impossible to find older seasons of MasterChef Australia (in HD). Heck even trying to view it legally, outside of AU, is a mission - Amazon is the only entity that has the older seasons. I ended up subscribing to a Prime account just for this.

Post by locusofself » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 2:34 AM UTC

icqFDR wrote: post #44

I’d advise anyone buying e-books on Amazon to think it through carefully. My account was banned recently because, years ago, I ordered two paper books that Amazon said would be split into two shipments. Both books arrived without any issues, but later Amazon refunded me for one of them, claiming that one package never arrived. This happened 4–5 years ago. Apparently, during a recent review, they decided this counted…

Post by brewtide » Sat, Dec 20, 2025, 2:57 AM UTC

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What do you do now? I’ve been buying physical books off of Abe Books—not a bad thing at all—but I’d like to use my jailbroken kindle again because the form factor is so convenient.

Not the guy but you can just buy your ebooks from someplace else and use calibre to convert/send them to your kindle. Im kinda cheeky and use Amazons Send-to-Kindle service to send ebooks in epub format to my kindle via wifi