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How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by deltarholamda »

babblingfish wrote: post #107
chmod775 wrote: post #47

For books only available through Amazon my workflow used to be buying it, downloading it with their desktop app, importing into Calibre, converting to epub and stripping DRM, then pushing it onto my Kobo. They broke that a while ago by making their DRM even worse, so now I just pirate those books.

Books have got to be the least expensive form of entertainment out there. The value to cost ratio is incredible. Consider buying books to support authors and publishers. If you can't afford it, then libraries are nice too. I personally know people who pirate books, but pay hundreds of dollars a year for streaming services or battle pass type video games. It blows my mind. Books are so cheap people! I recently bought…

If at all possible, find a local independent book store and buy from there. If they don't have it in stock, often they'll order it for you.

I have one that's been around since I was a kid, and I love taking the family there. Everybody picks a book, and it might cost anywhere from $80-120 (I've got a good sized family), but these days that's about what it would cost to go to a movie. And since you have a physical book, you can swap when you're done.

We also started celebrating Jolabokaflod a few years back, which is an Icelandic post-war tradition of giving books as gifts on Christmas Eve and reading them. This is a lot of fun, and it's a great excuse to hit the book store.

Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by [deleted] »

babblingfish wrote: post #107
chmod775 wrote: post #47

For books only available through Amazon my workflow used to be buying it, downloading it with their desktop app, importing into Calibre, converting to epub and stripping DRM, then pushing it onto my Kobo. They broke that a while ago by making their DRM even worse, so now I just pirate those books.

Books have got to be the least expensive form of entertainment out there. The value to cost ratio is incredible. Consider buying books to support authors and publishers. If you can't afford it, then libraries are nice too. I personally know people who pirate books, but pay hundreds of dollars a year for streaming services or battle pass type video games. It blows my mind. Books are so cheap people! I recently bought…

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Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by cratermoon »

amelius wrote: post #346
0xEF wrote: post #328

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not that I agree with it, but I do see the logic. The word "munitions" can be replaced with "materials," since it literally refers to materials used for warfare. That isn't necessarily limited to things that shoot or explode. It's a brilliant bit of pedantry if you step back and think about it.

So it can refer to people and what is in their minds too? Anyway I'm not surprised. This kind of pedantry is what lawyers do for a living.

Yes kind of. The "born secret" doctrine says all knowledge related to the creation of nuclear weapons, ranging from nuclear fusion to the production of fissile material, as “born classified".

The doctrine has never been tested in court as no case involving it has gone to trail.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_secret

Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by makeitdouble »

tripzilch wrote: post #359
makeitdouble wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Slightly off-topic, but while we're at it: for all it's DRM hell and shenanigans, the Amazon kindle store is currently the absolute best way to grab foreign ebooks wherever you live on the globe. Most local ebook stores will put undue barriers on who can purchase what because of generic region policies and/or their publishing contracts being country limited. Amazon will accept any valid credit card from anywhere as l…

> the Amazon kindle store is currently the absolute best way to grab foreign ebooks wherever you live on the globe No, piracy is.

As much as I also want that narrative to be true, the amount of books that will never be pirated for whatever reason is just massive.

Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by hollerith »

amelius wrote: post #346
0xEF wrote: post #328

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not that I agree with it, but I do see the logic. The word "munitions" can be replaced with "materials," since it literally refers to materials used for warfare. That isn't necessarily limited to things that shoot or explode. It's a brilliant bit of pedantry if you step back and think about it.

So it can refer to people and what is in their minds too? Anyway I'm not surprised. This kind of pedantry is what lawyers do for a living.

Yes, it can, and I thank God because I wouldn't want more nuclear powers than what the world already has.

Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by fguerraz »

This is an excellent starting point, I have just tried it on "The Origins of Totalitarianism" by Hannah Arendt, and maybe it's because of the numerous bibliographical references, or the the occasional diacritics, but the end result is a bit messy and not really readable.

I think a motivated hacker could definitely improve it in no time.

Still amazing that it works at all, really well done.

Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by cratermoon »

RicoElectrico wrote: post #287
semiquaver wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being found not guilty supports my contention. But that case was about distributing circumvention software, not traditional speech. Obviously distributing software that bypasses DRM is directly addressed by the law.

In USA the trial itself is a punishment.

Kafka would be proud/horrified.

Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by EliasWatson »

babblingfish wrote: post #107
chmod775 wrote: post #47

For books only available through Amazon my workflow used to be buying it, downloading it with their desktop app, importing into Calibre, converting to epub and stripping DRM, then pushing it onto my Kobo. They broke that a while ago by making their DRM even worse, so now I just pirate those books.

Books have got to be the least expensive form of entertainment out there. The value to cost ratio is incredible. Consider buying books to support authors and publishers. If you can't afford it, then libraries are nice too. I personally know people who pirate books, but pay hundreds of dollars a year for streaming services or battle pass type video games. It blows my mind. Books are so cheap people! I recently bought…

The issue is that you usually aren't buying the ebook. You are buying a license to access that ebook and they can revoke that license at any time. Maybe you're okay with that, but many people want to permanently have access to the things they purchased.

Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by lesuorac »

paufernandez wrote: post #398
pjmlp wrote: post #350

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My university had that book, I think it can be used as a weapon actually, given its weight.

I wonder what kind of gun uses books as munition.

Can't you stick about anything heavy to use as munitions for a cannon?
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