Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
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Re: Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
#2Meanwhile Kobo is still shipping firmware updates to devices from the same time period...
And even the ePub readers that have been left behind can still work with new books.
Re: Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
#3Could this help? https://uk.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D56Q00009ipZmHSAU/can...
After all the kindle is a hard disk with a nice screen.
Re: Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
#4This is why having the actual pdf is better, if you can't have it offline you don't own it digitally, if you can't give it to another person or copy it or modify it then you don't own it to it simply attached to your account even with offline access.
Re: Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
#5I really wish the Libby app worked with devices other than Kindle. I got a Kindle because I wanted to check out eBooks from the library and read them on an eInk screen.
Re: Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
#6Meanwhile Kobo is still shipping firmware updates to devices from the same time period... And even the ePub readers that have been left behind can still work with new books.
Also, pretty much every Kobo can run KOReader without any need for a jailbreak or similar.
Re: Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
#7Could this help? https://uk.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D56Q00009ipZmHSAU/can... After all the kindle is a hard disk with a nice screen.
I suspect that's a different issue, due to the 3G service being switched off (and those first models didn't support wifi as an alternative).
This issue affects a wider range of devices, and is software-related. I'd guess at it being either TLS related, or something to do with updates to their DRM system.
Re: Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
#8Would be cool to be able to search this, I'm not a LOTR expert. But I wanted to search for the Valar island as i have no way of knowing where it is. The islands I clicked on didn't seem to be it.
Re: Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
#9I really wish the Libby app worked with devices other than Kindle. I got a Kindle because I wanted to check out eBooks from the library and read them on an eInk screen.
I use Libby on a Boox android based ereader.
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#10The Kindle hardware is great, but the software and ecosystem are just crap, and Amazon is making it shittier every year.
I've now moved to an Android eReader (Boox Note 7, for example [1]).
I can just get the Ebook or PDF files and transfer them via Calibre, simple as that, and I can also download any Android app i want. There are tons of apps out there that support eInk screens.