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the_comfortable_courtesan ([personal profile] the_comfortable_courtesan) wrote2025-02-20 02:38 pm

A word of advice

It has been brought to the attention of your amanuensis that from February 25th it will no longer be possible to download elecktronical editions from Amazon so that they may be permanently preserved by the purchaser. Have gentle readers already not done so, 'tis suggested that they proceed with expedition to do this for any volumes pertaining to Madame C- subsequently Lady B- and her coterie.

Your amanuensis is pondering means of providing more permanent copies to those of you reading by way of Kindles in future.
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[personal profile] threeringedmoon 2025-02-20 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.
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[personal profile] arkessian 2025-02-20 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I believe that those of us who use Kindle for PC will continue to have the benefit of files transferred to our PCs.
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[personal profile] kore 2025-02-21 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Bookshop.org does ebooks now! And I think with no DRM, I'm not sure.

https://bookshop.org/ebooks
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[personal profile] aurumcalendula 2025-02-21 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It looks like most of Bookshop's ebooks have DRMs (you would have to use your web browser or their app to read them), but they do have some DRM-free ones.
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[personal profile] rhi 2025-02-26 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
If anyone else had thrown their hands up in despair, I mention: https://github.com/Make-Fun-Stuff/kindle-library-downloader?tab=readme-ov-file

This thing is working and getting all of them without me having to shift the tab in Amazon every so often for it. It works in Firefox, not just Chrome.

ETA: You may have have a kindle linked to your account. I hope not, but.
Edited 2025-02-26 06:34 (UTC)