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by bananaflag12 hours ago |
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upvoteby cbdevidal11 hours ago|
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Not sure if you’re joking but is it possible to even do that? I understand some books are kept on their cloud servers and only some get downloaded.
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upvoteby thih911 hours ago|
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Yes, it’s possible. Note: no downloads work in airplane mode. Cable works just as well though.
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upvoteby nosioptar9 hours ago|
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I had an old kindle that I never connected to the net or with an amazon account. I loaded books by USB.

Damn near impossible to find DRM free books to purchase though.

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upvoteby DavideNL3 hours ago|
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> Damn near impossible to find DRM free books to purchase

My method has always been to buy physical books (which is also better to support the author, because they get a bigger % of the price you pay.

And then, there are other creative ways to download the ebook... (without buying from Amazon, or other monopolists.)

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upvoteby cbdevidal9 hours ago|
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It is still possible to remove DRM and export to PDF or epub. Not point-and-click easy, though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/comments/1q1uza4/successful...

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upvoteby nosioptar9 hours ago|
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While Calibre makes it easy, it's even easier to just download a copy someone else has already stripped of DRM.

If publishers/authors want my money, they can release a version without DRM.

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upvoteby lostlogin1 hours ago|
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Calibre is a rather painful tool, but seems to remain the best.

Calibre web and calibre web automated downloader remove a fair bit of the clunk.

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upvoteby iLoveOncall11 hours ago|
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No, you choose what is downloaded locally. You can also get .mobi files and copy them to the kindle directly.
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upvoteby wolvoleo10 hours ago|
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Not anymore, they have removed the option to download files for transfer via USB https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2025/02/12/download-transf...

Ironically, files downloaded from "other" sources have no issue. So they're just making it harder to buy from Amazon legally.

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upvoteby moffkalast11 hours ago|
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The first time I got an ad on mine I did that and switched to the Calibre + z-library workflow. It's been most of a decade since.

It's like people have to be taught the same lesson about SAAS over and over and over again. Like what did they expect, to not get rug pulled eventually? Crazy. You own your shit or you don't. Simple as.

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upvoteby iLoveOncall10 hours ago|
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You paid for the ads-supported version if you got ads...
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upvoteby nosioptar9 hours ago|
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Not always obvious. I've stopped several relatives from making that mistake.

For some reason, they're inclined to trust Amazon.

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upvoteby iLoveOncall4 hours ago|
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It is always obvious.

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Kindle/dp/B0CNVCQZG1/

This is the first one that pops up if you search "kindle" on Amazon.

I'm not sure how more clearly you could show the variants with and without ads.

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