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Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I read somwhere how to solve this

1 - factory reset

2 - deactivate wifi for life

3 - upload books with calibre

This will wipe out any content you have, as i understand

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You mixed up step 2, it's supposed to be "Install KoReader".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I'm planing on doing this but i fear 2 things out of pure ignorance: killing my kindle and battery usage

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I upload books with Calibre and never had to reset anything. It’s great.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I have a kindle, but I never buy my books at Amazon. I just but them elsewhere, de-DRM them on calibre and copy them to the kindle. Not as comfortable, but okay for me.