How can I move a book I purchased a couple years ago from Amazon to my Kobo Clara. I absolutely refuse to pay for it a second time. I checked Anna's and it's not listed. I should check again though. Is their a way to rip it from Amazon? Also fuck Amazon.

Is their drm embedded with my personal information? I.e. if I get a copy of the drm book and do a shit job on Calibre, then upload to Anna's, am I personally liable?

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[–] JaymesRS@piefed.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Do you have access to an old kindle device? That makes it pretty easy with Calibre and the noDRM plugin.

It was easier when you could download it to your computer, but Amazon disabled that last year because so many people were removing the DRM.

[–] DSN9@lemmy.ml 4 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

So if it's not sitting on a kindle, I have zero access to the file? What did I pay for then

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 10 points 17 hours ago

Nothing. That's the trick people are slowly starting to become aware of.

[–] JaymesRS@piefed.world 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

According to the terms, when you purchase a Kindle e-book, you are buying a license to access the content rather than owning the book outright. And the only reason they made it explicit is CA law AB 2426. So you can “access” it on any device that can display their content, be it an app or hardware device, but you can’t possess it via a download for example. (I find this all to be bullshit, I’m just stating Amazon’s position on the topic)

https://www.ereadersforum.com/threads/amazon-clarifies-kindle-e-book-purchases-youre-licensing-not-owning.4831/

This is a big part of why I have a kobo, the files are easy to scrub of the DRM but I’m still getting an easy way to throw money at creators I value.