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My Kindle account (based in France) is the only reason I still have a French bank account. I am terrified of losing the account and therefore all my e-books as

by crdb 9y ago

My Kindle account (based in France) is the only reason I still have a French bank account. I am terrified of losing the account and therefore all my e-books as I reallocate a "foreign" card and my account switches to that country. The greatest thing about buying music on Amazon is getting MP3s which I can keep for life. I downloaded them, they are synch'ed to my various backup solutions, and form part of my music library, even if Amazon goes bankrupt and I lose the original download link. I long for the day Amazon does this for books.

izacus 9y ago
I periodically use Calibre to deDRM my bought books to keep a backup. Although Amazon has really started to fight against this with stronger lockdowns.
freddie_mercury 9y ago
Amazon doesn't choose, the publisher does. I've bought plenty of books from Amazon without any DRM.
anatoly 9y ago
I advise installing Calibre and Apprentice Alf's DRM Removal plugin for it. Systematically preserve all your books by stripping the DRM and sleep more easily.
harshreality 9y ago
The fast way, if you can get and use Kindle for PC 1.17.1 (on filehippo, for instance), is to use that. It will download books in the traditional (usually encrypted) azw/mobi formats, which you can drag right into calibre (with the dedrm plugin). Newer KindlePC versions (1.19 and up) tend to download books in kfx format, which doesn't currently have a dedrm plugin. All kindle installers should be signed by Amazon Services, so it shouldn't be a problem getting them from a third party as long as you check the signature. Alternatively, on the [kindle] "content and devices" webpage, if you click the three dots in the second column (I'm guessing the interface is the same for the french website), it gives you the option to individually download & transfer books via usb if you have a kindle registered to the account. If you have calibre and the apprenticealf dedrm plugin, I believe that process still works, though I haven't tried for a long time.

by crdb 9y ago

izacus 9y ago

I periodically use Calibre to deDRM my bought books to keep a backup. Although Amazon has really started to fight against this with stronger lockdowns.

freddie_mercury 9y ago

Amazon doesn't choose, the publisher does. I've bought plenty of books from Amazon without any DRM.

anatoly 9y ago

I advise installing Calibre and Apprentice Alf's DRM Removal plugin for it. Systematically preserve all your books by stripping the DRM and sleep more easily.

harshreality 9y ago

The fast way, if you can get and use Kindle for PC 1.17.1 (on filehippo, for instance), is to use that. It will download books in the traditional (usually encrypted) azw/mobi formats, which you can drag right into calibre (with the dedrm plugin). Newer KindlePC versions (1.19 and up) tend to download books in kfx format, which doesn't currently have a dedrm plugin. All kindle installers should be signed by Amazon Services, so it shouldn't be a problem getting them from a third party as long as you check the signature. Alternatively, on the [kindle] "content and devices" webpage, if you click the three dots in the second column (I'm guessing the interface is the same for the french website), it gives you the option to individually download & transfer books via usb if you have a kindle registered to the account. If you have calibre and the apprenticealf dedrm plugin, I believe that process still works, though I haven't tried for a long time.