[sointeresting]

I bypassed it by buying a Kobo.

[EA-3167]

I appreciate the author's work, and they're absolutely right about the Kindle app. I'm with you though, I don't want to fight tooth and nail with Amazon to have the ability to read a book without their lousy app, to back that book up, and otherwise legally and fairly use it. I don't want to reward Amazon for being aggressively anti-consumer by spending money on their site, at least not for this.

[amatecha]

I was going to say exactly the same! Got a Kobo Clara BW a while ago -- great lil device. Took a while to figure out Calibre, but now that I understand it, it's very convenient. Prior to choosing an e-reader, I took one glance at Amazon's DRM-laden offerings and noped out from that ecosystem completely.

[surgical_fire]

Likewise, but I went with Pocketbook.

I wish more people would understand that we empower those companies by using their products and services. Avoid when you can and they lose their power.

[Night_Thastus]

I'm an owner of a Kobo, how did you do that?

When I tried, the only options from Amazon were 'transfer to my device' and that only works if you have a Kindle. There was 0 way to just download the stupid file and let me copy it myself.

[sointeresting]

When I said "bypass", I meant I ditched my kindle for a kobo and stopped buying books on amazon entirely.

There is a library built into the kobo you can purchase from, which I do for newer books. However, I've been on a classics kick and I pirate them tbh. Dumas doesn't mind.

[bix6]

Does Kobo work with the Libby app?

[rufo]

Even better than a Kindle - library browsing is built-in to the device.

[shortrounddev2]

Yes, my wife uses it all the time

[sointeresting]

I believe so, haven't tried it myself.