I moved almost entirely to ebooks after running out of bookshelf space and not being able to put in any more. I *can* put more in now, but damned if I'm not furious and resentful at the need. And I'll still run out of space eventually. - ThreadSky

doctorquantum.bsky.social • 117 days ago

I moved almost entirely to ebooks after running out of bookshelf space and not being able to put in any more.

I *can* put more in now, but damned if I'm not furious and resentful at the need. And I'll still run out of space eventually.

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pixelsandprose.bsky.social•117 days ago

They can’t take downloaded books away. There’s a way to download your content from Amazon, wipe the drm using calibre and store them on a local drive. I plan on doing this with all my Amazon content. I use a kobo ereader too just because I don’t like putting my eggs all in one basket 😁

drpaulitious.bsky.social•117 days ago

That's a lot of effort compared to walking into a bookshop and paying for a book.

witchystem.bsky.social•117 days ago

It’s not a lot compared to the thousands and thousands of dollars some have in books in their libraries.

drpaulitious.bsky.social•117 days ago

It is an infinite amount of effort more than should be necessary. You buy something, it should be yours.

witchystem.bsky.social•117 days ago

I agree 100% with that.

pixelsandprose.bsky.social•117 days ago

Just suggesting options for securing what we have already paid for. 🤷🏻‍♀️

drpaulitious.bsky.social•117 days ago

I'm obliquely questioning the way when you buy a e-book it's not really yours without a lot of shenanigans.

bookharpy.bsky.social•117 days ago

Wait that's possible?! Because I'd like to keep the books I've already "bought" from them.

pixelsandprose.bsky.social•117 days ago

Yep…here’s the YT that I watched to get my kindle purchases to my kobo but it works for adding to any device or just storing locally 👍🏻

https://youtu.be/31M9WcO2INs?si=S9gOT20eLIqXPi3N

asilay.bsky.social•117 days ago

Thank you for this! I want to cancel my Audible account but since I have been a customer forever I don't want to loose my purchases.

bookharpy.bsky.social•117 days ago

Thank you so much. I don't have a Kobo but even being able to store locally is great.

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