Thread: I Survived the Great Amazon DL Dealdline!
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Old 02-21-2025, 03:37 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by leebase View Post
It took me about 4 hours to download and cleanse my complete Amazon ebook library of near 600 books.

I have been casually backing up this book here, that book there for some time. But as Amazon is dropping this ability come February 25th, it was time to ensure I had backed up every book I've paid for.

Interestingly, there has to be about 200 books I've purchased and haven't read. I was a sucker for those $1/$5 deals for "the complete boxed set". And lots of books I MEANT to read, but just haven't gotten around to it yet.

I'm probably good for 5 or six years of never buying another books just to get through these.

But who am I kidding, I will still buy new books.

But Amazon will be the vendor of last resort now. I hear Kobo's books are still able to be liberated.
I know what you mean. I sometimes look through Calibre and don’t even remember buying some of the books I own. I’m a sucker for those deals myself. There is no way I could ever read everything I own in my lifetime but I’m glad I have them accessible just in case. I just got in the habit of downloading and cleaning a book as soon as I buy it so I didn’t need to do any last minute work.

I just bought a new Kindle so I am reading a few “Unlimited” books with my free trial. Then Amazon will become my vendor of last resort as well.

I’m just happy that I found Mobileread early in my ebook journey.
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