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luigi rovatti · 05-12-2025, 06:08 PM

Now that, from April 23, 2025, it's not possible to download books anymore from amazon via K4PC, I wondered if, apart from using an e-ink Kindle and Kindle for android, one problem is going to emerge. Many authors subscribed to a contract with Amazon via Kindle Direct Publishing, which, among other things, forces their books to be sold exclusively through Amazon instead of Kobo, Barnes & Noble, etc.

So, I gather that two kinds of books won't be available anymore on shadow libraries. 1) Short stories that complete a book series 2) full-length novels sold through KDP. 1) could sometimes be obviated when there's a ss collection in a book, but otherwise Kobo won't have those stories. Or am i wrong?

05-12-2025, 06:08 PM	#1
luigi rovatti Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2020 Device: none	I'm asking general questions about amazon books. Now that, from April 23, 2025, it's not possible to download books anymore from amazon via K4PC, I wondered if, apart from using an e-ink Kindle and Kindle for android, one problem is going to emerge. Many authors subscribed to a contract with Amazon via Kindle Direct Publishing, which, among other things, forces their books to be sold exclusively through Amazon instead of Kobo, Barnes & Noble, etc. So, I gather that two kinds of books won't be available anymore on shadow libraries. 1) Short stories that complete a book series 2) full-length novels sold through KDP. 1) could sometimes be obviated when there's a ss collection in a book, but otherwise Kobo won't have those stories. Or am i wrong?