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Old 01-25-2023, 03:03 PM   #781
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American and UK libraries work differently (the authros do not get a 'per borrow' payment), but that is neither here nor there with my argument.

A borrowed book is not meant to be yours forever. Once you strip the DRM and sideload it, why not keep it? It will eventually happen out of laziness or neglect if not for any other reason.

Still, I could see that a library book is more acceptable than a KU book due to the scheme used for payment.
tbh I used to leave the books in calibre, but only to avoid borrowing the same story twice. Which I did repeatedly and annoyingly back in the days when I walked to library and checked out actual books to read. Don't bother now.


PS toff would more likely say that's not cricket old boy
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But , after Brexit, no one says toffs anymore, they say rich b****tards instead.
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Old 01-25-2023, 03:21 PM   #782
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tbh I used to leave the books in calibre, but only to avoid borrowing the same story twice. Which I did repeatedly and annoyingly back in the days when I walked to library and checked out actual books to read. Don't bother now.
I keep the book records with dummy OVERDRIVE files (just a renamed txt). Mostly to keep track of reading history.
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Old 01-25-2023, 03:36 PM   #783
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I keep the book records with dummy OVERDRIVE files (just a renamed txt). Mostly to keep track of reading history.
Library web sites keep records now, or Libby does, or both. I can click on bistory. Dunno how far back it goes..??
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Old 01-25-2023, 04:09 PM   #784
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Library web sites keep records now, or Libby does, or both. I can click on bistory. Dunno how far back it goes..??
Unless you disable it, you can go to https://somelibrary.overdrive.com/account/history
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Amazon changed their tracking method and now looks at time per page so you can't quickly skim a book and reward an author.
Do you have a source that details that? I'd like to check it out if so.

I didnt see anything that specific on Amazon's 'Royalties in KU' page.
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Old 01-25-2023, 06:23 PM   #786
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I'm surprised at the amount of people stripping DRM from Kindle Unlimited books...
Realize that "Download and Transfer" does not necessarily mean "stripping DRM". I read Kindle Unlimited books on my Kindle. But I always Download and Transfer them. Because my Kindle stays in airplane mode permanently (for a variety of reasons, all by my choice). Killing Download and Transfer kills side loading, which in turn kills KU (for me). Which I accept, because it is my personal choice to keep my Kindle offline.

I do the same thing with library loans. Those are always Downloaded and Transferred as well. Amazon hasn't blocked this (yet). I am hoping that Amazon won't - because these books are controlled by the libraries, not by Amazon. Amazon might block downloading library books at a libraries request, but they shouldn't do it on their own account.

I mention this use of Download and Transfer only because it appears some people may be thinking that Download and Transfer always equates to removing DRM. It can. But not always.
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Realize that "Download and Transfer" does not necessarily mean "stripping DRM". I read Kindle Unlimited books on my Kindle. But I always Download and Transfer them. Because my Kindle stays in airplane mode permanently (for a variety of reasons, all by my choice). Killing Download and Transfer kills side loading, which in turn kills KU (for me). Which I accept, because it is my personal choice to keep my Kindle offline.

I do the same thing with library loans. Those are always Downloaded and Transferred as well. Amazon hasn't blocked this (yet). I am hoping that Amazon won't - because these books are controlled by the libraries, not by Amazon. Amazon might block downloading library books at a libraries request, but they shouldn't do it on their own account.

I mention this use of Download and Transfer only because it appears some people may be thinking that Download and Transfer always equates to removing DRM. It can. But not always.
But KU authors won't get paid, if your Kindle is permanently in the airplane mode.
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Old 01-25-2023, 07:06 PM   #789
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But KU authors won't get paid, if your Kindle is permanently in the airplane mode.
That would be their problem, not mine. I have no obligation to allow a device I own to connect to the internet. I paid Amazon their asking price for my KU subscription (on sale and discounted, but still, that was Amazon's asking price). If Amazon does not forward the writers share of my payment to the authors, then the authors might want to take that up with Amazon. The payment contract is between the authors and Amazon, not the customers.
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But KU authors won't get paid, if your Kindle is permanently in the airplane mode.

At some point you must connect to get more books. Amazon log page turns, then upload when you connect. Who thé heck wants leave a kindle connected all time.
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Do you have a source that details that? I'd like to check it out if so.

I didnt see anything that specific on Amazon's 'Royalties in KU' page.
I too would like to know this.
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I updated the original post again, adding a few alternate sites for buying books DRM-free or easily-removed ADE DRM. Any others I should add?
https://www.bookrepublic.it/

https://www.feedbooks.com/# (i have some doubts, here i bought only a book years ago and website changed very much)
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At some point you must connect to get more books. Amazon log page turns, then upload when you connect. Who thé heck wants leave a kindle connected all time.
No, you don't have to connect, ever, that's the thing. You can get your books by Download & Transfer. That was disabled now for KU books, but before you could leave your Kindle disconnected for ever.
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At some point you must connect to get more books.
"Must connect", yes. But "must connect with your Kindle"? No.

Not currently, at least. I believe Amazon is trying to change this. To boost their profits. By collecting more data on customers. For marketing, advertising, and who knows what else.
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But KU authors won't get paid, if your Kindle is permanently in the airplane mode.
And that sounds like a flawed system by Amazon. They shouldn't have implemented that in the first place if authors weren't getting paid.
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