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Old 01-26-2023, 09:55 AM   #811
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Well, I'll be using pirate site from now on then. Most books cost $1.90. If the book isn't in their catalogue you can request it.
Once you buy a book it will be emailed to you in epub, mobi and pdf formats. You may have to wait a few hours to get it, but it's worth the wait.
I've been using it for years when an ebook in Amazon is particulary expensive.
Only once did I not get the version I wanted but it was no problem for them to get the correct one I wanted.
You've probably been buying pirated ebooks.

Some of the books from Amazon exclusive authors I follow are listed there. Even if they weren't exlusive, I doubt a website would only sell one or two books of a series.

They probably just download the books you request from pirate site and list them on their site.
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Old 01-26-2023, 10:00 AM   #812
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Well I've been using Hiebooks for years and have never had any problems. After all you could try it for just $1.90 and see if it works for you.
I have recently got two books which were available as KU on Amazon.co.uk but couldn't do my usual convert to epub so I could keep them permanently. I now have the three formats with no DRM.
I meant "legit" as in "legal". Pretty sure they're selling pirated books.
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I meant "legit" as in "legal". Pretty sure they're selling pirated books.
That's the impression I got when I looked at the site, too. The "EBook Requests" page seems like a big red flag.
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If it was published before January 3, Kindle for PC 1.17 will still work. After that, no.
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Old 01-26-2023, 10:46 AM   #815
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  • Books published after January 3, 2023 cannot be downloaded using earlier versions (1.26 and prior) of Kindle for PC.
  • While the newest version (1.39) of Kindle for PC will download them, it will be in a version of KFX that DeDRM cannot break.
  • Except for books only available as KFX, books published before January 3 are still currently able to be downloaded in a format that can be DeDRM'd.
  • Books borrowed from Kindle Unlimited can still be downloaded on K4PC <1.26 if it was published before January 3.
Is this unclear? If so, I may need to reword it.
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Old 01-26-2023, 11:23 AM   #816
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Added the first. If anyone can confirm the second uses ADE or is DRM-free, will add that.
Feedbooks has some DRM-free books but ADE or the ACSM plugin can be used for the DRMmed books.
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Old 01-26-2023, 11:29 AM   #817
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Well I've been using pirate site for years and have never had any problems. After all you could try it for just $1.90 and see if it works for you.
I have recently got two books which were available as KU on Amazon.co.uk but couldn't do my usual convert to epub so I could keep them permanently. I now have the three formats with no DRM.
This came directly from one of the authors listed on that website.

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Old 01-26-2023, 11:35 AM   #818
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Well I've been using pirate site for years and have never had any problems. After all you could try it for just $1.90 and see if it works for you.
I have recently got two books which were available as KU on Amazon.co.uk but couldn't do my usual convert to epub so I could keep them permanently. I now have the three formats with no DRM.
Sorry to join in disillusioning you but ….is a pirate site. I picked up a book from them which was also in KU which means it is exclusive to Amazon. Even the author is not allowed to sell the book. The epub version was a conversion from azw3 to epub by calibre and not an original epub. One gentle hint was the number of 'data-AmznRemoved-M8="true"' and 'data-AmznRemoved="mobi7"' scattered through the book.

As for keeping a book permanently that is borrowed from KU? Much like keeping a library loan, I personally find that a reprehensible action.
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Is this site legit? Books are sent by email, and not from an address [redacted email] but from a gmail address.
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Based on Kai's response, it appears authors are the ones 'dinged' by Amazon when their work are pirated. That is a double slap - no payment for their pirated books and likely to get blamed for it by Amzn.
Yea. Because they have to prove they aren't the ones selling outside of Amazon. Which in this case, it's easy enough to prove.
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