Amazon dropping support for more Kindles

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

Also, if I buy an ebook from Smashwords, or BookFunnel (which authors use) or direct from Grace Burrows website (to name one author I buy from) I am buying an ebook. It’s mine to read on any device I want.

What about BAEN? Are we renting or buying? I know they don't use DRM.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What about BAEN? Are we renting or buying? I know they don't use DRM.

I have never bought anything from BAEN

[Sirtel]

Eh, who cares what the legalese says. I buy an ebook, it's mine and I do what I want with it (short of sharing it with other people). End of story. Does that make me an immoral, oath-breaking villain? Possibly. Yawn.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Eh, who cares what the legalese says. I buy an ebook, it's mine and I do what I want with it (short of sharing it with other people). End of story. Does that make me an immoral, oath-breaking villain? Possibly. Yawn.

Hey, I like it. It's straightforward and simple. With no pointless, clapped-out, agenda-pushing analogies to contend with.

[jonathan2022]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Eh, who cares what the legalese says. I buy an ebook, it's mine and I do what I want with it (short of sharing it with other people). End of story. Does that make me an immoral, oath-breaking villain? Possibly. Yawn.

Where is the like button when you need it.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

Some authors I follow sell books via their websites but the delivery method is via BookFunnel.

Yes, I agree. It's the same with some authors in patreon.

[lkmiller]

It's ebook hoarders and not. My husband buys from Amazon, never bothers removing DRM, reads in the app on his Boox, and then he's done with it. I mostly buy from Kobo, remove DRM, save local and cloud copies, and read on my Nook. Later I can read, re-read, or at least refer to books I have backed up using whatever device. Back when my main ereader was a Kobo, I removed DRM from Kobo books solely for backup copies. I just read the kepubs, as they were -- with DRM or not, downloaded directly to my Kobo.

[rantanplan]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But will the pirates still be able to remove the DRM after the new version of K4PC?

They don’t need to. As with all piracy out there, their source is very likely not the retail product. Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to find the media before it is released.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by rantanplan

They don’t need to. As with all piracy out there, their source is very likely not the retail product. Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to find the media before it is released.

These days it IS mostly the retail product. Most KU books found on pirate sites were converted from KFX, so clearly pulled from eink Kindles or Kindle apps. Yes, I checked.

[nana77]

Originally Posted by jonathan2022

Let's ask the question no one is asking. When you buy anything digital you are renting it no matter what. So if you had the option of buying not renting your ebook. Would it be more expensive? Could you get it drrm free. Drm free options are still rented downloads.

You are really buying the format file, which, on some or most cases, is proprietary?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_file_format

If the software firm controlling that format stops making software which can read it, then those who had used the format in the past may lose all information in those files.

The case for this thread topic is that it wasn't non common.

This is particularly common with formats that were not widely adopted.

[nana77]

Btw, for what I read about, it's not like if an author starts whitin Amazon Exclusive, will remain there forever: e.g. "The Martian" by Andy Weir:

Having been rebuffed by literary agents when trying to get prior books published, Weir decided to put the book online in serial format one chapter at a time for free at his website. At the request of fans, he made an Amazon Kindle version available at 99 cents (the minimum allowable price he could set).[9] The Kindle edition rose to the top of Amazon's list of best-selling science-fiction titles, selling 35,000 copies in three months, more than had been previously downloaded free.[9][11] This garnered the attention of publishers: Podium Publishing, an audiobook publisher, signed for the audiobook rights in January 2013. Weir sold the print rights to Crown in March 2013 for over US$100,000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ma...ishing_history

[lkmiller]

Going from self-published to getting traditionally published and selling movie rights is a relatively rare occurrence.

[nana77]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

Going from self-published to getting traditionally published and selling movie rights is a relatively rare occurrence.

Also writing something just decent, being on the middle of thousand of crappy AI novels won't help imho.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

Going from self-published to getting traditionally published and selling movie rights is a relatively rare occurrence.

Hugh Howey did it with his Silo Series which is now a TV series on Apple TV.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Hugh Howey did it with his Silo Series which is now a TV series on Apple TV.

Yup, I actually like the show better than the books. But again, something most authors can only dream of whether self-pubbed or traditional.