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Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books (www.theverge.com)
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[–] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I upload books with Calibre and never had to reset anything. It’s great.

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I have a kindle, but I never buy my books at Amazon. I just but them elsewhere, de-DRM them on calibre and copy them to the kindle. Not as comfortable, but okay for me.