Does anyone have any experience with doing this? It’s not for myself, but for someone who isn’t tech inclined. I want to set him up with FOSS to avoid future shitification by azn. I know I need to strip drm, and then convert out of amz formats, but really have no idea how to do this. Any help would be appreciated! -j

  • Hhffggshn@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Sounds like you already have a good start on this, but I wrote up instructions for myself when I move computers. I use calibre and an older version of the Kindle for PC app. DM me if you need help.

  • exu@feditown.com
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    1 year ago

    Have a look at DeDRM Tools.

    A guide can be found on the old repo

    Make sure to use an older Kindle for PC version. I think I have 1.26. With that version you also need the KFX input plugin.

    With the plugins installed, you should be able to drag the files you downloaded with Kindle into Calibre and have it detect them.
    The next step is conversion. Be very careful here, Calibre likes to fuck with images. You’ll probably want EPUB as the target format.
    Set the target device to Tablet, or your images get resized.
    Also disable the title image resizing in the last register.
    I’d recommend you set these setting as default, so you don’t forget changing them.

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    1 year ago

    Is there a good FOSS e-reader platform? I was considering moving from nook TO kindle, but now you’re giving me pause.

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      1 year ago

      I went down that rabbit hole and really had no options that were satisfactory. I average almost a book every 10 days so it needs to just work. I got a kobo libra and love it. Supports all my formats and i sync over wifi with calibre-web