They refuse to publish modified source code of the kernel with bad reasons such as “it’s a private information” or “because China and India are fighting”
You’re welcome. There are a few exclusive books that only show up an Amazon but so far 99% of what I have been shopping for has been available on Kobo.
I also switched to Kobo about 6vmonths ago. Got the libra colour so i can read comics and manga too. I use annes archive for my ku only reads. Purchase titles through kobo(or direct from the author anytime its possible), or borrow from overdrive. Also, very recently discovered Instapaper is amazing for reading webnovels!
Do you have an easy way to strip the DRM from the Kobo ebooks? If not, then is it much different thank Amazon? I also have a kobo but don’t buy from their store. I mainly buy books on ebooks.com if they are DRM free. And maybe acquire others that aren’t DRM free.
One thing to note about the Kobo store is that it (unlike Amazon) lists the DRM status of a given book towards the bottom of the store page below the reviews. If you see something like “Epub 2 (DRM Free)” then that’s the format that the book will be in if you download it.
You can download a book that you’ve purchased directly from the website on the My Account/My Books subpage. I’ve tested this out and it can be a good way to get paid DRM free ebooks, if that’s what the publisher wants to sell.
I have the DeDRM plugin set up on Calibre and it’s either it’s working perfectly or everything I’ve bought from Kobo didn’t come with DRM (I think it’s the first one).
That’s good to hear. The last (and only) book I bought on Kobos store I had to use Adobe Digital Editions I think, which was annoying since they don’t provide that for Linux.
Hmm, I do remember installing that at one point - it might be that I needed to extract a key from it to configure the plugin. I was on Windows then so it wouldn’t have been too hard.
I think DRM on Kobo books is dependent on what the publisher requests or something like that. The few I have bought don’t have DRM from what I can tell.
Amazon eliminated side loading? I’ve been using calibre to convert books to azw and transfer to my Kindle. Always worked fine for me. Unless they pushed out an update to break this?
What Amazon eliminated was your ability to download your books and then load them to your Kindle from your computer instead of using their whisper net.
The fact that they fixed the jailbreak just as I was about to do it was part of the reason I moved to Kobo (went with the Clara BW and am very happy with the upgrade).
I’m all for people doing this if they can.
Meanwhile, I love my Kobo e-reader and I only purchase e-books from Kobo (since Amazon eliminated “side loading”).
Thanks for helping me discover Kobo! Looks like a good Kindle alternative.
There’s also Boox, another alternative with Android.
Except they are blatantly violating GPL license
Could you give a bit more context?
They refuse to publish modified source code of the kernel with bad reasons such as “it’s a private information” or “because China and India are fighting”
I’ll check that out too
I have a Kobo Clara BW and it’s fantastic. Unfortunately, it doesn’t support my SO’s language well, so YMMV.
Yea, love my kobo
Just bought a new 7" Libra, my only complaint is the colour screen is lower contrast than a pure black and white
You’re welcome. There are a few exclusive books that only show up an Amazon but so far 99% of what I have been shopping for has been available on Kobo.
I also switched to Kobo about 6vmonths ago. Got the libra colour so i can read comics and manga too. I use annes archive for my ku only reads. Purchase titles through kobo(or direct from the author anytime its possible), or borrow from overdrive. Also, very recently discovered Instapaper is amazing for reading webnovels!
Do you have an easy way to strip the DRM from the Kobo ebooks? If not, then is it much different thank Amazon? I also have a kobo but don’t buy from their store. I mainly buy books on ebooks.com if they are DRM free. And maybe acquire others that aren’t DRM free.
One thing to note about the Kobo store is that it (unlike Amazon) lists the DRM status of a given book towards the bottom of the store page below the reviews. If you see something like “Epub 2 (DRM Free)” then that’s the format that the book will be in if you download it.
You can download a book that you’ve purchased directly from the website on the My Account/My Books subpage. I’ve tested this out and it can be a good way to get paid DRM free ebooks, if that’s what the publisher wants to sell.
Bookshop.org also has a DRM-free search filter and shares profits with local bookstores.
I thought I remember Amazon also listed that, but it’s moot at this point.
Another good option that lists DRM plainly is https://ebooks.com/
They even have a search filter for only DRM free
I use Calibre with a couple of plugins. KoboUtilities and Obok DeDRM. It is easy.
Ok, good to know. Next time I buy an eBook I’ll look at it
Yea, I use calibre to strip it, have my entire collection backed up
I have the DeDRM plugin set up on Calibre and it’s either it’s working perfectly or everything I’ve bought from Kobo didn’t come with DRM (I think it’s the first one).
That’s good to hear. The last (and only) book I bought on Kobos store I had to use Adobe Digital Editions I think, which was annoying since they don’t provide that for Linux.
Hmm, I do remember installing that at one point - it might be that I needed to extract a key from it to configure the plugin. I was on Windows then so it wouldn’t have been too hard.
I think DRM on Kobo books is dependent on what the publisher requests or something like that. The few I have bought don’t have DRM from what I can tell.
Amazon eliminated side loading? I’ve been using calibre to convert books to azw and transfer to my Kindle. Always worked fine for me. Unless they pushed out an update to break this?
What Amazon eliminated was your ability to download your books and then load them to your Kindle from your computer instead of using their whisper net.
Ah gotcha thanks.
The fact that they fixed the jailbreak just as I was about to do it was part of the reason I moved to Kobo (went with the Clara BW and am very happy with the upgrade).