If you’re in doubt if you own the digital books you buy:
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Thank you for sharing this.
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I also read about this on The Verge:
Download all your ePubs. I’m so glad I’m a fan paper books & never bought a kindle 
It would suck to lose all my access to books I ‘bought.’
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Thank you! That article from The Verge better explained the situation file-type-wise.
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@kirkmahoneyphd I’m so glad I never bought any eBooks from Amazon. I do have a lot of Audible books (I’ve been a member since BEFORE they were taken over by Amazon). Yes, I remember burning audiobook CDs via AudibleManager (because that was allowed back then)
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Early Advocate for Kindle
I am an author of several early Kindle ebooks and especially enjoyed the Kindle’s E Ink display, which is part of what drew me to Mudita (first because of the Pure, but now because of the Kompakt).
I obtained (“leased”) many more Kindle ebooks – including the majority since 2018 through Amazon’s monthly pick-a-free-ebook program (Kindle First, now known as Amazon First Reads) for Amazon Prime subscribers.
Now an Advocate for the ‘De Facto’ Standard: EPUB
Thank you again, @roberto & @urszula, for the urgent alerts and links to those two articles, which led me to download (“liberate”) 471 Kindle ebooks from my Amazon account today as 71 .azw files, 395 .azw3 files, and 5 .tpz files.
I plan to convert all of these files to .epub files, which will let me use many different devices and apps, including the Mudita Kompakt E-reader (Yay!), to read any of them.
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I’ve never owned a Kindle myself, but definitely have flirted with the idea off and on. This change completely turns me off in supporting them. I’m absolutely done with major corporations who force users to only use their device or network to access things they’ve purchased. The option to allowing it be downloaded via computer at least gave the user some freedom. I do not agree with this change. Now, I will never own a Kindle, which is perfect because I am doing my best to not use Amazon.
I’ve wanted to quit so badly, but the only times I use Amazon are when the official websites either don’t have the product I’m looking for or it’s sold out. It’s amazing how Amazon has items that you can’t find anywhere else. That’s the struggle I deal with. Hopefully I can quit Amazon soon! I don’t want to support them any longer.
Anyways, back to topic, I’ve always read hard and soft-bound books growing up. It’s fun to visit used book stores-- I would dedicated some time to do this with my Dad. And even when Kindle’s first came out, I liked the idea of having multiple books at hand and not having to turn pages the same way…but I knew I would miss the feeling of paper. It seems like going forward, paper books it is. On the plus side, it would reduce my screen time even more!
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The book In Case You Get Hit by a Bus even talks about Kindle.
The authors’ advice: After you die, if one of your heirs wants access to all your Kindle ebooks, then he or she should:
- download all of those ebooks to the Kindle;
- turn off Wi-Fi connectivity in the Kindle;
- close your Amazon account;
- attach a reminder to the Kindle NEVER AGAIN to turn on the Wi-Fi connectivity in the Kindle!
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I just got a PocketBook Verse Pro which is not locked down and can read all formats while still matching the battery power of the kindle. Oh, and i constantly play sudoku on it. Big fan.
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Thanks for bringing this to my attention! I read some reviews on Reddit about this device and with both yours and theirs, it sounds like something I’m interested in. I love a good paperback book, but I love that there’s an option that’s e-ink and isn’t a Kindle. This may have to be on my Christmas list for this year.
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