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Anna's Archive, Libgen, Mobilism, IRC (I use a self-hosted service called OpenBooks for this). I use Calibre for metadata sorting, plug Kindle in and move books that way and keep it on airplane mode.
Also, new Kindle jailbreak for <= 5.16.2.1.1 if anyone's interested. Managed to get KoReader on my 10th Gen Basic.
Neat, my kindle is in airplane mode 100% of the time too... I never knew you could jailbreak, reading about it now.
Edit: and I'm on 5.14.2 guess I'm going to jailbreak. Amazing, thank you!
is there any advantage to jailbreak when i already got no ads and i'm 100% of the time on airplane mode? genuine question, not judging :o
I didn't have ads either but being able to use KoReader is a good enough motivation for me.
- You can customize it a lot to your own liking and they do something clever with page changing that it seems a lot more responsive.
- Another thing is I used to have to convert epubs to KFX to get nice hyphenation and good typography but on KoReader you seem to be able to customize all those typography things with whatever epub you throw at it.
- Also, I have a local Calibre OPDS endpoint, you can add that in KoReader and download books over wirelessly. WiFi needs to be on when doing that but with a few tweaks you have read only root partiton so Kindle shouldn't update.
Overall there are a lot of steps to it, if you're comfortable with your current setup it's not worth the hassle/time.
This is the bit I read that sold me on it.
But if you do jailbreak a Kindle, you’ll be able to install third-party apps like KOReader, which bring support for eBooks in formats that aren’t natively supported by the stock Kindle software, such as EPUB and CBZ files
Weird, I'm like 99% sure epub is supported considering it's all I download on my stock PW.
Ah, so a kindle needs to be jailbroken/rooted for sideloading books.
Also, this is the third mention of turning on airplane mode. Is this to stop Amazon from doing something to the Kindle?
I don’t turn airplane mode on and I haven’t jailbroken it. I download all my books from Anna’s archive on my phone and then send them to my kindle email address. The books appear on my kindle in seconds. No DRM issues. I have the oasis because I’m a big reader and I highly recommend it.
Myanonamouse is a place of friendliness, warmth, and sharing.
This, this, this!!! I love MAM for ebooks and audiobooks.
Anna's Archive. As a fellow Kindle PW user, don't buy(that is if you can call paying for DRMed ebooks buying) anything on Amazon. Use airplane mode and never turn it off.
Newish Kindle (basic) user here. Any issue aside from battery life to justify airplane mode always on?
Being able to translate or look stuff up on Wikipedia is amazing for me.
Because fuck Amazon. /s
I'm joking but additional battery life and shutting off telemetry outweighs Wikipedia lookup, that is of course to me. I also bought with-ads version of it so permanent airplane mode keeps it away. (I know I can kinda get them removed by asking Amazon)
I download books from my library with Libby and they don’t expire while airplane mode is on.
Since a lot of books have a wait and Libby lets you delay delivery, I queue up a bunch of books while I’m reading. When I’m done with my current batch, I turn off airplane mode, check out a bunch of books, and then turn on airplane mode just before it’s time to return the first one.
I do this like every 6 months.
Just because no-one has mentioned it yet.
Your local library. You probably don't even have to go in, once you're account is set up you can check out books online.
IRC is where it's at. In the many years I've been using it to download books there's only been a handful of books I've been unable to find.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/2oftbu/guide_the_idiot_proof_guide_to_downloading_ebooks/
Just want to add that if you find a rare ebook not on libgen, do you civic duty and take the time to upload it, it only takes a few minutes and it's rewarding being able to save some time for others.
Shoutout to project Gutenberg as well. It's a massive free archive of books that are in the public domain.
Do I go to the same places I torrent movies and games or are there special places dedicated to E-Books?
I use library genisis. Great for scientific papers and adequate for fiction.
Anna's archive is a catalogue which goes through multiple databases including libgen, therefore it's preferable
The best way to get back into reading is to go to your local libray, get a card, set up an the library app for ebooks, have the librarian recommend you something based on what you like, and start reading it. I got back into reading a year ago, have read about a dozen books, and haven't spent any money so far just by heading to the library. I personally like to have a book with me but if you keep your e-reader around and just read it during the times you'd usually check social media or your phone you'll get back into it in no time. I wish you luck!
I'm not sure if Danish libraries do E-Books. I could check after work, though. But the fun part is I already have a library card; the health insurance card all Danish citizens get counts kinda like an everything card, including lending books. ^^
Anyway, I got some authors on my radar already. Like for instance I have only read a fraction of what Terry Prachet wrote, and I never finished the Hitchhiker's trilogy.
That's awesome what a great idea! Nice Pratchet's books and the Hitchhikers series are great! Hope you find some stuff you enjoy. Getting back into reading has been one of the best things I've done in years and has helped my life in a lot of ways. I found what helped me get back into the habit was just keeping something to read with me when I had time to kill like waiting for food or an appointment, reading on my work breaks to give my eyes a rest from screens, and reading around an hour before bed to help my sleep quality. You'll be surprised how fast you'll go through a book I usually would end up reading about 30 mins to 90 mins today. Also if you don't like something by like 100 pages in just drop it. Trying to force myself to read things to the end I wasn't enjoying killed my desire to read. By dropping books I actually ended up reading more than before. I hope you enjoy some wonderful stories! :)
myanonamouse rocks. I think it's just an interview to get in still. Trivial to build ratio.
I use Calibre for management. It's a little clunky but it manages thousands of titles easily, probably tens of thousands.
Not exactly piracy, but if the book in question is public domain, my favorite site is Standard eBooks! Very high quality books, with proper formatting and translations.
Nice link. Would probably be one of my first places I look for any classic literature. Though it seems fairly limited from just the few searches I did
Yep, that's the biggest downside. I look here first, and if nothing, go elsewhere. What it does have is excellent though.
Great resource. Thanks for sharing!
Hey, just wanna shout out to your local library. Overdrive (Libby app) is amazing, but only works on kindles in the USA. Double check if kindle supports overdrive in your country and if it doesn't you may want to get a Kobo or a third party e-reader instead.
Either that or you can use DeDRM to strip the adobe digital editions drms to keep the library books after they expire.
Overdrive will work on any device that can install the app. No one in my family has a Kindle, but we all use Overdrive.
Edit: I misunderstood, didn't I?
Libby works on any Android and iOS device, so if you consider those E-Reader then no you didn't miss understand.
However on proprietary E-Readers like Kobos and Kindles, Overdrive needs to be implemented by the manufacturer . It's not an issue for Kobo, as Overdrive is baked in, but on Kindle it only works with the USA's Library system if I understand it correctly (not from USA).
With that said since Overdrive relies on Adobe Digital editions it's not the end of the world since you can remove the DRM and use calibre to cover the ePub to Mobi then move it onto a Kindle.
But getting the right device makes it less of a hassle.
Give Kobo a look, Amazon isn't the only name in the game. Kobo lets you connect directly to your library and check out books on the device, I absolutely love mine after having a couple Kindles.
Libby? Library but digital
You know that this is a piracy community, right?
I'm just here for the free stuff.
Libby, Hoopla, Overdrive are all free and helps support the authors to make more books. Win win.
If you don't like the borrowing format then just clone the epub after borrowing it. It isn't difficult to do, and author still makes money.
My go-to ebook source is mobilism, if they don't have them on hand you can request them in exchange for points? Can't remember exactly.
Shout-out to https://www.audiobookshelf.org/ Once you've sourced from MAM
You can find many e-books on general trackers like 1337x. You should check out anna's archive. It's a website which provides access to books from several sources like z-lib and libgen (download, not torrents).
To manage your library and transfer to the reader: https://calibre-ebook.com/
There’s also a plugin to de-DRM books if you want.
I've found all books I've ever looked for on libgen.is
My fav place to get books is libgen.is. They usually have what I want in multiple formats. I read on my phone, so I always have a book with me.
Yeah, you can sideload pirate ebooks onto a Kindle. There are some restrictions with file formats, most people use Calibre if they run into issues with them. For ebooks I just grab mine from libgen most of the time.