Rick MonroFeb 4, 2023

Discovered during the week I was unable to access a Kindle book purchased in 2013. Reason? The order was “too old”, and refund issued to buy again. Which was pointless as the book is now more expensive than when I bought it.

Subsequently discovered 66(!!) other ebooks no longer available for download.

Currently 40 minutes in to a support chat with Amazon.

About to learn, I think, whether we purchase ebooks, or rent them…

[Edit: documenting progress in this thread https://mastodon.online/@monro/109812445178130161]

Rick Monro (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image The problem first appeared last week, when I attempted to open a book on my Kindle. The book cover appeared in my Library as normal. When I tapped on it, the following message appeared:

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Show threadPaul McBrideFeb 4, 2023
@monro oh no. I do not like the sound of that!
Show threadRick MonroFeb 4, 2023
@ThePaulMcBride Not the most satisfying of outcomes, but at least I kinda have the books I want again (or will have 🤪)
Show threadPaul McBrideFeb 4, 2023
@monro sounds like a nightmare. I have a kindle purely because it is the best e-reader hardware. I wish I could have my own copy of the books in epub format though.
Show threadRandi EEAFeb 4, 2023
@ThePaulMcBride @monro This is why i backup all my e-books using Calibre....
Show threadJohn GordonFeb 5, 2023

@Reea @ThePaulMcBride @monro

Does that remove Amazon DRM? (In the past Adobe DRM could be removed.)

Show threadGraham Sutherland / Polynomial

@jgordon @Reea @ThePaulMcBride @monro yes, and it should work for any books published before Jan 3rd 2023.

Amazon recently updated their DRM system so there isn't yet a new method for stripping the DRM on newly released books. but luckily they don't (yet) seem to be re-DRM'ing older titles with the new DRM.

Feb 5, 2023 at 3:28amWeb