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 threadResunaFeb 4, 2023
@monro Luckily the DRM on Kindle (mobipocket) books is still not much stronger than honor system.
Show threadwoolfhoundFeb 5, 2023
@resuna @monro I haven’t been able to defeat
It for the last year or so.
Show threadResunaFeb 5, 2023
@woolfhound @monro There's a couple of dozen projects for it on github. Which one are you using?
Show threadwoolfhoundFeb 5, 2023
@resuna @monro i had been using DeDRM Tools from Apprentice Alf - found via Calibre - a while back Amazon started getting really aggressive about moving to new file formats that seemed to break it. Eventually gave up. Bummer, I was using it to keep a permanent archive of Kindle books I'd purchased - once I couldn't do that I just stopped purchasing Kindle books.
Show threadResunaFeb 5, 2023
@woolfhound @monro Try an older version of Kindle desktop reader.
Show threadwoolfhound
@resuna @monro great suggestion! For a while I was making it work by preventing auto updates of the desktop reader. So much effort to just own things I paid for…
Feb 5, 2023 at 9:44pmWeb