JuliesBits 🇺🇲 🍑Feb 22, 2025

I'm not sure how it happened, but the Kindle desktop software fouled up my computer so badly I had to run microsoft's restore option to reset the computer, removing all of the software I had installed over the years. Luckily my data & files were all backed up safely, but finding the installation files, license keys and reinstalling the software has been a time consuming pain.

I will throw kudos and many thanks to Foxit PDF Editor customer support, who helped me get the application reactivated on my computer - it's a really old version of their software, probably considered obsolete by today's subscription only standard, and I am so thankful for their help.

I will not install the Amazon Kindle software to my compter again...

#Kindle #FoxitPDFEditor #amazon

Show threadRick HantzFeb 22, 2025
@juliesbits I used to buy hundreds of books through Amazon. I own three older Kindles.
I just bought a Kodo, and have stopped buying books from Amazon.
Their new policies are not user friendly and prevent you from backing up your library and converting books to use on other readers.
Show threadJuliesBits 🇺🇲 🍑Feb 22, 2025

@RickHantz I have a Kindle and a Nook but have never liked the idea of DRMed books so mostly use them to read books I check out of the library. But over the years still I managed to buy about 50 kindle books from Amazon.

I am really trying to move as much of my business as possible from Amazon and, like you, I plan to purchase books from indepenent booksellers. I have liberated all my Kindle books and am in the process of converting them into the old mobipocket format which will allow me the read them on a wide array of devices.

I am doing the same for the Audible books that I bought long ago and are now held in Amazon's clutches.

Show threadRick Hantz
@juliesbits
Calibre is great to store books once the DRM is removed. It will convert to most any format.
EPUBOR Ultimate is the only way to remove DRM from the new Kindle formats. It's not free, but worth it.
Sep 30, 2025 at 9:11pmWeb
Show threadJuliesBits 🇺🇲 🍑Sep 30, 2025

@RickHantz Great tips! I'll check out EPUBOR Ultimate.

Thanks for sharing!