Luckily, you can convert these files into PDF format, so they're readable in other locations. Unfortunately, this limitation means you can't open these books anywhere else since they are saved in Amazon's proprietary AZW file format. However, because of Digital Rights Management (DRM), you can only open Kindle eBooks on Amazon Kindle hardware or through official Kindle apps such as ones for iPad. Many kindle books even allow lending, which lets you send it to a friend for 2 weeks and then the file comes back to you when the two weeks expire or they return it."Īs we first noted, "due to copyright, don't plan to share these PDFs with others since it's not legal."Īmazon continues to be the leader in eBooks thanks to its popular Kindle devices and apps. It keeps track of my progress and syncs my library. I can start a book on my phone, then finish it on my desktop. I have kindle on my kindle paper white, cell phone, desktop, laptop, and iPad. I know this first hand because I use this feature all the time.
With the free kindle apps and the cloud system there is zero reason why books can’t be synced across multiple devices. Those dinosaur days of kindle 1.0 are over and have been for a decade. Why do I have to click to expand text items in release notes? And he says that some plugins are no longer compatible because of the switch to Qt6."There is no ethical reason why someone would need to convert a kindle book to a pdf. The commit history is an absolute mess to try and navigate because he seems to have "save" and "commit" confused.Įdit: the very link itself is a perfect example of how Goyal seems to have zero awareness or care for others. Last but not least: it's almost exclusively developed by one person (a problem by itself for such a large and widely used project) who is infamous for being at best abrasive and at worst an asshole - and not a particularly good programmer. The UI is outdated, hostile to users in general, and not low/impaired-vision friendly (six icons in the standard main toolbar all look virtually identical save for very minor differences, and Goval loves different shades of grey, reducing contrast.) He's forced to release constant updates because he refuses to separate the news processing code from the main application code (the processing "recipes" should be separately distributed) and worse, there's no auto-updater, so keeping the application up to date is a pain in the ass. It's incredibly cumbersome to set up for even the most basic, common tasks that everyone wants to do.
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