How to read books on Kindle without Amazon DRM and spying!
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- čas přidán 12. 11. 2020
- Want to read books on your Amazon Kindle without selling your soul to Amazon? You do know that you don't actually own any of the books you buy on Kindle, right? Instead of locking your library down with a bunch of DRM and paying Amazon for the privilige, why not load up your used Kindle with a bunch of DRM-free ebooks with Calibre instead? (E-ink only, death to Amazon Fire tablets!)
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When you said most of the authors I read are dead I felt that.
video starts at 3:48
This is literally 1984!
Glad I found a channel like yours covering a topic like this 👍
Thank you very much for that video .
I am very gratefull , for that.
I also got a cheap kindle and i read half an hour yesterday and one hour today.
Usually i dont even have the attention span to read for 5 minutes.
Its like i dont have to buy books any more , because all are free.
So i found books that i find realy interesting and i just cant stop reading.
Its like it changed my life a bit
Lets see how long this habbit will last.
torrent books, if I like it I go to my local bookstore and buy a physical copy.
I'm a sucker for a full bookshelf and I like those stores anyways.
Nice way to try before you buy, nothing worse than buying a physical copy of a book that turns out to be terrible
torrent pdfs or files can have malware which is so hard to even detect it
Thank you! ❤
I followed this tutorial 2 years back and it worked flawlessly for me. Though I am a bit late but I am grateful.
I'm considering getting a second-hand kindle to read some hard to find books, great taste btw
that's such an great tutorial. I got my Paperwhite 10th generation which was pregnant and I fixed it. During the first setup after factory reset it with the old owner's credentials, I managed to bypass the Amazon account requirements and run the basic jailbreak thing with the Chinese language method. now I know how to get my books from other platforms on it. Thanks for the explanation
Hi, thank you for the information, super helpful!
Do you know if there's a way of exporting the highlights using kindle in this offline way? Thanks!
thank you Eric. for a to the point video no fluff.
How do I update the Kindle firmware with out registering the Kindle?
Eric some excellent points and suggestions here, e.g. keeping it in Airplane Mode, and using Calibre. It's a pet peeve of mine that, say you want to read long-dead public domain writers, maybe Charles Dickens, and by default, you're pushed to pay for the privilege. OK, if a publisher has to physically print the book, there's a cost there, but there's virtually no cost to distribute electronic copies. That should always be free.
I'm using My device unregistered, no wifi airplane mode etc. Any tips to have it not ask me to register every time and how to add the dictionary feature (I'm on latest firmware)
so what you are actually saying is you can't download Amazon books and read them unless you have the internet because of this DRM sort of blocker they put on them, well you can but you have to convert the files to PDF files and this looks quite hard to do for non techy people.
I have the kindle app on my phone. I've downloaded some epub books on there, and soon plan to purchase a kindle. Would all the books I've downloaded on epub automatically transfer to the kindle when I sync it with my phone, or will I have to do the downloading process all over again to my kindle?
THANKKSSS!
Thanks bro, I was also worried about amazon data and not privacy with account. As I live in latam I can use my kindle with my account some books since I bought and some controversial issues physical there are pirate bookstores easily. In the U.S. there is more control in there is privacy and freedom.
Very useful. Thanks. I also found that when you first start your kindle, you need to login or register to amazon account. No other option available on the screen. So I have restarted device to skip the login step. After that as Eric said, in fact you don't need to convert e-books to specific format. In my case I just imported epub to the Calibre, and it automaticly converted to supported format for my specific make of e-reader.
I want to buy a Kindle but I'm also worried about this step. I don't have Amazon where I live and I obviously don't want to end up using my friend's account abroad. Can I just skip this login/register step altogether and still be able to use thr device?
@@lita_london Yeah just restart the device on login page and you will be good.
@@aer0449 if you sign in doesn't it back then up tough? Just wondering?
@@aer0449 Like if I uploaded a manga for example
@@pongchannel. Yup upload thing is closely bind with your email address
Thank you bro this genuinely helps so much. I spent like $20 on books i read so fast i couldnt justify it, and now that you mention amazon's cut, i dont even care ! Fuck em, and thank you 🙏
Bro my cousin worked at an amazon warehouse, and he told me they mix up the letters of your name and give you a new “work name” at orientation. Literal dehumanization. Never feel bad about not giving them money lol.
Amazing video helped a lot 😊
Awesome Thanks 🙌👍👍 I'll try that..
One thing I wanna ask, now that Amazon is removing .Mobi support from send-to-kindle, what is the way to send/copy/move/upload a book in kindle WITH the BOOK COVER? Bookcover is a very important and without it it just doesn't feel like a book .. 😕
Can you please make a video on that.
Thanks have a Great Day 👍
Yeah, this is how i feel about some video games ive bought in the past. I had two steam accounts one for my brother as he was young and i was monitoring his account and the second was my personal account. They closed my accounts because i violated their terms and conditions. I ended up pirating the games i lost access to and all was good. I ended up getting a new steam account and only pirate games that i want to play and if its worth the time and money id buy the legitimate copy. Otherwise it goes into the trash bin and unintalled from the pc. So im all for it.
DRM seriously sucks
@@EricMurphyxyzIt's all about control and data collection
I have 3 steam accounts my own and never had any problem. You are clearly lying here. You must have used vpn to buy games from cheaper region they have banned you.
Good point, Steam (I use 'em, but wish it wasn't necessary) is notorious for aggressive nanny tactics, for example, yanking games you paid for away.
I don't have a kindle reader. I access through my laptop.
Can Calibre extract my cloud library when I'm signed in without problems?
You can't get books from cloud library into Calibre. You would have to download Kindle for PC/Mac and then de-DRM the books in Calibre. Here's a video I have about the process: czcams.com/video/_T794U_yahM/video.html
Thank you, appreciate it a lot!
Hi! I understand ofcourse that you dont want to support amazon, so am I. I would rather support my local library and online bookstore. However, they only support epub or pdf format with adobe DRM. Is it possible to put the books with DRM also on the Kindle? Is there a way to remove the DRM security?
this video is literally showing you how to do what you are asking...
@@insidiousmaximus no this vid is showing you how to put books withOUT adobe DRM security on your kindle… I’m talking about Adobe DRM not Amazon DRM.. the books he uses dont have DRM at all as they are downloaded from those website which has the drm already removed.
@@insidiousmaximus Wait... we have to watch all of the video and pay attention before commenting?? How come nobody told me this??
Can I side load files I already have to a kindle I want to use with Amazon book account? Thanks
You mean a Kindle that's already registered with Amazon? Yes, just use Calibre
lo voy a intentar gracias
Hey, do you know if you can sideload audiobooks to Kindle?
Well seeing that its technically an audio file it shouldn't be too hard to convert it to the correct file format
What's the app name
I can’t read a book called The Culture of Critique on Kindle because Amazon banned it.
"The Culture of Critique series is a trilogy of books by Kevin B. MacDonald, an antisemitic conspiracy theorist, white supremacist and a retired professor of evolutionary psychology. MacDonald claims that evolutionary psychology provides the motivations behind Jewish group behavior and culture. Through the series, MacDonald asserts that Jews as a group have biologically evolved to be highly ethnocentric and hostile to the interests of white people. He asserts Jewish behavior and culture are central causes of antisemitism, and promotes conspiracy theories about alleged Jewish control and influence in government policy and political movements."
Can you export your notes without going online is there any way to do that please suggest.
Unfortunately not that I know of. I don't take a lot of notes on my Kindle though, so I might not be the best person to ask.
@@EricMurphyxyz I actually do it manually now like 1 chapter and then I copy everything from my clippings.
Do kindles allow encryption of data at rest i.e without password will you be able to see someones books?
I'm not sure I'm accurately understandng your question, but by default, Kindles are unencyrpted. But you can go (on mine, anyway) to Settings > Device options > Privacy and security > Device PIN. and set a PIN of 4+ characters (pro tip: you want something you can remember and type easily, but way more than 4 characters) that doesn't encrypt but does make it hard to snoop. If you take your Kindle out in public or are worried about a home break-in or someone else in your home, it's worth the hassle to do this!
Extremely useful in deed 👍 I wonder if and what data the device sends to Amazon, even after the account was deregistered. I guess that's where the flight mode comes in. Unfortunately no updates without registering.
I’m not sure about this at all, but if you jailbreak it you probably could download updates?
@@guuseguuse well… it’s not really a jail break. Just signed out from the Amazon account. Works really well with Calibre. If you want an update you can sign in again.
If a person who has downloaded books for free from the internet and put them to their kindles, if they accidentally turn the wi-fi on, will they still be able to read their books that bought from Amazon along with the books they downloaded for free online? Or they will be caught and their Kindle won't function properly?
Yeah don't worry they actually can't figure out if it was from authentic source or not.
@@aer0449 That sound great. Thanks a lot.
@@beavertown2006 Happy reading :D...
@HoboGardenerBen They would end up in a big trouble you know... Just come to think spying on their customers can bring them such a defame .... Breaching privacy .... And all that.... If they were seriously worried about piracy they wouldn't let us read Pdfs or books that's not from Kindle Store... Well there's a lot more to add on but ... I guess this was the thing to highlight
@@aer0449 i downloaded a lot of pirated eBooks on my kindle app on my phone and i read them fairly good. I'm planning to purchase an actual kindle device, if I log in to my kindle device, are all the prated ebooks i have on my kindle phone download automatically on the kindle device as ith no problem?
Thanks 👍🏼
Thank you! :)
Very thank you. Make more videos like this. Is really usefull
Its not calibrae, cah-leebr
Great video! BTW, it's Kal-ah-burr, as in .45 calibre, not Kaleebray. :-)
I recently learned this but it's so hard to change my pronunciation after years of mispronouncing it 😅
based yukio mishima fan pirating under the nose of amazon
is this safe to do will i get banned or something?
It's totally fine to sideload books, you won't get banned
@@EricMurphyxyz ok thank you for your response i already started doing it i will leave a sub
my whole family has been pirating books for a long time now. amazon doesn’t rly care as far as i can tell
@@Tffhihbbgy have you tried manga if so does it work well
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My man! 🔥
I love you
Knowledge should be free! 👉🏻🙏🏻
Get straight to the point next time. Everyone knows Amazon is bad I just want to see how to sideload the books
stfu. Is real good video with context