Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
by sreevisakh on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:04AM
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> Edit: Oh no, Amazon removed KindleGen! When did that happen?
We know where this is going, don't we? Offering interoperability in the beginning and then gradually taking it away - the old bait and switch trick. We consumers fall for it again and again.
Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
by wjdp on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @08:30PM
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Aghh, I have (had?) a project that relied on downloading kindlegen as part of the CI/CD step. I just downloaded it from Amazon each time.
I doubt I have a copy of it somewhere. Does anyone have / know of a copy of kindlegen for Linux anywhere?
Edit: Wayback machine has it, thank god. Had a very real sense of loss there. Unsure why it's a project I've hardly touched for years. https://github.com/wjdp/gotdict for the interested.
Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
by mobilio on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:17AM
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It's replaced with Kindle Create:
https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Create/b?ie=UTF8&node=18292298...
Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
by umvi on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:39AM
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Again though, KindleGen had Linux support, it looks like this doesn't...
Re:Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data
by Tijdreiziger on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:34PM
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Damn, they removed KindleGen?! What a bummer!
Edit: Oh no, Amazon removed KindleGen! When did that happen? I still have x86 copies for Linux and windows if anyone wants it. Supposedly "Kindle Previewer" can do the same thing, but a cursory glance looks like it no longer supports Linux...
[0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000765...