Re:Show HN: Epub.to – ePub to pdf, mobi, Kindle, and an API
by dexterdog on Saturday February 06, 2021 @03:40PM
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One really nice feature you get is that if Amazon decides they want to delete the book from your kindle they can. It's a nice feature for Amazon and the publishers love it as well.
Re:Show HN: Epub.to – ePub to pdf, mobi, Kindle, and an API
by criddell on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:28AM
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The improvements are listed here:
https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202087570
The writing is on the wall though - DRM is getting better and the easy to crack formats will probably fade away soon.
The solution isn't technical (ie better cracks), it's legislative. Books are special and most e-books shouldn't be DRM'd. Purchasers of ebooks should have the right to resell, to gift, to bequeath, to trade, and do all the other things that have been part of book culture for the past few hundred years.
What do you get with KFX? It's hard for me to imagine any goodies I'd rather have than a file that I own and can read at my leisure.