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Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels by aaomidi on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @01:38AM (#31419574)
Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels by pxtail on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @03:14AM (#31420050)
Maybe it works but why someone would want to use 3rd party service with no privacy policy, TOS, owners etc.
Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels by Tenoke on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @03:48AM (#31420245)
Because all you give them is a (usually) public book and your kindle email. Most of us aren't afraid of anything that can be done with that information.
Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels by mkr-hn on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @07:38AM (#31421522)
There's a reason most states in the US have laws protecting library records. I don't know who runs this site or what privacy laws and policies (if any) they operate under, so I don't know how they might feel about certain books I might send through it and what they might do about it.

I don't want to send a copy of "And the Band Played On" (for example) and start getting Chick Tracts.

Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels by baisq on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @03:02AM (#31419983)
To do that you need to disable airplane mode on your kindle which means you have to see ads :(
Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels by Tagbert on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:36PM (#31429316)
I’ve had Kindles with ads. They are almost unnoticeable. If you are tight on your budget it is not unreasonable to choose the ad-supported model. Often the screen saver ads are offers for books that match your interests.
Re:Kindle, ePub, and Amazon’s love of reinventing wheels by jsjohnst on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @07:44AM (#31421567)
Or you could give up the subsidy Amazon provided by seeing ads and then ads are gone permanently.