You don't own the ebooks you buy and you could lose them all.

[Gromett]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47810367

This is exactly the reason why I remove the DRM from the ebooks I buy so that the supplier CANNOT remove them from my computer/ebook at a later date.

It is unlikely that this would happen to Amazon but I honestly don't trust ANY cloud service or online provider.

After Amazon removed the book 1984 from everyones ereader. Then Apple removed a bunch of films that people had BOUGHT and paid for. Rather than refunding the purchase price they gave 2 free rentals.
Remember if it is has DRM on it, then you don't own it.

Just searched for an article covering both of these issues and found this one. Worth a read if you use a cloud service.

https://theoutline.com/post/6167/apple-can-delete-the-movies-you-purchased-without-telling-you

 

[fullfat]

Same as I tunes

 

[hilldweller]

Just as an aside on ebooks, I was looking for a Wallander book, found it, £3.99 on Kindle but a hard back copy arrived today for £2.99. It's not the first time I've found second hand paper cheaper the a stream of bytes.

 

[hilldweller]

On the same lines, I gave 'er indoors a Kindle a few years ago and set it up for my Amazon account. BIG mistake. I now search through 1,000,000 trashy novels looking for my few books.

Anyone know how I can rid myself of 1,000,000 trashy novels or move my Kindle books somewhere else ?

OK, for those of a feminine disposition, change trashy to girly.

 

[DuxDeluxe]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47810367

This is exactly the reason why I remove the DRM from the ebooks I buy so that the supplier CANNOT remove them from my computer/ebook at a later date.

It is unlikely that this would happen to Amazon but I honestly don't trust ANY cloud service or online provider.

After Amazon removed the book 1984 from everyones ereader. Then Apple removed a bunch of films that people had BOUGHT and paid for. Rather than refunding the purchase price they gave 2 free rentals.
Remember if it is has DRM on it, then you don't own it.

Just searched for an article covering both of these issues and found this one. Worth a read if you use a cloud service.

https://theoutline.com/post/6167/apple-can-delete-the-movies-you-purchased-without-telling-you

Very informative and thanks for the reminder.

Not an issue for me as I remove the book when read anyway and rarely read the same one twice because I have a lot of problems with really big words and end up chewing all the crayons. If I want a book a lot, I normally buy the hardback version

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[Langtoftlad]

It is unlikely that this would happen to Amazon but I honestly don't trust ANY cloud service or online provider.

Amazon do have 'previous' for removing paid for content from a user...

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/oct/22/amazon-wipes-customers-kindle-deletes-account

 

[Four of us]

Anyone know how I can rid myself of 1,000,000 trashy novels or move my Kindle books somewhere else ?

OK, for those of a feminine disposition, change trashy to girly.

You can put books into collection on kindles, so why not have separate collections? I use mine for read, unfinished etc...

 

[hilldweller]

You can put books into collection on kindles, so why not have separate collections? I use mine for read, unfinished etc...

She now prefers a plain Android tablet for reading. I've always used Android.

 

[Lenny HB]

You can remove books on kindle by selecting Remove from device & download again any time you want them.

Calibre is a good free e-book mangement program. You can download books to it and transfer them to your kindle or upload books from your kindle to it. Allows you to change the e format. If you have a Kindle or another ereader well worth having Calibre on your PC.

 

[Gellyneck]

Another vote for Calibre.

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[The Wino]

The biggest problem in the past was getting a bok only to realise half way through that I'd read it before!!

 

[Cat53]

Half way?

 

[RetiredPope]

This is exactly the reason why I remove the DRM from the ebooks I buy

@Gromett how do you remove the DRM. I keep my ebooks in Calibre and take a selection with me, but couldn't see an option to remove DRM.

Thanks

 

[Mark McG]

It’s a little convoluted, but here is a guide to the plugins required. http://www.geoffstratton.com/remove-drm-amazon-kindle-books
If you are on a Mac you have different steps.

 

[RetiredPope]

@MarkMcG Thanks, I'll give that a go later, currently using Win10 and/or MX Linux, so these should be fine.

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