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Geoff Stratton
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Geoff Stratton writes GeoffStratton.com, a personal blog at geoffstratton.com about programming, security and systems. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Geoff Stratton's guide to removing DRM from Amazon Kindle books, which walks through downloading owned books and using Calibre. One comment notes the guide was updated for the newer .kfx format.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /remove-drm-amazon-kindle-books2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-08-27
What Hacker News says?
Wiring together the work done in the Calibre project. http://www.geoffstratton.com/remove-drm-amazon-kindle-books Start by downloading the owned book from Amazon, targeting one of the compatible devices. I have a bunch of old kindles still registered under my account that I use for this, for which I have the serial #. Then just follow instructions. All the steps described as using the UI can be done with some diggin…
Comment linking /remove-drm-amazon-kindle-books
on “ReMarkable 2.0 – A digital notebook that feels like paper”Obligatory instructions link: http://www.geoffstratton.com/remove-drm-amazon-kindle-books
Comment linking /remove-drm-amazon-kindle-books
on “Amazon turned off customer’s Kindle account, blocking her from her books (2012)”Yes, but with Kindle at least you can strip the DRM of your eBooks. There's a Calibre plugin[1] that does it. If you really care about ebooks that you purchase, I highly recommend installing this plugin. It automatically strips DRM off books you download and open with Calibre. And keep a back-up of the (DRM-free) books somewhere that's not Amazon / a cloud. Because a cloud is simply a computer that you do not own .…
Comment linking /remove-drm-amazon-kindle-books
on “Amazon turned off customer’s Kindle account, blocking her from her books (2012)”April 2018: As of version 6.6.0, Apprentice Alf's DRM removal tools support Amazon's newer .kfx file format. You'll also need to install the KFX conversion plugin(link is external) to import your .kfx files into Calibre. https://www.geoffstratton.com/remove-drm-amazon-kindle-books
Comment linking /remove-drm-amazon-kindle-books
on “Show HN: Epub.to – ePub to pdf, mobi, Kindle, and an API”