This is my usual workflow. Find or buy the non-DRM epub version of a book, send it to <my_username>@kindle.com, click on the 'verify upload' email I get, and it then shows up on my Kindle ready to read. I do add the book to my Calibre library and have it send the email for me, but that's an extra step that isn't required. You could absolutely have a bookstore that could send the email for you when you buy the book, if they're willing to be DRM free.
You don't have to verify the upload if you whitelist your email address. Then it just goes straight through.
Also, the epub conversion worked for years before Amazon officially supported it! You just had to rename the .epub to .png and then it would convert it. Very weird, they probably had some kind of block on .epub .
I suppose a problem with that is that now Amazon knows what else you're reading.
Tbh the Calibre step doesn't mean much to me, since I can plug in the Kindle, stuff it with a few books and leave it there charging. Then when I feel like reading I have the books ready and full battery.
They do, but they probably do anyway since they control everything that is Kindle. If you don't want Amazon to know what you're reading, don't buy a kindle. And the good thing about it is that you do have the page sync. Even with uploaded files.
But yeah I'm looking to move to another ecosystem too. I'm not a big fan of calibre though, it's such a messy application. Very bad UX, so 2010s. I use it when I need it (conversion) but I wouldn't use it as my book library.
I'm looking for a new ereader ecosystem though. Ideally something where I can run the sync server myself. And readers with page turn buttons. I'm not really convinced of Kobo now that they only sell the colour Libra which has really poor contrast (so you always need the backlight). I really regret not buying a Libra 2 when they were still around.
Speaking of which, what are the alternatives to the Kindle?
I absolutely want the light because I read in bed a lot and I don't need a lamp on that way.
I don't care about any fancy functions besides reading epub. To be honest, I don't think I want any fancy functions. I only use the ereaders for reading fiction, if I'm going through a technical pdf I use a computer and either a separate text editor or paper for notes.
Built in stores don't count either, I'm not above going to guaranteed DRM free sources.
Well, here in Massachusetts we have Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, which doesn't describe its color but does mean "lake divided by islands" and is a pretty accurate, if long winded, description of it.
Growing up I was told it actually meant something like "you fish over there, I fish over here, nobody fishes in the middle" and that is was some sort of territory boundary.
I've been following it along the whole time. I fondly remember using StarOffice on my SGI Indigo back in the early 1990's to do all my homework in college.
I've got a buddy who's dad is an American who was stationed in Korea, and his mom is a Korean citizen. He talks a lot about the cultural clashes he faced growing up and having trouble feeling like he fit as either a Korean or an American. It's clear the two different cultures really pulled at him strongly from two different places.
There’s been a phrase in the South Asian diasporas for a while that captures this idea. ABCD [0] where “C” reflects the confusion (aka two way value pulling). As a person with first generation immigrant parents who raised us in the rural Midwest of America, the C is a real feeling.
> I ended up paying to keep the deceased’s phone number active for a while
I've ported a few numbers that I wanted to keep for a bit without needing the cell plan any longer to a Google Voice account. Then I just forward the number to my own cell phone.
Yep, and I'm ready to watch said video as soon as I press the play button.
I haven't really used chrome much in years, as Firefox is my main browser. But even with Firefox, stopping autoplay seems to be an ongoing cat and mouse game.
"At some point" is likely not in the near future, at least in the US, as any such legislation will simply be labelled "woke" and "anti-free speech" and it will immediately die on the vine.
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