Unfortunately, Amazon Kindle is one of those. I don’t use it for much, only those few apps that I can run natively on Linux or in a browser. Without owning a Kindle, how does one buy books from Amazon, store them on your own computer and read them on any device in any format? Here’s how:Įven though I run Linux, I have a VM running Windows. It’s a great organizer, supports all devices, all formats, can convert between them, and has many plugins with an active open source development community. Calibre is simply great – it meets all these needs and more. And, I run native Linux on all my computers.Īll of this all led me to start using Calibre to manage my eBooks. Indeed, eBooks often cost as much as real books even though the marginal cost of the next eBook sold is zero.

I’ve bought the right to read it on any device, in any format, whenever I want to, forever. When I buy a book I don’t believe I’ve bought it to read on a particular device, in a particular format, to access whenever some corporation thinks I should be able to. Plus, I take a principled opposition to any company that tries to lock customers into its ecosystem. Even a large eInk reader lacks color and renders slower.ĭue to the variety of books I read, no single ecosystem would do the job.

Graphics: books with pictures, diagrams, etc.

You’re not locked into any single book ecosystem. Open: you can install any number of reading apps for every eBook format available.Configurable: you can set a wider variety of fonts, sizes, margins, colors, layouts.I was an early Kindle adopter, but as Android tablets came out I found them better for reading: I’ve been a big reader since I was a kid, all kinds of books from many sources.

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