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Amazon.com: Get Big Fast | Robert Spector

I‘ve made a lot of progress on downloading more of my ebooks to my computer. I downloaded books for 5 hours and 30 minutes tonight and I‘m still not done yet. I have 3,529 books. I made it to page 58 out of 142 pages of books on my Amazon account. I stopped on page 58. I have until Feb 26 to download my ebooks. I‘m stopping tonight and starting again tomorrow. My hand is tired.

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kelli7990

Amazon.com: Get Big Fast | Robert Spector

Tonight, I started downloading my Kindle books to my computer. I have 3,000+ ebooks on my Kindle. I downloaded 500 books. There‘s only a few days left until Amazon turns into a paid library where they can edit books and remove books whenever they want to. I feel better already that I‘m taking control over my ebooks so the books will actually belong to me and when they‘re all on my computer, they can‘t mess with them or take them away.

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kelli7990

Amazon.com: Get Big Fast | Robert Spector

I‘ve decided that I‘m going to download my ebooks because on February 26, Amazon is becoming a paid library. If we don‘t download our ebooks to our computers then Amazon can take them away from us. I don‘t want to lose my books. They‘re mine. I paid for them. I have 3,000+ ebooks on my Kindle. I was just talking to my mom about this and she told me that I can just save them as files to my computer and that I don‘t even need a USB drive.

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kelli7990

Amazon.com: Get Big Fast | Robert Spector

I saw this post in a Facebook group I‘m in about the change from Amazon happening on February 26. This is the second part of it.

CatLass007 I didn‘t know anything about this change! Will it also affect Audible? 2d

kelli7990 @CatLass007 I don‘t know. I haven‘t decided if I want to deal with downloading my ebooks to a USB drive or not. I don‘t think I have a USB drive. 1d

CatLass007 This is just another way for Amazon to rip off their customers. 1d

kelli7990 @CatLass007 I was just talking to my mom about this and she told me that I don‘t have to download my books to a USB drive and that all I have to do is just download them and save them as files to my computer. It sounds like they want to become a paid library but I don‘t understand why. I already use Libby and I pay for Kindle Unlimited. Why would I want to pay to rent ebooks from them? That‘s not right. 1d

CatLass007 No, it‘s absolutely not right. I‘ve actually lost a couple of audiobooks from Audible in the past. But there‘s a way to download audiobooks from the Amazon site to get those books back. 1d

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kelli7990

Amazon.com: Get Big Fast | Robert Spector

I saw this post in a Facebook group I‘m in about the change from Amazon happening on February 26. This is the first part of it.

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kelli7990

Amazon.com: Get Big Fast | Robert Spector

https://www.zdnet.com/article/download-your-kindle-books-asap-before-amazon-kill...

Wow. I didn‘t know Amazon did that. I‘m not switching to another e-reader because I‘m happy with what I have but this makes me look at them differently so basically, none of us have ever owned our Kindle books. We‘ve only been buying a license to rent them this whole time. Is Amazon trying to become a paid library?

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kelli7990

Amazon.com: Get Big Fast | Robert Spector

https://www.howtogeek.com/kindle-discontinues-download-transfer-via-usb/

Ok. I get it now. Amazon wants us to only use their e-readers. Well, this doesn‘t affect me because I‘m not switching to another e-reader. I like my Kindle. I‘m happy with it. It works well for me. I don‘t see any reason why I should switch to something else.

Nebklvr They have also switched versions of books. So you may buy one version and end up with another. 3d

kelli7990 @Nebklvr Now that I think about it, I have noticed that with some ebooks I‘ve bought from them in the past before where I bought a version with a certain cover and then next time I notice when I‘m going through my ebooks on my account that the covers have been updated. If they change the cover of the book, does that mean that they can also edit it if they don‘t like what the book says? I never thought about it before but that‘s scary. (edited) 3d

Nebklvr @kelli7990 I think it was a thing when people were complaining about Roald Dahl books where people were censoring his writings so I would say yes. 3d

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kelli7990

Amazon.com: Get Big Fast | Robert Spector

What‘s highlighted in purple is what‘s standing out to me in the article I just shared a link to. We don‘t actually own our digital content that we pay for. We‘re just buying a license to rent it. I‘ve heard that it‘s always been that way. Why didn‘t anyone tell me this? I just found out about this and I‘m trying to process it.

Texreader I love my ebooks but I hate this, if we actually pay for it. 3d

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kelli7990

Amazon.com: Get Big Fast | Robert Spector

https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transf...

I just found out about this. I‘ve never used this feature. So basically after Feb 26, you won‘t actually own your Kindle books. We‘re just going to be buying a license to rent our books and I guess that means if they remove the ebook from their website then you lose the ebook. I wonder if they‘ll start doing this on Audible too.

kelli7990 Apparently if you want to actually own your Kindle books then you need to download them to your computer and transfer them over to a USB drive only if you want to actually own them and then put them on another e-reader. If you don‘t do that then you can only read those books on your Kindle. I plan to keep the books on my Kindle. I don‘t plan to put them on another e-reader. 3d

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MaleficentBookDragon

Memoirs Of A Book Snake | David Meyer

For those of you interested in knitting a #booksnake, the instagrammer who inspired mine has released a pattern for one!
https://ravel.me/the-book-snake
She is bookaroundfindout on IG

#litsycrafters #knittersoflitsy

https://www.instagram.com/bookaroundfindout?igsh=aW96ZHdrZzg2Z3Ey

Kitta, CatLass007

Yuki_Onna It's so cute! 3w

lil1inblue What a lovely idea! 😍 3w

CatLass007 I don‘t knit but I have friends who read and knit with whom I will share the link. 3w

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Kitta Oh yay! That‘s great I‘ll save it to my ravelry. 3w

Kitta Is the magic loop method hard? I usually use dpns but I don‘t have the right size right now. 3w

MaleficentBookDragon @Kitta I cannot used DPNs. I am not coordinated enough. I used to do magic loop but I tended to get laddering. I found a great alternative. I use FlexiFlips. They are the best of both. I use them for all small circumference knitting. https://youtu.be/IgzMgqT-2Qs 3w

Kitta @MaleficentBookDragon oooh I‘ll check those out! 3w

MaleficentBookDragon @Kitta they are not cheap but I love them. I‘ve also used HiyaHiya Flyers. The metal ones are SHARP, if you like sharper tips. If you get them let me know if you like them. They were a game changer for me. 3w

CatLass007 A friend of mine uses circular needles for everything. No DPNs, no regular knitting needles, whatever those are called. Just the circular ones. Which I have a hard time remembering not to say the round ones. 4d

Kitta @MaleficentBookDragon I wonder if they come in bamboo too or would that be too flexible a material? I prefer bamboo needles generally and a blunter tip lol. My old dpns are wood but I stepped on two and broke them! 🤦🏻‍♀️ 4d

Kitta @MaleficentBookDragon I just checked and addi makes bamboo ones! Edit: So does Hiyahiya! (edited) 4d

MaleficentBookDragon @Kitta oh yes. I have both. Addi will be a bit blunter. It seems Hiya Hiya likes really sharp tips. I hope you like them.🤞 4d

Kitta @MaleficentBookDragon the only sharp tips I have are my Chiaogoos and they‘re metal, which I found I didn‘t like. So slippery for what I was doing. So maybe I‘ll like sharp tips if they‘re bamboo? I‘m not sure. I‘ll probably try the addi ones first. 3d

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