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Amazon is taking away its users' ability to download Kindle books to computers. Here's how to download them while you still have time (mashable.com)
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[โ€“] wizblizz@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We know piracy is a service delivery problem, and fuck Amazon in particular, but please compensate authors if you enjoy their work.

[โ€“] Infynis@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago

Read whatever you want! Intellectual property doesn't exist! Culture is built cooperatively!

Buy books as merch. Spring for signed copies. Get the second version with the cool illustrations. Authors make more from these kinds of sales anyway