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Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks. (lithub.com)
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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Check if it’s available on your library website first, for the sake of the author.

[–] yenahmik@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I download books from my library to my kindle. It goes through Amazon though, so I assume I am also impacted by this BS.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

It shouldn’t. The DRM is on the Amazon book file format. The books I get from my library are usually epub format.

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean authors don’t see money anytime someone rents an ebook do they? Libraries just need to pay for licenses to the publisher annually from what I’ve read on reddit/Lemmy.

I can understand renting ebooks so that your library continues to fund a digital library, but if the book is available in paper form that doesn’t really benefit the author either.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Authors receive 25% of the ebook sale to a library in the US. Frequent lends will also influence future purchases made by the library.

https://janefriedman.com/what-do-authors-earn-from-digital-lending-at-libraries/

Libraries in Canada and the UK pay royalties for each lend.

https://societyofauthors.org/where-we-stand/public-lending-right-plr/

[–] TunaLobster@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It's not a great deal for the libraries. They ebooks can come with a limited number of checkouts and cost far more.

I switched to Kobo and have been very happy so far. I was able to download my books from Amazon and mumble and then I was able to read them on my Kobo device and store them in my Calibre library.

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Good to know! Thanks! I’ll start using my e-lending app again, ever if that just means I instantly return the book.