Kindle and piracy suggestions
Hi sailors,
I'm trying to get into the habit of reading but books are often expensive and cumbersome. However I don't particularly like reading on my phone screen since I'll get distracted eventually.
So, e-readers seems to me a perfect fit. It's tech enough that I find it interesting. Not too expensive. Gorgeous paper white display.
So, essentially what I want to know is, which kindle (or other device) is best for cracking/exploiting/moding, and overall just your opinion on it.
Edit3: I've decided I'll buy a paperwhite kindle (2020 version). I found a 2nd hand one, like new, for 80€ with a screen protector + magnetic cover. This way I'm still not supporting amazon :)
Edit 2: I'm from the EU 🇪🇺 so, if you have EU specific tips it'd be great. Also my country doesn't really care about piracy so I'm not really worried about VPNs
Edit: I didn't expect so many people to reply! Thanks everyone!
Also I don't remember writing half of the things on this post? Might just install a monoxide detector... If some admin edited it, thanks. It's a lot clearer now, probably why it got so much traction.
Every single Kindle supports sideloading books via USB, or even, you can send non-legally obtained books OTA via the Amazon email on your kindle (yes, if you have a Amazon account you can have your device Linked to an @kindle.com mail address).
But, be worry about some issues. Be sideloading or emailing, Kindle devices natively don't support ePub books. So, if you sideload via USB you WILL need to convert the books to some format like .mobi or .azw3 to be able to read it on the Kindle.
On the other side, if you email the files, Amazon servers do the converting for you, so you can easily send epub files and the Kindle servers adjust the ebook, you just need to have your Kindle connected to WiFi.
The only issue with emailing the files is you can't use custom covers with them. If that's not a concern, it's definitely the easier route.
If using Calibre, I suggest convert your books into Kindle-native *KFX format. Also, filling out some metadata in Calibre even enables sync with Good Reads for sideloaded books
I've read that amazon is going to stop support mobi and just convert to epub. So eventually epub would be natively supported I guess?
Calibre can convert to *.kfx native Kindle format
That's great news. Seems like I'll go the calibre route.
Overdrive.
Does Overdrive work on a Kindle? (I use it on my phone.)
I haven't used it in a long time, but Overdrive has info here.
Thanks for the Overdrive link.