Comment by ashton314
3 months ago
The thing that killed the download -> crack DRM workflow is that Amazon removed the "download and transfer via USB" option. I haven't bought an ebook from Amazon since.
The only viable option would be to buy the book and then pirate a de-DRM'd copy.
Might as well send the author the money directly, instead of spending it all on publishers and middlemen that you’re specifically trying to avoid. When you do, include a note on how their chosen method of sale is most hostile to legitimate consumers and recommend some DRM-free book stores.
Here is a breakdown of how much money the author gets (from Fabien Sanglard):
https://fabiensanglard.net/gebbdoom/
When I upload the PDF on Amazon, a minimal price is automatically calculated. In the case of the DOOM, Amazon sets the minimal price at $51.35.
There is a slider which authors can use in order to add their "share" on top of Amazon price. I have added $3.88 which Amazon also takes a cut on. The result is $1.59 royalty and $0.77 profit per book sold.
The hell...
Isn't he talking about the print copy?
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Why buy an ebook then? Just buy the physical if you want, and pirate it.
Dont pay for your own hope that you can pick the lock of your own paid for jail cell.
Then I have a physical book to deal with.
Just leave it laying around somewhere. It makes you look erudite.
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https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-make-a-physical-donat...
https://apps.apple.com/app/id1668658774 can be used to verify if they require a physical copy.
(usps bound printed matter is usually least expensive when shipping books)
You might just give it to the public library.
Or, you might find the author online and see if they have some sort of donation mechanism set up. It's very common these days for a lot of professionals, but some authors are old school.
Donate it to a library so other people can know about it.
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The horror!
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That's what they said they would do. They would buy the physical book and then pirate an ebook copy that's been de-DRMed.
For those with an old Kindle, couldn't you download it onto the Kindle and then pull it off of there via USB?
That sounds simple, but wouldn't the ebook you "pulled off" the Kindle still be in Amazon's format with DRM? I don't think this solves the original problem.
The first problem was to get the original file from somewhere in a usable format, then strip DRM in a later stage. Seems like step 1 was already made significantly harder now.
I tried to do this recently but discovered that the DRM algorithm changed and I couldn't use the standard de-DRM tools.
Thanks for the info!
are you using a relatively new kindle?
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Most of the books I read are from authors long dead (current one: Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit, by Frank H. Knight, highly recommended). They don't need the money.