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(group member since May 22, 2010)
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No, please don’t feel bad. It’s not you or anything anyone has said here about it. Honest. I’m glad you shared for everyone to have time to do something (or nothing) while there was time left to do so. What’s making me sick is that I’m realizing/learning that (for however long) Amazon has been “selling” me books that I (now, at least) don’t own (WTH, seriously?!) and “taking them” (in the only ways that we’ve learned) feels wrong b/c they’ve made it like we’d be stealing. Stealing what we bought? 😵💫
They’d be better off being up front (🤣) and just having all books KU or some such, in a way preferably that’d be good for authors, as well, instead of making it seem like a transaction: our money for a book, which would usually mean it’s yours to do with what you will - on their reader or where-the-fuck-ever. ‘Scuse my French, y’all, but damn. What a mess.
Hope all my rambles make sense, y’all. Much of it is just stream of consciousness frustrations. 💕
Amyiw wrote: "That is an updated service agree that Amazon is trying to get around the legalities of "fair use" by saying you paid for it but your don't own it. Yea, it does feel icky."😕
Victoria wrote: "Hmmm... I think I will be reading this series more than just one book/per month. It's just soooo gooood!"😆
It's taking a LOT of restraint to keep from jumping in and not coming out until I've finished them all. I've had a temp fix after #11, so I think I'll put off #2 closer to the end of the month and read #3 right after 😏
~Melissa~ wrote: "Well, Amyiw got me sucked into this world from another group where she recommended as a favorite of 2024. I'm glad she did and by extension, Steph, as this must be where it all started!
Finished ..."
Yay!
Please bear with me as I share. I'm not religious, but I have always had an irrationally guilty conscience.Amz's Kindle Store terms of use page (https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...) was last updated 31 Dec 2024, so who knows what it said prior to that date. I didn't read it, but now that I have it says:
"Use of Kindle Content. Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider."
and
"In addition, you may not attempt to bypass, modify, defeat, or otherwise circumvent any digital rights management system or other content protection or features used as part of the Service."
Although, "In the US, it's generally illegal to remove DRM from ebooks, though there are some exceptions. DRM stands for Digital Rights Management.
When it's legal
- Removing DRM for accessibility reasons
- Removing DRM for research
- Removing DRM for maintenance, repair, or security testing
- Removing DRM for personal use, as long as you don't distribute the material
I'm feeling icky over this issue, TBH y'all. I'm feeling kinda naive for not reading all of it sooner. And, I'm feeling like, if I were to download books I paid for, I'm stealing. That's making me mad at Amazon and myself for not looking into it further.
When I paid, either a fully discounted $0 or full price, for an ebook at Amazon, I thought I owned the book, not just the license to read it on their device(s). I fully understood the rules and regulations surrounding KU b/c I read them. I knew it'd be a loaner program I had to pay for annually; books would come and go, as I chose.
This isn't that, but it certainly feels like it to a much larger extent b/c I have spent much more money over the last (almost) 20 years on ebooks than I have over the last handful of years paying for KU. And yet, Amazon owns all of those books - loaners and purchases. WTF?! 😤
I bought the book. If I download it, then remove the DRM, I should be within my legal right to do so, yes? Then, why does the idea of it all make me sick to my stomach? Guilty conscience flare up just talking about it when I haven't even done it.
Ugh 😕
I don't begrudge anyone wanting to do what should be completely legal. But, please excuse me from further discussion b/c, at least at this moment, I'm feeling the need to step away from it.
Thanks for the video, Valerie. We do. Victoria started a thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Kateblue wrote: "I mean make an old Kindle your primary one in the devices area. I haven't done this in years, so I am not remembering right now very well, but go to your devices and pick your oldest kindle as the ..."Oh, okay, gotcha. Thanks 😊
I'm surprised they ever allowed you to download KU books outside of your Kindle (or other device). I view those similarly to library loaners, but I gotta pay for them -- like a rental, I guess. 😝
I could see my book files when I connected my kindle to my laptop. They're .kfx files. I think I read Calibre has a plugin, if you're looking to do anything with them.
I've just got too many books @ Amazon to spend the rest of the week trying to free my purchases from them. I'd never rescue them all. Nah, I'll just go about as usual and find a way to deal with any issues I have if/when I ever leave Kindle/Amz readers.
Kateblue wrote: "Just tell Amazon you are downloading to an old, old Kindle and it will download the azw3 or mobi to your desktop. I use a 10 years or more "e-ink" Kindle (actually, I have 4 after one failed 10 yea..."Sorry, but what do you mean by “tell Amazon”?
Kateblue wrote: "Thanks for this Apple+ show list. I am going to pick up Apple+ in a month or so. This will help"I’m glad.
We watched Wolfs. It wasn’t their best movie, but a fun buddy movie with two guys I don’t mind watching act 😏
Me too!!
Libby offers reading on Libby app and/or kindle. Shame it’s not open to other readers.
😆 ditto!
Zoi wrote: "I’m weird. Libraries gross me out. Basically, people are savages, and idk what the last person was doing while they read that book…😳🤢😆 That's what ebooks from libraries are for 😏
I 💕 my library!
👍🏼 Thx for the update.
Amyiw wrote: "That doesn't look like my Amazon "Content and Devices" book page. Do you live in the US or outside. Maybe they already disabled it for some countries? They disabled it for KU books a couple years back."Yeah, that's from my "content & devices" page. I am in the US. I read they disabled the USB feature on v12 Kindles, but I think I still have a v11. Haven't double checked that though. I looked through my C&D list, at a lot of different purchased books as well as $0 purchases, and I have no "transfer via USB" option. So, I don't guess I'll be able to save any to my ExHD.
Like Kateblue, I'm resigning myself to it - they all reside permanently @ Amz. I'll just fret about it, I'm sure, if I ever switch to a different reader and wanna re-read something I've bought but can't get to any longer. I'll have to hope my library stocks it, if that happens.
My husband and I liked Severance and will watch S2 once it's finished. We're not much for the week-to-week and prefer to binge shows once all the episodes have been released. With Severance, we may re-watch S1 prior to 2 so we remember where it left off.I read some of Hugh's WOOL (The Wool Trilogy ) many yrs ago and I think the show does a good job. I didn't read his continuation with DUST and SILO, and as I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm bad about reading after I've watched the show. We like the show though and enjoyed it more when we could jump from one to the next without the wait. Some eps of S2 were a bit slow though.
Other Apple shows I liked were:
- The Morning Show (on-going)
- Ted Lasso (ended) <-- cute, feel-good
- Masters of the Air (mini-series) <-- very good
- Loot (kinda cute; on-going)
- Bad Monkey (okay, on-going, I think)
- Drops of Gold (ended, but I think it was resurrected for a new season) <-- very good
- Sugar (on-going) <-- fun twist
- Servant (ended) <-- so weird, but not bad; some seasons better than others
- Shining Girls (ended) <-- meh; disappointment
- Swagger (?) <-- don't like basketball, so didn't watch, but my nephew has a part in it 😁
- Lessons in Chemistry (ended) <-- really good
- Foundation (on-going) <-- not bad
- Bad Sisters (on-going) <-- love the actresses, but they frustrate me; laugh throughout though
- Black Bird (mini series) <-- very good
- Silo (on-going) <-- well done lit rep
- Slow Horses (on-going) <-- like
- Shrinking (on-going) <-- like, more b/c of the actors, I think
- For all Mankind (on-going) <-- really like
- Before (on-going?) <-- okay; love Billy Crystal tho
- Disclaimer (mini series) <-- liked okay
- Presumed Innocent (mini series) <-- meh; loved the movie, not so much the show
- Manhunt (mini series) <-- liked
- Criminal Record (on-going) <-- liked
- Constellation (ended) <-- meh
- Hijack (ended) <-- disappointing, but Idris 😏
- The Big Door Prize (ended?) <-- not bad
- Echo 3 (ended) <-- bleh
- Shantaram (ended) <-- liked, and Charlie Hunnam 😏
- Mosquito Coast (ended) <-- okay
- The Shrink Next Door (ended) <-- sad story, but liked
- Invasion (ended?) <-- so disappointing
Damn. I didn't realize I'd watched so many Apple+ shows 😆 Can ya tell I'm a couch potato when I'm not buried in a book?
Hey Amyiw, sorry my OCD is demanding a shift of our discussion to another thread 😆 So, it's now here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Moved Amyiw's post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Amyiw said:
I was going to add Murderbot but it is above there somewhere. What series did you dislike on Apple and are there any that you liked? I kind of like Severance. My husband watched it and I watched along (mostly) in the first season. I'm really bad and watching with undivided attention as I always have my eReader on hand. :-) Movies can keep my attention more as it isn't episode to episode and watch "Fly Me to the Moon" and actually thought it was a great take on the conspiracy of the moon landing. It was definitely fun. I started watching Silo but couldn't take the slow episode to episode then - week to week pace. He is still completely sucked in. I figure I might read the books as it is only a day or two for each but haven't really had the push.
