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E-Books, best places to get them? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to get back into reading, so I'm thinking of getting a Paperwhite. But I have no idea if it's possible to transfer files to it from a computer, and I have no experience with pirating books.

Do I go to the same places I torrent movies and games or are there special places dedicated to E-Books?

EDIT: So many awesome answers on here! You guys have been very helpful. Thanks a lot!

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[–] praise_idleness 43 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Anna's Archive. As a fellow Kindle PW user, don't buy(that is if you can call paying for DRMed ebooks buying) anything on Amazon. Use airplane mode and never turn it off.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Newish Kindle (basic) user here. Any issue aside from battery life to justify airplane mode always on?

Being able to translate or look stuff up on Wikipedia is amazing for me.

[–] praise_idleness 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Because fuck Amazon. /s

I'm joking but additional battery life and shutting off telemetry outweighs Wikipedia lookup, that is of course to me. I also bought with-ads version of it so permanent airplane mode keeps it away. (I know I can kinda get them removed by asking Amazon)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Plus for those few occasions when you need to search Wikipedia it’s like a swipe and a tap to re-enable Wi-Fi.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I download books from my library with Libby and they don’t expire while airplane mode is on.

Since a lot of books have a wait and Libby lets you delay delivery, I queue up a bunch of books while I’m reading. When I’m done with my current batch, I turn off airplane mode, check out a bunch of books, and then turn on airplane mode just before it’s time to return the first one.

I do this like every 6 months.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

No it's not necessary. I've been a Kindle user for close to a decade and never bothered.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I don't have a PW, but I'm looking at them. Does Airplane Mode stop you from using any tools, or is it smooth sailing?

[–] praise_idleness 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia won't work. It'll nag you about how you are not synced to the cloud. Every single time you go back from reading to the library page. Very annoying, but something I think better tolerate than to have yet another telemetry stuff in my life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

What does it say when you're not synced? I keep mine on airplane mode but haven't had anything like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It would stop you from using the email sideload option, which is my favourite way to get books on. But you could turn WiFi on just for that and off again. More of an issue would be sync with the Kindle app, say on your phone. So if you don't take it everywhere but find yourself stuck and wanting to carry on reading, you can get your phone out and pick up where you left off. Honestly, that's pretty handy. But everyone's use case is different.