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

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Tattorack@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

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)

[-] teft@startrek.website 1 points 11 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.

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] BeefPiano@lemmy.world 3 points 11 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.