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It's been a while since I had to convert Kindle books, but the last time I did - Calibre was the way to go.
It's a complete collection manager too so you can edit metadata, cover art, format and so much more.
It's definitely intimidating when starting out, but well worth it.
Thank you. I have heard about Calibre before and got a bit spooked by the complexity of the process. ๐คญ
If you want to make it easy, just go to libgen.li, download the books without DRM and it's off to the races....
Likely illegal (depending on where the post author lives).
I live in the EU country and would prefer a legal way to save my purchased books.
Did you purchase a book or a license?
These days you could also fire up the book in the kindle app and tell an AI to OCR each page, saving the result in ePub format.
I ducking hate today's tech.
I wonder if we could jailbreak Amazon's shitty ai to do it. If they gave us the text themselves then it's not piracy. What a revelation!
If Calibre is complex then just desist.
https://youtu.be/5CIFbUIKwDY?is=CBTmS7PWF5SUh7Qh
Super easy
Thanks. Would this work on Linux, too?
Not sure, don't see why not. I'm not smart enough to use Linux
Nah, you don't need to be all that smart. You just gotta be willing to spend time learning. It's not even all that difficult as long as you don't get too hung up on the old Windows or Mac way of doing things. There are some great beginner friendly distros these days, and they tend to work pretty well without too many issues for most people. If you do have issues, there are chats, typically on IRC, where you can ask for help, and google can go a long way if you're decent with it.
Right on, I might try a dual boot on my laptop and give it a try
Dual booting is definitely a good way to start. If you lack hard drive space or want to test out distros before picking one to settle on for a while, many are capable of booting off a live CD or flash drive without installation. You might not be able to settle in quite as well without installing, but for quick tests and comparisons, it can be handy, and it makes no change at all to your PC until you commit to installing it properly.