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   MPG (mpg@grumble.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 03:06:53 JST MPG

   If any of you are in the Amazon ebook ecosystem and have been considering leaving, Amazon has announced that they will be disabling their Transfer to USB functionality next week, so you have 1 week to liberate your library before then! You don't need to rush out and buy a new eReader this week, but you will want to get your purchases migrated to ePUB before you lose that ability altogether. 🧵 for how-to...

   @bookstodon #Books

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     Barrie Suddery 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 (barriesuddery@toot.wales)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 03:06:52 JST Barrie Suddery 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺

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     @mpg @bookstodon Righteous shout out, brother! They certainly kept that quiet didn't they?

     @bookstodon #Books #Amazon

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     MPG (mpg@grumble.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 04:29:03 JST MPG

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     • Barrie Suddery 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺

     @BarrieSuddery @bookstodon Yeah, I'm just spreading the word. I know a lot of people (and I expect Mastodon is probably got a higher density of "f--- Amazon" than other social media apps, especially with recent developments). I just wanted to make sure to let people know that "someday" now has a time limit on it if you're thinking of moving somewhere else!

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 19:44:54 JST Miakoda

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     • The Aforementioned W

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     This is precisely why I have a generic eReader and a backed up folder of DRM-stripled epubs organized in Calibre