Books/Preorders missing from Amazon
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@Kalessin Up until now, Kindle purchases have been an ease-of-ecosystem/workflow thing for me. I can't say that I've really looked in to how Kobo handles things but I'm definitely a touch curious now.
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@TadPrime They used to have one. They got rid of it years ago.
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Guess I need to look into Kobo.
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I really hope this doesn't discourage JNC and other publishers from licensing title with fan service in them. I'd hate to be denied access to fun titles just because of this mess.
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I don't think you'll need to worry too much about that, everything about this really points to the issue of Amazon throwing so many automated systems into things without proper human review processes while the pandemic plays out. It's given people with a bone to pick an easy way to harass various companies with little chance of blowback.
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Unfortunately as much as would love to stop using amazon, especially after thoose stupid ban, they're still the only bookstore where I can remove DRM, which doesn't have some strange region-locking thing, and isn't lacking some publishers.
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@Raitoiro said in Books/Preorders missing from Amazon:
isn't lacking some publishers
Now it is lacking a huge part of some publishers' stuff though. Buy directly from JNC?
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@Kalessin Other than Kobo, which I usually use to buy Japanese stuff, Google Playstore is also an option. When it comes to JNC novels with no significant premium content, it's my platform of choice simply because for some reason, the price on all ebooks gets a considerable discount in my home country's region. Both of them use Adobe DRM so same method of stripping.
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@nofairytale The main issue with the Google Play Store is the lack of regions where Yen Press titles are available.
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@nofairytale Yes, Google Play Books is another options, though in at least some cases, with manga, they have pdf files instead of epub for some reason (which is extremely undesirable IMHO). I'm also able to get better prices with Kobo with quite a few books thanks to Kobo's VIP membership (it doesn't apply to all books, since it depends on the publisher, but it's 10% off per book where it does apply, which can definitely add up). Obviously though, where the best prices are for you is going to depend on a variety of factors, including your region.
Nook is another option whose DRM can be removed, though it's actually very annoying to do so now, because it can no longer be done with their PC application (the DRM could be stripped from older versions, but those don't work anymore). Instead, you have deal with a rooted Android device (or emulated Android device).
The big one to avoid is Bookwalker, since if anyone has cracked their DRM, they haven't made it available.
Regardless, for JNC, I always just get the premium editions and don't have to worry about stripping off any DRM, but it's definitely something to be concerned about with e-books in general.
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@Raitoiro said in Books/Preorders missing from Amazon:
Unfortunately as much as would love to stop using amazon, especially after thoose stupid ban, they're still the only bookstore where I can remove DRM, which doesn't have some strange region-locking thing, and isn't lacking some publishers.
Amazon does restrict regions for their ebooks for certain titles while physical books will still be ordeable. Happened to me in the past with a volume of I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years, bought it from Kobo instead.
Amazon is definitely not the only service where you can strip the DRM. Doing so with Kobo is trivial, as mentioned in replies same for Google Play Store. Even Nook is manageable, despite what Kalessin says the rippers have been updated since late and should handle Nook too.
For BookWalker, I think the issue has to do with critical mass, while it has a lot of English manga and novels it doesn't have that much English literature over the board, making the incentive to solve the drm stripping issue low...
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@sniper_samurai Hmm, that about having to re-authenticate the Bookwalker app all of the time is news to me. I am using it on an old WiFi-only tablet that is still on Android 8 and have never encountered that problem.
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@Korppi said in Books/Preorders missing from Amazon:
Even Nook is manageable, despite what Kalessin says the rippers have been updated since late and should handle Nook too.
Well, the pre-Windows store Nook PC applications can no longer sign in to B&N, and the latest that the DeDRM blog or documentation says about the Nook stuff is that DeDRM does not work with the Windows store Nook application. So, unless the code was fixed so that it does work with the Windows store version, but it wasn't reported, then there's no way to remove the DRM from the books downloaded with the current Nook PC application. Of course, if the code has been updated to work, then that's great, and it would be good to know.
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@Tube I already buy all of my JNC title directly on the site, but I can't find titles from yen press and vertical on Google-book and Kobo.
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@edowaado Every time you open the app it needs an internet connection to check if you have a license for the book you are reading. It re authenticates your licences every time.
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@Korppi Maybe Amazon does region lock some title but I've been using it a lot for the last 4 years and so far I've never had that problem, whereas I can't even find yen press or vertical titles on kobo and Google-book. Nook as a whole is region lock I can't even download it.
The best would be if all publisher did the same as JNC and sold their eBook DRM-free directly on their on site. -
@Raitoiro said in Books/Preorders missing from Amazon:
@Tube I already buy all of my JNC title directly on the site, but I can't find titles from yen press and vertical on Google-book and Kobo.
Well, they're available from those stores in the US, so it's probably a regional issue. I don't know that it will do any good, but if the e-books are available on Amazon in your region, then I would think that they'd be able to make them available on the other stores in your region. So, you might as well contact Yen Press and Vertical / Kodansha and request that they make them available on Kobo and/or Google Play in your region. I'm sure that it wouldn't change anything immediately, but it might encourage them to make them available.
Seven Seas didn't used to have their books available an Kobo. I contacted them about it, and eventually, they made them available there. I don't know that it had much to do with my contacting them, but it doesn't hurt to try.
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@Kalessin Yeah, good idea I will try sending them a mail.
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@sniper_samurai It doesn't though. I just turned the wifi and data off on my phone and started bookwalker. It opened a book fine to the last position I had open, and just gave a message that it couldn't sync the place of the book.
This is pretty standard from my experence as I have used the app multiple times on flights when the phone is on flight mode.
I've never had an issue with viewing books while offline. I also have a tablet that only has wifi, and have had no issues with reading books while out and about with no internet connection.
I have never seen it require logging in every time I open the app in my experience.
