Yep. Like that ↑

Wait, now it’s only $700 million. $400 million. $34 million… And it’s $6.50.

Yeah, I guess there is someone out there who would buy a fleet of dumpster cars for $6.50.

“I want to be where the people are”

Ship your books as Media Mail or consolidated shipping. You will save tremendously and won’t have to give up your library.

USPS

TSI

Absolutely!

This is my library from years ago, before I knew any better. It’s honestly split between Amazon and Nook from those years. Since quitting that, I’ve been using Libby (and its predecessor) almost exclusively to check out eBooks and audiobooks from the library. I don’t often have much interest in re-reading, but it is also nice nice to own certain books, and there are some that I re-read or use as reference.

New books will be coming from more friendly sources. I’ve learned my lesson!

Thoughts are habits. You can’t always change your circumstances, but you can change the way you think about them. The more you practice healthy thought patterns, the better you develop good habits.

Also, this community helped me find places to purchase books and e-books directly without DRM in the future like eBooks.com and Downpour.

Also valid. Many of the books I own are difficult to locate, so this was necessary. Successfully removing the DRM of the entire library at once has been SIGNIFICANTLY more accessible than locating niche communities with private trackers (often requiring membership and/or payment) for every title.

I hope it helps anyone in the same situation.

Comment from bearCatBird:

HERE IS WHAT WORKS AS OF AUGUST 2024 (Windows 10)

NOTE: if these instructions don’t work for you, check the replies to my comment for updates from people. I can’t always update these instructions to include various work-arounds people have found.

Thank you to u/toobnugget for the versions and more instructions, it also worked for me. Here’s additional information to help people out. Just do it all in this order.

NOTE: If any of the links are broken, try pasting the broken URL into waybackmachine.org and look for files from today’s date (8/12/24) or earlier.

CONFIRM ALL SOFTWARE IS UNINSTALLED

1. If you had previous versions of the software installed, uninstall them.

2. Then confirm there are no lingering data files with user settings. For example, with kindle, remove these lingering directories if they exist.

   C:\Users<USER>\AppData*\Amazon C:\Program Files\Amazon C:\Program Files (x86)\Amazon C:\ProgramData\Amazon

3. You can also clear your registry (as described here) but I would save this as a last resort and only do this if you’re unable to get the full instructions from this post to work.

CALIBRE INSTALLATION

NOTE: if you want to use a kindle e-ink device, see step 2 of u/OccasionallyPrincess’s comments here and also u/SeniorSiesta’s comment here.

1. Download and install Calibre 7.13 (download here) (Some people tested with newer versions (7.2.1) and said it works, but I haven’t verified.)

2. In Calibre install the KFX input plugin (see OP’s instructions up top), restart Calibre

3. Download the DeDRM v10.0.9 (download here, the zip file at the bottom called DeDRM_tools_10.0.9.zip, then extract the zip to a folder.)
   NOTE: Some people had better luck using the alpha version of DeDRM. See this post here for more information if v10.0.9 isn’t working for you.

4. In Calibre install the DeDRM files (see OP’s instructions up top), restart Calibre

KINDLE INSTALLATION

NOTE: Some people had to turn off WiFi and unplug ethernet so they were 100% offline when installing Kindle to avoid automatic updates before disabling it in settings.

NOTE: Mac Users, you can probably download newer versions of the kindle app, as confirmed by this post.

5. Download and install Kindle 2.4.0(70904)

https://kindleforpc.s3.amazonaws.com/70904/KindleForPC-installer-2.4.70904.exe

See u/Tilduke 's response here for more information.

(Other sites: download here or here or here)

6a) Disable your internet

• Many people needed to disable their internet/wifi temporarily for step 6b

6b) Launch Kindle (don’t login if possible), then go to

• Tools > Options > General > disable “Automatically install updates…”

• Tools > Options > Content > define a new path to save the kindle books you download

• Finally, re-enable internet and Login (For more information about this step, see this comment)

7 ) Select a book, right click, download

CONFIRM THE DRM IS REMOVED

8 ) Find the book you just downloaded from Kindle in the new path (it will be the files that are newest, since they won’t have book titles), select the .azw file, and drag it into Calibre. (Do not use the “Add Books” function.)

NOTE: Some people had better luck NOT dragging in the file and instead loaded it from the menu. See this comment for more information.

9 ) Once loaded in Calibre, right-click the book > view > view with calibre e-book viewer (if the book opens successfully, then the DRM has been removed. Use pgup and pgdn to see the pages). Close the viewer.

CONVERT THE BOOK

NOTE: This example shows conversion to EPUB, but you can convert to any format you want.

10 ) In Calibre, right click the book > Convert books > convert individually

11 ) Choose EPUB on the upper right, then click OK to export

12 ) If you want to change the location where Calibre exports the book, go to preference (CTRL + P) > click “Run Welcome wizard” at the bottom > then define a new folder for your calibre books to be saved. This folder will be where the book saves when you drag in the .azw file and also where the .epub exports.

For more context, see: https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/comments/1c2ryfz/2024_guide_to_dedrm_kindle_books/lhtah7p/

I’ll include the text of the post in the comments below.

Edit: Now available - see comments.

Here is the original study. He shows that on certain issues of governance, the far right and far left are more similar than the center.

He also cherrypicks 7 data points out of hundreds (from 2008-2014) to support his conclusion. He provides no criteria for inclusion of these particular data points.

The authors of this article (found here) also equate Joe Biden with centrism, providing no evidence. Would he really rate his views as a “5” or “6” on a scale from 1-10, as these authors suggest? I doubt it, but like the authors of this article, I simply do not know.

Using another metric of his positions suggests that he would be around a 2, making it irrelevant to this study, which focuses on only 5-6.

I’ll stop here because this comment is already better researched that the article in the meme.

That I can get behind!

I probably overstated by saying it is equally dangerous with somebody driving drunk. However, there are lots of studies that show it causes serious impairment.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2788264

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9940647/

https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/812440-marijuana-impaired-driving-report-to-congress.pdf

https://jcannabisresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42238-023-00202-y

My federal loan servicer has confirmed that repayment requirements will begin in August at the previous lower rate. That’s as much as I can personally confirm.

For sure there’s still a lot of uncertainty and who knows what will change between now and then, or in the future.

Not sure what you mean.

The Democrats did work on student loans. Biden forgave millions of loans and the Republican Congress overturned it in the Conservative courts. So he capped repayment for most borrowers (I’ve verified with my own loan that the lower rates are still active), and placed almost all loans in forbearance. It was the closest thing to forgiveness that was legally achievable.

Then leftists decided he was too old to be re-elected. Harris promised to continue the fight, as well as advance other progressive causes like criminal justice reform, federal decriminalization of marijuana, etc. We all know what happened there.

Let’s not rewrite history here.

I usually open the event details and change the calendar. There is probably an easier way but that’s what I do.

BAC is also well correlated with impairment. Obviously it varies from one individual to another, but it is related strongly related enough to have fair and consistent enforcement.

AFAIK, blood tests that measure the presence of marijuana are relatively cheap, but measuring the concentration is slightly more difficult and is not well correlated with impairment. That means enforcement is problematic and subjective.

Look, I feel the same about liquor stores and mattress stores, to name a few. There are some nice examples, but most I don’t like to see.

Again, that’s my opinion and does not deserve any legislation. I’m glad other people feel differently. Businesses serve the needs of a community, not the feelings of internet randos. OP asked for our honest opinion and that’s just mine.

Literal video game villain

Having lived in both, absolutely legalize.

I don’t personally care for it and I get annoyed by the public smells, the tacky and run-down stores that make neighborhoods feel trashy. But that’s all personal preference.

The one legitimate issue is that it is very difficult to regulate and enforce impairment. Someone driving or operating machinery high is just as dangerous as someone driving drunk. With alcohol, there are a number of different tests and impairment is well correlated with BAC. For marijuana, there is no quick and accurate way to assess how high someone is at a given time.