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Fantastic video! 📚 Insightful tips on accessing ebooks beyond Amazon. Love the suggestions for supporting authors and expanding reading options. Thanks for sharing

Excellent video! I purchased a PocketBook Era because, as silly as it sounds, something about having the amazon logo literally in my bed felt. . . off. I mostly use my library or occasionally the Google book store for titles. Though as an American, PocketBook Era doesn't have library integration (that I've been able to find), they DO have a system that's worked smoothly for me. Basically, you create an account that makes a pocketbook email address. I download the ebook onto my computer, email it to the pocketbook address, and then it's instantly downloaded on my device. You don't actually open the pocketbook email address--it basically just acts as a folder.

Another great Video thank you. I watched your video on Libby and am keen to support local libraries. Unfortunately here in the UK we cannot use our Kindle reader for library books as they are not supported. This has finally convinced me that I should splash out and purchase the Kobo Clara 2E reader this will allow me to break away from the Amazon stranglehold and use Library books. Once again your review of the Clara was also really helpful in making this decision.

Great video, thank you. One of the big advantages of Amazon for someone like me was/ is that Amazon keeps all your titles in one place whereas buying from different sources can get a bit messy for your backups. All you need is a hard drive failure (which is inevitable), or just to save your download in a random place(!) and you've lost your books. Generally I'm not that organised but I learned how to use that well-known "one stop solution to all your e-book needs" and I've got all my e-books in one place and organised too. And super-easy to back my library up to a cloud storage place too.

Next book you publish I’ll buy it direct from you. I’m glad to see more authors are doing this as I’d prefer to buy from the author direct

@tronomagic

4 ай бұрын

I already did the exact thing. Yes it wasn’t quite as easy as buying from Amazon but I know Maneetpaul will get more of the payment.

Thank you for the great video, Maneet! This is a constant the moral question for me. On one hand, I love the convenience of my Kindle books (and their highlighting) and on the other, I don't want Amazon to get any stronger than it already is.

@Maneetpaul

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching, Brandon! Yeah, it's quit the dilemma. Being aware of it and knowing what choices are out there is a big first step in itself, I'd like to think! I hope you're doing well!

This was the exact problem I was trying to solve recently! Thank you!

Choices for the Informed; Thank You Mr. Singh:-)

This is a super helpful one. Thanks!

Very informative. Thank you.

In my country (Poland) no one buys books in Amazon because there's no books in Polish there (I mean no ebooks). And we have a lot of smaller and bigger ebook stores. However, authors and publishers still complaint saying that because of so many ebook stores they lowering the price.

Thank you 🍀

I could of course be wrong, but my understanding is that the library has to pay Amazon for the books that are borrowed and that the price they pay is not low. Just another reason to hate the big A.

I love your channel.

I think selling on Amazon gives an author exposure otherwise they may not have, I maybe wrong. Also may increase sell volume.

Good information

What are your thoughts as today I see kindle currently not available on Amazons India website?are they going to launch new version of kindle?

Can someone please tell me which eReader is best when purchasing books from non-Amazon online retailers.

@Grunfeld

4 ай бұрын

Hi, if you purchase and download the book in an EPUB file format (and you will almost certainly have that option) then *any* eReader will work well. You can even email the file to your Amazon email and add it to your Kindle that way too. I have a regular Kindle, a de-registered Kindle, and a Kobo Clara 2e -- they can all read EPUB with no issues. EDIT -- Just to add that in order to read an EPUB on your regular Kindle you *need to* email it to your Amazon account first. It's simple, and Amazon tell you how to do it. For the other devices you can just copy the file over.

@updatesrequire6510

4 ай бұрын

@@Grunfeld Thank you ☺️

Using Kobo, Onyx, etc allows us to buy EPub and have it always

Kindle Fire tablet does not even support Goodreads app anymore. Isn’t that their own app?’ 🤦🏼‍♂️.

Are kobo books the same in the sense that you’re buying a license to read, not owning it?

@pats6187

4 ай бұрын

I was wondering that too .

@Maneetpaul

4 ай бұрын

Unless you’re able to download the book and open it on any platform you want, you don’t own it!

@sylwuskak7065

4 ай бұрын

​@@Maneetpaul I don't know how is it in the USA but in Poland even if you can open an ebook anywhere you still buy a licence to read. In Polish law you cannot sell an ebook so it's never really yours.

@dieseljepan323

4 ай бұрын

@@Maneetpaul Thank you

Amazon is devious enough to often prevent authors from selling their book anywhere else if they want to be on the Amazon store. Especially bad for small authors who often don't have a choice.

You can still read a book on the kindle when you purchase elsewhere, right? Do you just send it to your kindle email address or something?

@Maneetpaul

3 ай бұрын

Yes, that’s correct! As long as the file you’re sending is not protected by DRM, it should work just fine

It does not take a genius to realise that if you borrow library books through libby (on kindle), you are STILL supporting Amazon. Maybe even more than if you had just directly bought the book from them [Amazon]. Although this last bit is speculation on my part

Baen ebooks are drm free.

As soon as someone creates a company with as many ebook options at the low prices Amazon tends to offer, I’ll stop buying from Amazon.

I use Libby so I no longer buy books!

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If buying ain't owning.....then piracy ain't stealing....just saying 😂😂

annas archive, thank me later

@shavitvb

4 ай бұрын

Exactly, i don't remember when was the last time i paid for an ebook

@Maneetpaul

4 ай бұрын

Book pirating is never the answer. I plan to make a video addressing this topic. Most books cost between $5 -$20, they are insanely underpriced for the value they provide.

@whimahwhe

4 ай бұрын

@@Maneetpaul read about annas archive motivation. Is not so black or white. I don’t agree with intelectual property as a whole. I prefer voluntarily buying the books I see value in, applies to all sorts of media too

@shavitvb

4 ай бұрын

​@@Maneetpaul Pirating is not fair and also everything in life. A book can be 0.01 of your salary but 10% for another person both of them work hard, is this fair? There are pirating in Streaming video on demand but it is still very profitable for the streaming companies. It would be great if you will do a video on this subject if you could wear the shoes of a poor individual who wants to read but does not have the money to buy books I believe that all information should be available for free and the industry needs to think of other ways to make money. do you pay for scrolling on Facebook? do you have to pay to watch a youtube video? or to get information on Wikipedia? not with money.