Oh! And this #Kindle is so old it doesn't support 2FA.

The officially supported way to log in is:

Type email address.
Type password.
Hit submit.
Wait for an error message.
Type password123456

Yup, literally append your TOTP code to the end of the password.

If it's stupid but it works… Well, it is *still* stupid. But let's not quibble.

Let's get this party started!
#kindle #eink

Trying #Kindle Unlimited for 30 days. What authors should I check out? I read #Romance including dark Romance but I also love #Fantasy and I’m not keeping Kindle Unlimited. If you can, provide links. #RomanceReaders #RomanceLandia @bookstodon

People of the Fediverse, I need your advice.
My FIL undergoes dialysis every other day. He reads on an ereader during the therapy to pass time, because he can hold the device with a single hand and it is usually lighter than a book.

He's also an eldery person, he has issues adapting to touch interfaces.

I have collected all the button based kindles I could from fleamarkets. I repair them where possible, but their batteries are all dying.

I need advice on a **button based** ereader that is either economical (risk of drop is real) so I can buy spares, or resistant enough to survive drops. #ebook #ereader #kindle #accessibility

People of the Fediverse, I need your advice.
My FIL undergoes dialysis every other day. He reads on an ereader during the therapy to pass time, because he can hold the device with a single hand and it is usually lighter than a book.

He's also an eldery person, he has issues adapting to touch interfaces.

I have collected all the button based kindles I could from fleamarkets. I repair them where possible, but their batteries are all dying.

I need advice on a **button based** ereader that is either economical (risk of drop is real) so I can buy spares, or resistant enough to survive drops. #ebook #ereader #kindle #accessibility

So, if you don't want Calibre to have an LLM, I believe your point of no return is version 8.11. Luckily, since Debian Stable is reasonable, the repository still has 8.5.

The thing I would recommend is if you use Calibre regularly and do not want any "ai" garbage, mark your version now in APT and hope that the @grimthorpe 's Clbre fork project continues to advance (I have hope) so that it will make a newer version of Calibre without LLM's easy to install.

For the time being, my Debian (and Debian based distro) friends, you can mark the current version to be safe.

Just run:

sudo apt-mark hold calibre

And to check that it worked, run:

apt-mark showhold

#Clbre #Calibre #Debian #Debian13 #APT #ebooks #Kindle #noai #ai #chatgpt #openai #Google #Gemini #stoptheslop #slop #GNULinux #GNU #Linux

So, if you don't want Calibre to have an LLM, I believe your point of no return is version 8.11. Luckily, since Debian Stable is reasonable, the repository still has 8.5.

The thing I would recommend is if you use Calibre regularly and do not want any "ai" garbage, mark your version now in APT and hope that the @grimthorpe 's Clbre fork project continues to advance (I have hope) so that it will make a newer version of Calibre without LLM's easy to install.

For the time being, my Debian (and Debian based distro) friends, you can mark the current version to be safe.

Just run:

sudo apt-mark hold calibre

And to check that it worked, run:

apt-mark showhold

#Clbre #Calibre #Debian #Debian13 #APT #ebooks #Kindle #noai #ai #chatgpt #openai #Google #Gemini #stoptheslop #slop #GNULinux #GNU #Linux

Amazon will let you drop DRM on their e-books, and just download epubs!? According to @alternativeto. I trust them, but I just can't wrap my head around this. How, why, what!?

https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/12/amazon-to-offer-drm-free-epub-and-pdf-downloads-for-kindle-titles-starting-in-january-2026/

Have you said anything about this yet, @pluralistic?

#amazon #kindle #drm

I wanted to be able to access all the books on my Jellyfin instance with my Kindle, so I put together a little plugin for KOReader. It even has Quick Connect so you don’t have to write out your full password by hand!

https://github.com/DeclanChidlow/KOReader-Jellyfin-Plugin

#Jellyfin #KOReader #Kindle

#Kindle has unveiled a new “Ask this book” feature that has raised concerns about rights.
https://writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/kindles-new-gen-ai-powered-ask-this-book-feature-raises-rights-concerns/

I wanted to be able to access all the books on my Jellyfin instance with my Kindle, so I put together a little plugin for KOReader. It even has Quick Connect so you don’t have to write out your full password by hand!

https://github.com/DeclanChidlow/KOReader-Jellyfin-Plugin

#Jellyfin #KOReader #Kindle

Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle

https://tailscale.com/blog/tailscale-jailbroken-kindle

#HackerNews #Tailscale #Jailbroken #Kindle #Kindle #Hacking #Tech #Innovation #HomeNetworking

Si teniu un lector #Kindle, us animo a que l'allibereu (jailbreak). És realment molt fàcil i accessible per no-informàtics. Et permet tenir més control sobre el dispositiu, treure la publicitat d'Amazon, millorar-ne el funcionament i instal·lar-hi apps útils.

https://kindlemodding.org/

#fuckAmazon #KindleJailbreaking #JailbreakYourKindle

Si teniu un lector #Kindle, us animo a que l'allibereu (jailbreak). És realment molt fàcil i accessible per no-informàtics. Et permet tenir més control sobre el dispositiu, treure la publicitat d'Amazon, millorar-ne el funcionament i instal·lar-hi apps útils.

https://kindlemodding.org/

#fuckAmazon #KindleJailbreaking #JailbreakYourKindle

Mam Amazon Prime polski i hiszpański, bo to nie działa na konto, tylko na kraj. Nawet rozumiem, bo w PL 50 zł a w ES 50€. Ok, płacę w PL i za te miesiące kiedy jestem w ES.
Chciałam Kindla z okazji Black Frajdeja, za tydzień lecę, myślę, kupię w Hiszpanii.
Dodatkowo okazało się, że w euro Kindle malinowy jest tańszy od czarnego, a po przeliceniu oba są trochę tańsze niż w PL
black: €140 (593) vs 599 zł
rapsberry: €128 (542) vs 679,99 (serio, ponad stówa taniej).
Dogaduję z kumplem, że zgarnie z punktu dostawy, klikam.
A tu komunikat, że mój malinowy Kindle jest niebezpieczny i mogę na nim czytać tylko książki o hazardzie.

@rdrozd popatrz
@swiatczytnikow
#kindle #ereader

PS. Kumpel mi wyklikał z Hiszpanii.

Digamos que tenéis un kindle jailbreakeado...

¿qué cosas güenas se pueden hacer con él además de instalarle el KOReader?

#Kindle #jailbreak