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In Response to Amazon preventing to download books you bought: Some DRM free bookstores and publishers (buttondown.com)
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[โ€“] orclev 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Sort of? Kindle Unlimited itself is digital only, but the exclusivity clause only applies to ebooks I think, so in theory you could purchase a physical copy elsewhere.

I've pretty much entirely abandoned physical books. It's just far more convenient using an e-reader which has a backlight for reading in the dark, fits thousands of books in a device that's pocket sized, and let's me instantly purchase, download, and start reading the next book in a series as soon as I finish the last one.

I do have physical books still, but I haven't bought new ones in about a decade now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

I see, thanks for the explanation!