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Amazon Is Making It Harder to Move Your E-Books Around | Critics of Amazon's strangehold over the e-book industry have another thorn in their side.
Critics of Amazon's strangehold over the e-book industry have another thorn in their side.
Clever individuals found that some older e-books used a file format with security measures that are easy to circumvent, meaning they could use the tool alongside other hacks to successfully transfer their books elsewhere. Users on sites like Reddit have shared workarounds over the years to take their purchased books elsewhere, but it has been something of a cat-and-mouse game, with successive updates by Amazon closing loopholes. While Amazon has continued to release new Kindle devices under the new leadership of Panos Panay, critics believe that the company’s monopoly in e-reading has hindered innovation.
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