Hacker News with Generative AI: Ebooks

Extracting content from an LCP “protected” ePub (shkspr.mobi)
As Cory Doctorow once said "Any time that someone puts a lock on something that belongs to you but won't give you the key, that lock's not there for you."
Ebooks, Open Source
198 points by ColinWright 17 days ago | 66 comments
Amazon now discloses you're buying a license to view Kindle eBooks (the-ebook-reader.com)
Amazon recently changed the wording on their website when it comes to buying Kindle ebooks.
Amazon, Ebooks, Kindle
467 points by DavideNL 39 days ago | 346 comments
Auto-Download Your Kindle Books Before February 26th (hackaday.com)
With the news that Amazon will no longer be allowing users to download their Kindle books after February 26th, many are scrambling to download their books before it’s too late.
Amazon, Kindle, Ebooks, Technology
14 points by lxm 42 days ago | 2 comments
Amazon's killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books (theverge.com)
Starting on February 26th, 2025, Amazon is removing a feature from its website allowing you to download purchased books to a computer and then copy them manually to a Kindle over USB.
Amazon, Kindle, Ebooks
126 points by marban 46 days ago | 107 comments
Amazon is closing USB access in Kindle that made it easy to remove DRM (androidpolice.com)
Amazon, Kindle, DRM, Ebooks, Technology
53 points by isaacfrond 47 days ago | 25 comments
Tell HN: O'Reilly sells DRM-free eBooks again (ebooks.com)
O’Reilly’s mission is to change the world by sharing the knowledge of innovators.
Ebooks, DRM, Publishing
35 points by Kerrick 54 days ago | 4 comments
AI-Generated Slop Is Already in Your Public Library (404media.co)
Librarians say that taxpayers are already paying for low quality AI-generated ebooks in public libraries.
Artificial Intelligence, Libraries, Ebooks
7 points by latexr 57 days ago | 0 comments
Standard Ebooks Public Domain Day 2025 in Literature (standardebooks.org)
Happy Public Domain Day!
Public Domain, Books, Literature, Ebooks
141 points by WithinReason 90 days ago | 25 comments
Standard Ebooks: Browse U.S. public domain artwork (standardebooks.org)
You can help Standard Ebooks by submitting new public domain artwork to add to this catalog for use in future ebooks. For free access to the submission form, contact the Editor-in-Chief.
Public Domain, Artwork, Ebooks, Digital Libraries
21 points by robin_reala 96 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Convert ePub to audio files (github.com/rafael1mc)
Convert ePUB into audio files.
Software, Audiobooks, Ebooks
45 points by rafael1mc 101 days ago | 9 comments
Getting Real eBook for Free (37signals.com)
Want to build a successful web app? Then it's time to Get Real. Getting Real is a smaller, faster, better way to build software.
Software Development, Web Applications, Ebooks, Free Resources
24 points by alexzeitler 126 days ago | 3 comments
Why are librarians up in arms over ebooks? (rte.ie)
Ireland's public libraries are hugely popular with millions of visitors each year and academic libraries are an essential part of third level education.
Libraries, Ebooks, Ireland
9 points by austinallegro 155 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Epublifier – scrape pages (books, manuals) for offline reading (github.com/maoserr)
Converts some webnovels to epub format
Web Scraping, Ebooks, Software, Offline Reading, Webnovels
290 points by maoserr 163 days ago | 43 comments
When Nothing Ever Goes Out of Print: Maintaining Backlist Ebooks (2016) (medium.com)
Ebooks, Publishing, Digital Content, Backlist
110 points by tomodachi94 229 days ago | 90 comments
Planet eBook: free literature for your device (planetebook.com)
Books, Ebooks, Literature, Reading
64 points by surprisetalk 247 days ago | 20 comments
The Fadedpage – "free ebooks forever" (fadedpage.com)
Ebooks, Digital Media, Free Resources
13 points by temporarely 308 days ago | 1 comments