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Quoth · 05-11-2024, 09:44 AM

The K1, K2, DX and DXG are best avoided because Download & Transfer will only be mobi, which is very limited.
The later old ones may need updated for azw3.
See https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...MQC26VQQMM8XSW

A registered updated (3.4.3) and synced at least once since K3 /Keyboard 3 model does allow azw3 on "Download and Transfer". Originally it didn't do azw3/KF8.
The azw3/KF8 is similar to epub2. The Mobi format was obsolete even before the first Kindle in 2007.

You might need to replace a battery to get an old kindle to go long enough to update/register.

Also registration for older Kindles needs you to give your Amazon account a phone number for SMS and then you get a code. Though email may be possible.

The Kindle itself isn't used. You register it, copy & paste the serial ID off your Amazon web account into the deDRM plugin. Then the Kindle can live in a drawer for ever. You download ebooks from Content & Devices on your Amazon web account on a Mac/Windows/Linux (though iOS and Android browsers can work, but you need then to copy the file to the Mac/Windows/Linux computer running Calibre).

05-11-2024, 09:44 AM	#3
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,536 Karma: 87456515 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	The K1, K2, DX and DXG are best avoided because Download & Transfer will only be mobi, which is very limited. The later old ones may need updated for azw3. See https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...MQC26VQQMM8XSW A registered updated (3.4.3) and synced at least once since K3 /Keyboard 3 model does allow azw3 on "Download and Transfer". Originally it didn't do azw3/KF8. The azw3/KF8 is similar to epub2. The Mobi format was obsolete even before the first Kindle in 2007. You might need to replace a battery to get an old kindle to go long enough to update/register. Also registration for older Kindles needs you to give your Amazon account a phone number for SMS and then you get a code. Though email may be possible. The Kindle itself isn't used. You register it, copy & paste the serial ID off your Amazon web account into the deDRM plugin. Then the Kindle can live in a drawer for ever. You download ebooks from Content & Devices on your Amazon web account on a Mac/Windows/Linux (though iOS and Android browsers can work, but you need then to copy the file to the Mac/Windows/Linux computer running Calibre).