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Originally Posted by ATDrake
Just as an experiment, I tried stripping and moving the included dictionary from one K4Mac account to another which didn't already have it loaded, and it shows up fine. Unfortunately, I couldn't tell you if it could still be used for its intended function since apparently K4Mac does not yet have dictionary lookup among its feature-set.
But at least you've found you can use the dictionary with your auxiliary K4PC for your non-Amazon content. And there's always the route of staying on your dictionary-enabled K4PC and just stripping your Amazon content to load up so you can use the dictionary, though that seems unnecessarily baroque, especially considering one also loses notes & highlights backup and page sync.
Hopefully the Amazon feedback people will be able to sort you out.
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incredibly baroque but this sequence has now worked:
1. new amazon account + new K4PC to get a copy new american oxford dictionary for free, onto this PC. ( it was not retrievable from my K3 as it's stored in firmware on there?, not in documents or in any system folder that I can see )
2. somehow got the drm off of that file & the book imported to calibre , via various plug ins + lots of trial n error
( unless it was not drm'd to begin with - the only PIN /Sn I had to hand was for my k3 so sohuld not have worked!. or maybe it had only some generic DRM & is not locked to specific devices / accounts ? )
3. de-registered, then re-registered my k4PC on this pc back to my preferred amazon/kindle account, so I can access my other licenced stuff OK,
4. added the ( now-dedrmd) new american dictionary to this K4PC by double clicking the mobi file in calibre's show folder path option.
5. the dictionary then did what it should i.e. vanished into the innards of K4PC and now works as a word look up engine ( & is not visible as a book)
so all is finally as it should be , after many hours learning far more than I ever wanted to know about DRM - thanks for the help, I would not have gotten there alone.
PS I think Amazon no longer sell the dictionary which is bundled for free, leastways I could not see how to buy a copy from kindle store. I also read in another thread that they updated the store version a while back, leaving an older version in many folks archives/devices & thus leading to much confusion.
If I were to buy an upmarket expensive dictionary, I'd want a deal which annual updates, & not want to be locked in to something that gradually went out of date from not having new words. Amazon do not yet have a system for replacing books bought with updated / corrected versions - they will have to invent one eventually.