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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Has anyone tried downloading the epub from the Pottermore site and then convert the result with Calibre and sideload it to the Kindle (as they are supposed to be DRM free)? How does that look?
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You can convert it with kindlegen, and it looks identical to the Kindle file Pottermore sends to Amazon (including watermark and some minor formatting issues, at least in Book 1). I assume that kindlegen is what is in fact used in the workflow between Pottermore and Amazon.
But why sideload when you can link your Amazon account with Pottermore and get exactly the same result, integrated fully with your Kindle library? (the only reason is to be able to fix the minor formatting issues before converting)
AFAICT calibre only supports KF8 read only, i.e. will not create KF8. So if that is important (i.e. you are using Kindle Fire or Kindle for Android) then you should just use kindlegen. There are some scripts here that will let you break out the mobi or kf8 as separate files, so you can save space on the target device.
Note as of at least a few days ago (I keep checking), Amazon hasn't updated Personal Documents to support KF8, so they need to be side-loaded.