Quote:
Originally Posted by darryl
The situation at the moment seems to be that a book with the new typesetting available will:
1. If downloaded directly to an e-ink Kindle Paperwhite 2 or later will be kfx.
2. If downloaded directly to an e-ink Kindle Paperwhite 1 or older will be older formats.
3. If dowloaded for transfer via usb will be older formats.
4. If downloaded to Kindle for PC or Mac will be older formats. Have not tested Windows "app".
|
Old news -- the Windows Metro app has never used the old OR new format. It uses a cache system full of meaningless file fragments IIRC.
You could never decrypt those with Alf. I don't think anyone ever bothered, as K4PC still works fine on the same PCs.
Quote:
5. Not sure about current Android applications including the app on the Fire.
I also don't think there is any real danger of being unable to obtain older formats any time soon. KFX is not currently supported by many e-ink Kindles including the original Paperwhite, still widely used. It is not currently supported by Kindle for PC or Mac. Download via usb is still available for Kindle owners and does not support KFX.
On the other hand, the seeds of a DRM apocalypse are here. Amazon has for the moment the technology to achieve this. As does Adobe. But no longer can those of us using epub simply rush to Amazon with any confidence if and when Adobe's new DRM is activated. I would imagine Amazon has been doing its research on the likely effect of going exclusively kfx on sales of both Kindles and EBooks.
|
Can you make up your mind?
You don't believe there is a danger... because of all the old devices. Note: Amazon still supports the Original Mark I Kindle, in theory. I don't know if anyone knows someone who has one.
I know there are still people who use the K2.
On the other hand, Amazon is setting up for the apocalypse, therefore you cannot simply rush to Amazon, because they might go exclusively KFX?
And stop supporting all those old devices?
Other than that, decent summary.
