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Originally Posted by shalym
That statement makes no sense. If that were the reason, then Amazon wouldn't be allowing people to download the books as kf8 files for devices that can handle kfx.
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They do what? Really - I had to look twice to identify what you are selling here. For some (kfx compatible) books - that get autodelivered as .kfx (kf10) on all recent and last gen Kindle devices, if you log into Amazons on site eBook management, and then select download to device, the file thats getting downloaded is an .azw3 (kf8). Hurray for that? So - when people, instead of using Amazons on Kindle Storefront, and instead of using Amazons "to the device" delivery, additionally introduce a PC into the mix, then log into an online interface a second time, then do about 10 clicks each time - they might still get the old, legacy fileformat delivered to them - which so far isnt impacted by all the horrible set changes kfx introduced.
Amazon in no way is advertising, this workflow - NOR is anyone in here, in fact I bet that the usual 90% of users dont even know it exists. Substract from that the iPad types, that cant even transfer downloaded books to Kindles.
Amazon is in no way even spelling out, that this is, what that "method" does - as nowhere in the process you are actually prompted to select or choose a file format - you CANT - as with all things Amazon, you press buttons, and sometimes it works until a switch gets flipped.
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Originally Posted by shalym
I don't know why Amazon created the new format. Why did they create the kf8 format? You say that everything that kfx can do could have just been added to kf8, but as Hitch said, how do you KNOW everything that kfx can do?
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Let me help you out here as well. Lets go through the motions here. Silent, same day release and rollout with an emphasis on new "feature addons" ("addons" because all of which could have been, and would have been better realized on the firmware side of things (Amazon is the only vendor that successfully has coupled hyphenation to a new closed file format - hey maybe ePub 2.0 didnt restrict features enough - with its successor not getting the wide distribution kfx is out to get)) burying the lead on the severe ecosystem changes that dont allow anyone but Amazon to create the new books (kfx) anymore (forget people in this forums, this also goes for authors and publishers), the choice not to release any authoring tools into the public, the choice to change the delivery defaults to the new format - without opt ins, opt outs or even asking. The choice to make the next Kindle format something only Amazon should be allowed to understand, create or distribute. Everyone of those is an entirely new aspect, some people in this forum fight hard against being dragged into the open.
The reply - that we shouldnt be angry with this mess starting to unfold, because - we "dont know what great juicy features may still lie withing kfx" - BEHOLD, the next pressrelease might offer us the chance to unlock a new one (why not coupled to a reaching a new facebook follower target?! (sarcasm)) - is so far removed from what is happening here, that had to squint, when I first read it. Hey, everyone - ever wanted to see reframing of an issue in action! Look no further!
Hey - Amazon could even ad another great feature today - and the automatically roll it out with the next firmware update - and none of us would ever know - because UNDERSTANDING THE FORMAT (and not only the DRM layer) IS PROHIBITED, not by chance, but by design. So instead of reframing this to be a great chance for us to start wondering again, and isnt anticipation the greatest part of life - with kfx, every day could feel like christmas - if only Amazon would unveil a new feature addon, whenever they feel like they need some publicity..
Let us please stick to - amazon has created an entirely new format, that only they can produce - that is designed, so only they can produce it - that already gets autodelivered (with no opt out) on all channels and devices that matter (in their business case) - with the very thing some in here think that we should cheer for being - that Amazon somewhere, somehow still might provide a legacy format, they could face out at any point in time - providing you introduce a second login, a second device, and ten more clicks per book to the occasion.
While the blogosphere and this forum isnt interested in even promoting the "workaround".
Ok, you did. Maybe. Without any details. May I applaud you?