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Originally Posted by datcha
Sorry ... my mistake.
Since it is free, and looked good, I bought it right away. Then the Amazon page stopped showing the "Read for Free" KU button, and I did not see it when I read again your question and wrote my reply.
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Ahh, that explains it. Since I had received a pre-release copy, I had not purchased it for free and it was still showing the button for me. Actually your post reminded me I probably
should go buy it for free, just to help boost the author's sales stats. That'll hopefully help him sell more of the rest of the series.
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Originally Posted by Notjohn
Immediately forget I said this, but I use Epubor (I'm not a pirate! I'm not a pirate! The university library provides epubs, but I prefer to read them on my Fire tablet, honest!) The other day I bought A Man in Full from Amazon. It says Enhanced Typesetting Enabled, so I assume it's KFX. A devil perched on my shoulder and made me open the book in Calibre. Sure enough, I was able to save it as a mobi file and open it on a Kindle registered to another account. So Epubor evidently did its bit behind the scenes.
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As others have noted, you must have gotten a Mobi or Azw3 file instead of KFX. Calibre & Alf's tools
can strip the DRM off of library books in those formats. I've done it by mistake before, so I know they can. (I had downloaded a bunch of new books, and when I dragged and dropped them into Calibre there was a library book in there too. Didn't realize it until I'd already converted everything, at which point I deleted it.)
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Yes you are a pirate. Or at least, you are a wiling collaborator and are helping to perpetuate the existence of the Epubor crooks. Who are pirating the calibre source code.
(Although really, what is wrong with the old "thief" terminology?)
You do realize, that every single bit of functionality Epubor offers is already available in calibre (assuming you install Apprentice Alf's tools as well)?
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I took the "I'm not a pirate" bit as more of a "I wasn't trying to pirate the library book", than about the software. I agree with you otherwise, Epubor's absolutely scum.