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jhowell · 02-03-2017, 12:17 PM

You may be able to register your DX by calling Amazon customer service and giving them the serial number. I'm not sure this will work as they may know it to be a demo unit, but it is worth a try. That will enable the USB download option from the Amazon website.

You can read in the Kindle for iOS and Android apps, but you can't access the files outside of those apps or use the USB download option for them.

For now you can use Kindle for PC or Kindle for Mac if you can get access to a PC or Mac. It involves installing an outdated software version that is still available from Amazon if you know where to look. That option will likely be going away soon.

Or as you wrote, pick up a cheap, used e-ink Kindle. (It won't work with a Fire tablet.)

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Oh, and look for "Apprentice Alf's Blog" on the web for information on how you can remove DRM from the downloaded files to make them useful. They also have more info on using the Kindle for PC/Mac option.

02-03-2017, 12:17 PM	#2
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,097 Karma: 92190113 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	You may be able to register your DX by calling Amazon customer service and giving them the serial number. I'm not sure this will work as they may know it to be a demo unit, but it is worth a try. That will enable the USB download option from the Amazon website. You can read in the Kindle for iOS and Android apps, but you can't access the files outside of those apps or use the USB download option for them. For now you can use Kindle for PC or Kindle for Mac if you can get access to a PC or Mac. It involves installing an outdated software version that is still available from Amazon if you know where to look. That option will likely be going away soon. Or as you wrote, pick up a cheap, used e-ink Kindle. (It won't work with a Fire tablet.) --- Oh, and look for "Apprentice Alf's Blog" on the web for information on how you can remove DRM from the downloaded files to make them useful. They also have more info on using the Kindle for PC/Mac option. Last edited by jhowell; 02-03-2017 at 12:58 PM.