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Originally Posted by j.p.s
If Calibre doesn't change the size of the azw3 file, Xray should work fine, but you need to jump through a few hoops to get the Xray file.
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Thanks for this info. My normal procedure for a new book: Buy from Amazon, download in AZW3 format into Calibre to be processed with DeDRM so I have my own locally stored backup copy. Sideload from Caliber to PW3. The PW3 is in permanent airplane mode - for three reasons: (1) to save battery, (2) to avoid updating to newer firmware until after I have read reviews from others that the new version doesn't cause problems, and (3) to get rid of the ads (after running in airplane mode for a while, the Kindle apparently runs out of ads to display, so it stops displaying them and falls back to its built-in and ugly screensavers instead, which is one small step better than the ads).
So it sounds like my X-Ray doesn't work because I only sideload, and never connect to the internet. Makes sense. I'll have to decide if I prefer for X-Ray to work, or if I prefer the three benefits I listed above instead. The "save battery" benefit is minimal - I'd only need to leave WiFi on long enough to download the X-Ray file. The "get rid of ads" benefit I don't really care about either. The ads are not really intrusive - this no ads benefit just kind of tagged along as a side effect of permanent airplane mode. But the one benefit I do want to keep is the "no automatic updating". Is there a way to disable that, even when WiFi is turned on?
p.s. - There are also a few other benefits of leaving WiFi off: There is always a possibility, probably extremely small, that Amazon's security protocols could get hacked - thus leaving Kindle owners subject to hacker attacks. While this risk is minimal, there's no reason not to reduce it to absolute zero by turning WiFi off (assuming you don't need the features that WiFi provides - like X-Ray file downloads). Another benefit of leaving WiFi off is that Amazon or their "partners" cannot easily collect data on you. Not that I'm concerned that Amazon knows how many pages per minute I read, what page I'm on in what book, and statistical data collection like that. But just as a general principle I want as little data collected about me as possible. This is just basic security and privacy awareness. Amazon wants data like that to make money off of (via targeted advertisements, etc.) So if they want that kind of data from me, ask me and I'll possibly sell it to them, ... not give it to them for free!