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rumplestiltskin · 02-28-2019, 11:40 PM

And one more update.

I read the "documented methods of avoiding KFX" (thank you!) and DL'd Kindle v1.17.1 for my Mac (and tossed the Kindle folder from App Support). I then re-downloaded the Mark Twain book and it came in as AZW3, not KFX. It was less than half the size of the KFX. The code view was also much less complex and did not assign a "class" to each individual paragraph. In short, it is a much cleaner eBook. The conversion to ePub proceeded without incident and seems to be perfect. I then did the same on my PC (v1.17.1), re-downloaded the eBook (which came in as an AZW3, as well), and it displayed perfectly as well as converted to ePub as I hoped.

I did verify that, on both platforms, I've disabled the "install updates" checkbox. That should be the end of my problems. I appreciate the pointers; I found the solutions there.

Thanks!

02-28-2019, 11:40 PM	#181
rumplestiltskin Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 1435120 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: West of the Pecos Device: FireHD8, iPad	And one more update. I read the "documented methods of avoiding KFX" (thank you!) and DL'd Kindle v1.17.1 for my Mac (and tossed the Kindle folder from App Support). I then re-downloaded the Mark Twain book and it came in as AZW3, not KFX. It was less than half the size of the KFX. The code view was also much less complex and did not assign a "class" to each individual paragraph. In short, it is a much cleaner eBook. The conversion to ePub proceeded without incident and seems to be perfect. I then did the same on my PC (v1.17.1), re-downloaded the eBook (which came in as an AZW3, as well), and it displayed perfectly as well as converted to ePub as I hoped. I did verify that, on both platforms, I've disabled the "install updates" checkbox. That should be the end of my problems. I appreciate the pointers; I found the solutions there. Thanks!