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Originally Posted by maximus83
That is also fair. However, maybe just because Amazon is the dominant player, it seems like the tools are getting the attention and keeping up pretty well with even the recent changes. Anyone who will invest 5 minutes to read jhowells's detailed post about the 4 methods and tools for working with kfx in Calibre should have no problem. If we could get to that state of relatively smooth, low friction ebook import and conversion with BN, I'd reconsider them as a source for ebooks. I really have no beef with them otherwise, still like their physical stores and give them my business here locally.
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My point still stands. Currently, workarounds exist relying on availability of copies using older DRM but as far as I'm aware, the DRM used for Kindle4PC 1.25 or FW5.10.2 has yet to be broken.
Also, I wouldn't consider dealing with kfx easy. Unlike azw3 or mobi, you can't simply drag and drop to Calibre. You'll have to zip the kfx and resources folder first. On Kindle4PC version (which you want if image quality is a concern), files all just unhelpfully use azw and azw.res extension so you don't actually know if a book is kfx or azw3+azw6. Along with cryptic ASIN-based filenames, they're a major pain in the neck when batch processing (particularly when books fail to decrypt).
In my case, the azw3 versions of manga I buy are noticeably lower quality and therefore undesirable compared to Kobo.
I'll have to recheck my external HDD, but one of the test cases:
Found the post.
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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FR13YYV/- website: 118,847 KB (my guess: 1280x1920 res)
- azw3 download: 38,755 KB (variable resolution: 1280x1920 max, ~220 KB per image)
- PW3 kfx download: 35,180 KB (assets folder 35,028 KB, 965x1448, ~180 KB per image)
comiXology - in-app, proprietary format: 384.6 MB (lines are sharp and clean even on a 12.9" iPad, no blurriness at all)
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/skip-beat-vol-41- epub download: 151,273 KB (1400x2100, ~880 KB per image)
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ski...=9781974706129
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