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Old 09-22-2019, 04:37 PM   #26
j.p.s
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Originally Posted by TheSmitty View Post
That is most likely my case as well as I get the initial copy to backup from the amazon download which apparently are not KFX.
I guess in looking at stuff on the kindle itself there is no way to determine what format it is in.

I like the way it all works now and happily buy my books on amazon but glad I can backup them up.
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
That is logical and fits with how Amazon has behaved so far. The older formats are needed to support the older devices still in use by customers.

The main area that still makes no sense to me is that Amazon continues to deliver the older formats through the "Download & transfer via USB" option on their website even for devices that support KFX. I suppose that option may be used infrequently enough that they do not consider it to be worth upgrading. Still, that seems to me to be the most likely thing for them to change.

There are expensive textbooks that Amazon is making available only in KFX format and only on devices and apps with unbroken DRM. I believe that choice may be publisher driven. Perhaps other publishers may opt for that out of piracy paranoia, but I doubt it will be commonplace.
If you download a book listed as enhanced typesetting enabled from amazon, copy it over USB to a KFX capable kindle, then turn on wifi or cellular before opening the book, the kindle will download the KFX version and delete the KF8 version.
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