Thread: Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre
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Old 11-20-2020, 09:57 PM   #1046
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Originally Posted by lisainIL View Post
Also, I'm curious how one uses Calibre with books from Amazon if they all have DRM and Calibre doesn't officially support books with DRM. In other words, if you're a Kindle/Amazon ebook reader, what's the use case for Calibre?
There are several.

1. Amazon makes books available without DRM if the publisher has selected that option as long as the customer is able to avoid KFX format.

2. DRM free books obtained elsewhere, such as Project Gutenberg and the MobileRead library, can be converted for use on a Kindle using calibre.

However, I suspect that a large percentage of calibre users do make use of DRM removal even though it requires external software.
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