Hi all, need some assistance here:
1. just bought kindle book in amazon which are 18 files:
B015KKYFGO_EBOK.azw
CR!5PYFEJF3T139V1FY3RBMC3A7RKPS.azw.md
B015KKYFGO_EBOK.mbpV2
B015KKYFGO_EBOK.phl
and bunch of files ending in .azw.res
2. just downloaded [Kindle for PC 1.28.57030] from:
kindle-for-pc-1-28-57030.exe
https://kindle-for-pc.en.uptodown.co...wnload/2184358
3. hash in
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=283371
version 1.28
filename: KindleForPC-installer-1.28.57030.exe
SHA-256: 6feea6ec44ff3d3b7be23e7a969fe14ab884a7b19e23bc2c74 237730411559f6
4. verified hash is same:
certutil -hashfile kindle-for-pc-1-28-57030.exe SHA256
SHA256 hash of kindle-for-pc-1-28-57030.exe:
6feea6ec44ff3d3b7be23e7a969fe14ab884a7b19e23bc2c74 237730411559f6
CertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.
4. installed plugin KFX input via my Caliber PC
5. dragged B015KKYFGO_EBOK.azw into Caliber and successfully got book imported, and can see on right side:
Authors: xxx
Formats: KFX-ZIP
Path: Click to open
6. Problem is I wanted to convert to PDF in Caliber, but getting the error:
This book has DRM
Cannot convert "my book name"
This book is locked by DRM. To learn more about DRM and why you cannot read or convert this book in calibre, click here.
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Its sad.. I been using Caliber for years and managed to convert all my books into PDF format, but I noticed in past 2 or 3 years ? Amazon downloaded books instead of just 1 .azw file, 1 single book started having many files.
So I was happy to find this thread, and read bit high level.. I don't really wanna read 1000 lines of technical text.. just wanna be able to convert book into PDF.
But.. I managed to do right steps.. I think..
What I would like now to know is:
- Is it possible or not to convert in Caliber Amazon books on above format of the book I just bought ? Just a simple YES/NO would suffice please. And if answer is NO, what workaround can I so also on a simple way.
Thanks so much.
ps. Its so bad this amazon attitude on DRM.. its stupid, 10 years ago I would get pirate stuff, then I moved into buying digital content/software and I'm getting restricted!!!
Even if people remove DRM and share to online public, I'm sure nowadays consumer attitude is to buy stuff.. so if 50k people buy a $50 usd book = $ 2.5 million usd
I'm sure both amazon and authors are happy enough, even if book gets put online and used by others 50k people that didn't payed for it..