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Old 05-21-2022, 01:13 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by rgeorg View Post
I've looked through the threads and tried to Download to USB from Manage your Assets, but it still turns out the same. Some- say 6 out of 20 KU books -download from Kindle for PC v1.17 as .azw format. These books do not open/convert in Calibre. Not even the one I downloaded from Amazon directly to the PC. It does not even open in the Kindle for PC app, although it does open when I download it to the Kindle eReader. The Calibre error message is that the book is DRM protected.

I have had some success when I delete the book from KU, re-add it, and then re-download it from PC Kindle app. Sometimes comes as .azw3 and opens. But not with all books.

I am using Calibre 3.39.1[64 bit] and Kindle for PC v 1.17 (does not update). Have been downloading for years, this started awhile ago, but seems to be affecting more books.
A download using Download and Transfer via USB is tied to the serial number of the Kindle ereader used as the download target. That they will not open in Kindle for PC is not a surprise. You will need to enter the serial number of the Kinde ereader in the DeDRM plugin to have it work with those file.

OTOH, removing DRM from book loans is not a practice that Apprentices Alf and Harper condoned. My opinion is that KU books are loans not purchases.

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