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Old 02-14-2023, 08:56 PM   #1873
ComputerGranny
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Unhappy Need more help with DRM for Amazon

Back with another question. I've tried to search this thread and can't find anything that seems to address my problem. I bought a used Kindle Paperwhite 7th generation, firmware version Kindle 5.15.1. I registered it at Amazon. Bought a new book published in January 2023. I read this book originally on Kindle Unlimited. Because I wanted to keep the book and convert to an epub, I bought it.

I have used the download and transfer option to download the file. The filetype that downloaded is AZW3. I used Calibre to import it. I was able to do that. However, when I tried to convert it to an epub, I got an error message saying that it has DRM and Calibre couldn't convert it.

I have installed all the plug-ins that I can locate. The latest I could find was DeDRM_tools_10.0.3. I tried to customize the input and output plug-ins for KFX with the serial number but got the message that there was nothing to customize. I cannot see any plug-ins that seem to be for AZW3. Am I missing the plug-in for AZW? Is it the same as for KFX?

I also tried downloading into K4PC 1.17. Got crazy collection of files that I don't know what to do with. Also tried copying files off the Paperwhite directly into Calibre. There were numerous folders. I found some kfx files in assets/attachables folder. Calibre could not remove drm on those either. Tried importing from entire folder, didn't work either.

Sorry to bother you all again, but I really don't know what to do.
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