Thread: Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre
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Old 02-14-2023, 09:37 PM   #1875
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Originally Posted by ComputerGranny View Post
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?
The KFX Input and Output plugins are not going to be of any use in this case. KFX Output is for creating KFX and so does not apply at all. KFX Input is for converting KFX to other formats but it only works if you remove the KFX DRM first, which is not possible for Kindles running firmware versions after 5.12.1.

As Sirtel pointed out DRM is handled by the DeDRM plugin and it needs to be configured to work properly.
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