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Originally Posted by Catlady
Thanks. They are not loans. My concern was mainly about my device--whether it was old enough to avoid the KFX issue if I bother to register it. It sounds like it is, so I'll give it a try and get the books.
I don't purchase a lot of e-books in any case, but I'm certainly going to avoid getting them from Amazon anymore. What a stupid and time-consuming hassle all this has been.
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I have always used Download & Transfer via USB as my method to deDRM my books from Amazon. The only hassle I have is to enter a new serial number into the plugin every time I get a new Kindle. As for the age of your Kindle, it is and it isn't old enough. There is three different methods available which work a little bit different and have different requirements and limitations.
- The download and transfer via USB:
It works for every eink Kindle (including the Scribe, except those too old to understand KF8, I think), but it will only work on purchases, not on samples or Amazon borrows (prime reading, KU). You will need to enter the serial number in the DeDRM plugin and download through the Amazon webpage. If you happen to be on a mobile device, you can still download the book if you switch to the desktop version (this could be useful if you are on the go, download the book, email it to yourself, remove the DRM later when you are near your computer again).
- Direct download over WIFI to the device:
This is an unrestricted loophole that only gives KF8 (in a AZW3 file) for eink Kindles older than a PW1 (5th gen), but not too old and it needs a FW update to understand KF8 (e.g. the original KT or a KK3). On the PW1 you get a split file as AZW3 (has only the cover image in B/W) plus a AZW6 (this has all other images, also in B/W). DeDRM (or any other plugin, out of the box) does not handle merging the AZW3 and AZW6 file together. You can remove the DRM from the AZW3 in the split files if you don't care for the images. Any newer Kindle and you get a KFX file delivered to the device, except if the FW is old enough to not understand KFX and you get the split AZW3 and AZW6. (You will still need to add the serial number to the DeDRM, the Kindle needs to be hooked up to the computer with USB cable to extract the book. This, I would say, disqualifies your device as you won't get the complete book and it needs to continue to keep working - but you always have option 1 or 3 left)
- Old version of Kindle for Android:
This is another unrestricted loophole without the need of any Amazon device (purchases work, KU loans work, samples work, KFX only books obviously don't work). You either need an Android device that lets you install an old enough Kindle for Android that allows extraction of the key needed for DeDRM. Some real devices work, some won't. However there is a way to do this on your computer (so far Windows works, Linux doesn't, Mac should work) with using an Android emulator (Bluestacks), Android Developer Bridge, and old version of Kindle for Android that doesn't download KFX. See this (extremely long) thread. Read the first post only, and if it makes sense to you, try it. If it doesn't make sense, don't bother reading the thread as it will be just be as confusing as this thread. Easier to just ask a question at the end (ownedbycats does a wonderful job keeping the first post up to date).