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Originally Posted by nabsltd
My purchased books are 160 from Amazon, and 474 from other stores, so I'm definitely not "invested in the Amazon ecosystem". I had an Onyx Boox, but now have Kindles because it's easier to get books onto them.
For books I have purchased from Amazon, or library loans fulfilled by Amazon, I just tell the Kindle to download it. For books with DRM purchased elsewhere, I can remove the DRM with Calibre and the ePub to KFX conversion in Calibre allows easy sideloading.
Although the reverse (KF8 to ePub) would allow someone to sideload to non-Kindle readers, it might not end up as good as a purchased ePub. But, by using Amazon's own tool to do the conversion from ePub to KFX means that I get essentially the same result as when an author submits their ePub to Amazon for conversion and sale.
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This too is subjective. When I still read on Kindles, I never used KFX - I converted all my books (both Amazon purchases and those from other stores) to AZW3. The reason for this was the FONT_RAMP hack (customized font sizes), which was essential to me and which only works with AZW3. No KFX for my Kindles, ever. Now of course it's a moot point, as I currently only read on Kobo readers.