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Originally Posted by TEN
Calibre at least on Windows itself doesn't seem to have a way of importing .prc files straight from a tablet etc. (maybe due to the way it gets MTP-mounted) with (old enough) Kindle for Android, though on its Device menu it can list them.
However these do not need to be retrieved via ADB (nor then processed via ABE again):
Copying the files folder from Android/data/com.amazon.kindle to somewhere on e.g. C: will allow Calibre to "Add books from folders and sub-folders" in bulk when selecting the local copy of "files" and that "All e-book files in a folder are assumed to be the same book in different formats."
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Ignore the comments below, as they only apply to files downloaded from Amazon for USB transfer to eink Kindles
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The .prc are usually, but not always, DRM-free old mobi. The azw (without 3) tends to be Amazon DRMed old mobi.
There was some Mobipocket DRM on mobi before Amazon bought Mobipocket in 2005. No Kindles till 2007. I think Amazon used Adobe DRM before 2005.
I've certainly added .prc files using Calibre 1.48 on XP years ago. Sometimes azw files from Amazon have no DRM and you need to rename to .mobi and then they'll work with Calibre.
Publishers can request no DRM, but Amazon ignores this if using KFX, probably putting the generic "any Kindle" KFX DRM thus claiming "unlimited devices".
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