Thread: Amazon has removed Download & Transfer option
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Old 02-27-2025, 04:28 PM   #682
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Originally Posted by drofgnal View Post
I did buy Day of the Jackal (something I've wanted to read) for 1.99 this morning as an Amazon deal of the day. You can still import the KFX file from your kindle into calibre and de drm it. I just did it. I don't see the reasoning behind eliminating download and transfer if other methods still work.
I bought a few books that were having $1.99 deals yesterday, and squeaked them in under the cutoff. May as well take advantage while you can, especially if the same book is 5x the price elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
Yes, it's about control, not piracy.
Logically they might make WiFi automatic, or only have iOS and Android apps. They want to outdo Apple in the walled garden thing.

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Send to Kindle only takes non-Kindle documents.
Scribe needs multiple connections to Amazon and conversion of PDFs. That's not a technical need, but walled garden control. Other systems, some better, don't need a server/cloud conversion.
Publishers can request DRM free, but with Wispernet KFX that is gone. The DRM free titles should be still DRM free on K3 to PW1 (azw3). Some Cell/Mobile only Kindles still can get mobi, which can be DRM free, but only in small number of countries where the modem still has a compatible mast. Not sure why Amazon hasn't cancelled the SIM here. The DXG still working!
It kinda bugs me too that you can't even do free ebooks on Amazon anymore. All you can do is 99 cents as the lowest, and have limited free sales.

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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
You don't need a Kobo reader. You can download directly from their website. That will get you an ePub (for non-DRM titles) or a .acsm file which you using Adobe Digital Editions or the DeACSM plugin to convert into an ePub.

I strongly recommend using the DeACSM extension - then it's just a question of dragging the .acsm file into calibre, DeACSM gets the DRMed ePub, and DeDRM then removes the DRM before the book gets added to your library. Absolutely seamless!
I am a fan of DeACSM. I've been using it for a while, and it just makes things so much easier.
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