Thread: Amazon has removed Download & Transfer option
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Old 03-01-2025, 04:42 PM   #749
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Originally Posted by A Lurker View Post
If we have a way of removing DRM from kfx files on the device, then why are people upset about losing the D&T function? Perhaps I'm missing something, but it looks like we just need to switch from getting .azw files from Amazon's website to getting the kfx files from our devices? Is there a downside to this?
azw3 files are very similar to epub files. You can edit them with calibre's ebook-editor or convert them to ePub with KindleUnpack which will give a result much closer to the original source file (ePub is the most popular source format for KDP). KFX is semi-compiled and a conversion from KFX to ePub gives, from the point of view of someone who wants to edit the book, a very ugly starting place.

From the point of view of being able to backup my ebooks, I really don't care about the input format. From the point of view of being able to edit the ebook before sending it to my ereader, I do care.
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