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Originally Posted by BionicGecko
Honestly at this point it does look like the only way to put books on non-wifi Kindles is to remove the DRM and sideload them via USB.
So if you want to buy your books from Amazon, then currently the easiest way is to get them via Kindle for PC as detailed in this thread (see Method 2); you will have to convert the KFX book to AZW before sending to your Kindle. Otherwise you can consider buying your books at Kobo (whose DRM is easy to strip) or from other retailers offering DRM-free books. |
Im not the person you responded to but am in a similar position. I have been using a Kindle DXG for the last 11 years and find myself in the same boat sort of.
I downloaded all my books from over the years and am in the process of converting them but at this point am unwilling to buy anymore as Ive been reading that they are coming in the new KFX format which is more difficult to deal with especially as I'm on a Mac.
A new irk is that they even killed off Libby and my local library becasue all the books are being routed through Amazon for download which brings me tote same position that I cant get them off Amazon and to my Kindle.
I have managed to get the book downloaded to my MBP for reading in the Kindle app but that defeats the purpose of the E-ink. After some digging I found where its hiding the books, literally 20 directories in and you have to dig because the book isnt called anything you would recognize.
Finding it is only half the issue.While Im not a programmer one of the files (I cant recall the type sounds like a timer so the file goes away but I'm not sure) the other issue is the book is in a KFX format that my Kindle wont handle so now Im faced with figuring out the KFX conversion on a MAC.
I saw the Windows way and can try that but damn what a runaround.
Do you or does anyone have any thoughts on the proper way to get boks from the library? Am I on the right path?