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Originally Posted by tamhas
I am a Calibre user who uses either the Kindle OTA update or Calibre to get books on my Paperwhite. I have a friend, new to Kindle, for whom Calibre seems overkill. I suppose that most of her books will also come OTA, but there are some I would like to share.
I had been thinking that all I needed to do was to instruct her about connecting her Kindle with USB and then copying the KFX from her computer disk to the Kindle, but when I looked at what was actually on my Kindle, I saw a directory for each book with half a dozen files rather than the simple KFX (or earlier version) file. Is this some magic of the Kindle OS or do I need to do something more complicated?
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Also you can only share PD ebooks, which are always DRM free.
Amazon is misleading about "Gifting" ebooks and the DRM free option on publish upload:
Gifting an ebook is simply paying for it and the recipient has to be in same Amazon region (Even same marketplace isn't enough).
"Read on any device" means any Kindle or Kindle App the recipient has that is registered to account where they redeem the ebook.
Not all Kindle ebooks are real reflowable ebooks. Some don't work (won't deliver) on any eink Kindle. Some might work on the Scribe. Some only work on an App, but might need a large screen and now may not work on Mac or Windows (they have never officially worked on Linux). In the past the iPad/iOS Kindle App was inferior to the Android (or Fire) App due to Apple's bizarre App rules. Not sure if that's fixed.
Gift "tokens" are also frought. You have to buy them on the marketplace the recipient will spend them on. They can't be refunded or transferred and now may not work for any purchase.
In general you can't legally copy most bought ebooks between users (sometimes there is a Family clause) and even if you own two Kindles, you usually can't copy bought Kindle ebooks between them due to DRM; you have to get a fresh OTA download.
Amazon is by far the most popular ebook platform, but their processes, rules and systems stink.
You can get a refund on a Gifted ebook if the recipient refuses it, or redemption fails (any reason), or the recipient never gets email etc. So safer than a "gift token".