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Old 10-10-2025, 08:11 PM   #3260
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Originally Posted by CheriePie View Post
Okay something obviously changed at Amazon in the last day or two because this no longer works for me to remove DRM and I wind up with a KFX-ZIP file instead.

I have been using the above method—with Calibre 8.x, noDRM 10.0.9, KFX Input plugin, and my Kindle PW5 SE—for the last... FOREVER! LOL But as of today, trying to import my latest Kindle purchase (it happens to be a newer release) into Calibre yields me only the KFX-ZIP file instead of converting to the KFX (I know this means it failed to remove the DRM). I even tried pulling the file down from my Kindle to my (Windows 11) PC first and then pull it into Calibre, but got the same results.

So I'm thinking maybe Amazon tightened up their DRM again. (I saw mention a few pages back of a tightened DRM?) And/or maybe a recent update to my PW5 has me now getting this hardened DRM. (I'm at 5.18.5.0.1 on my PW5.)

Has anyone else seen these issues crop up in the last day or two?
It's pretty well known that the latest Kindle update disabled the DRM removal.
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