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Sirtel · 03-07-2026, 11:31 PM

If you want to use your Kindles to deDRM your Amazon purchases, then no worries - they're too old to get the newest hardened DRM. You'll need the deDRM plugin 10.0.9 or alpha and the KFX Input plugin. And you'll need to connect your Kindles directly to Calibre to get the books from them.

Edit: if you just want to sideload non-Amazon books to your Kindles and read them, then nothing much has changed with those models. Convert your books to AZW3 or KFX and transfer them to your Kindles. With AZW3 it's best not to turn on wifi at all, because Amazon has a nasty habit of deleting USB transfers of AZW3 files.

03-07-2026, 11:31 PM	#3
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 14,800 Karma: 245110941 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	If you want to use your Kindles to deDRM your Amazon purchases, then no worries - they're too old to get the newest hardened DRM. You'll need the deDRM plugin 10.0.9 or alpha and the KFX Input plugin. And you'll need to connect your Kindles directly to Calibre to get the books from them. Edit: if you just want to sideload non-Amazon books to your Kindles and read them, then nothing much has changed with those models. Convert your books to AZW3 or KFX and transfer them to your Kindles. With AZW3 it's best not to turn on wifi at all, because Amazon has a nasty habit of deleting USB transfers of AZW3 files. Last edited by Sirtel; 03-07-2026 at 11:34 PM.