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laurla · Today, 05:45 PM

I've read through most of this thread and others but with the abundance of great info shared, I unfortunately, have lost the thread in my head of what my options are now that my old kindle is no longer supported.

So I am wondering if I get a new kindle with the promotion, will I be able to use it transfer newer published books from Amazon to calibre just as I was doing with my now defunct kindle - meaning, can I download it to the kindle then connect via USB and still move the KFX (or whatever) file to calibre and let calibre do it's conversion magic? If I can't do that with a new kindle... what steps will I need to follow?

(I still have an older version of K4PC that I am successfully using for older published books - I know that may be going away but a worry for another day).

Thanks for help in clarifying for this old brain!

Today, 05:45 PM	#596
laurla Addict Posts: 278 Karma: 1374306 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Brownsburg, IN (Indpls,IN) Device: kindle pw	I've read through most of this thread and others but with the abundance of great info shared, I unfortunately, have lost the thread in my head of what my options are now that my old kindle is no longer supported. So I am wondering if I get a new kindle with the promotion, will I be able to use it transfer newer published books from Amazon to calibre just as I was doing with my now defunct kindle - meaning, can I download it to the kindle then connect via USB and still move the KFX (or whatever) file to calibre and let calibre do it's conversion magic? If I can't do that with a new kindle... what steps will I need to follow? (I still have an older version of K4PC that I am successfully using for older published books - I know that may be going away but a worry for another day). Thanks for help in clarifying for this old brain!