DRM workaround: Kindle for Android - Page 39

Ma'am-I-Am · 05-13-2024, 05:53 PM

If you can't read it in the K4PC app, that means the buyer must purchase a Kindle. Or maybe Big River would just say to use their "cloud" reader. I'd ask for my money back if it was a purchased book.

Sirtel · 05-13-2024, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Ma'am-I-Am

If you can't read it in the K4PC app, that means the buyer must purchase a Kindle. Or maybe Big River would just say to use their "cloud" reader. I'd ask for my money back if it was a purchased book.

I got it into Calibre via the K4PC app, so there was no need to return it. Presumably Download & Transfer would have worked too (I have a couple of older Kindles still registered to my account), but I wanted to know if the Kindle for PC method worked with this book. Fortunately it did.

jenrar · 05-17-2024, 12:47 AM

I ran into that issue too. Thankfully someone told me to install Kindle4PC and use epubor, and that has worked beautifully today for the books I bought. *grumble* I HATE that Amazon can basically hold books I PURCHASE hostage, simply because I don't WANT to use THEIR proprietary software to read them.

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

Today I came upon a book (published in May 2024) that couldn't be downloaded with the Bluestacks method - I got the error message saying that I needed to update the Android app. Books published in April still download and can be deDRMed.

So it seems this method will stop working soon enough, as new books can't be downloaded with it.

The Kindle for PC method still works with new books. And the Download & Transfer method, of course.

Aleron Ives · 05-17-2024, 01:04 AM

Ah, but you aren't purchasing the books. You're purchasing a license to read them on your Kindle if and where and when Amazon pleases.

Sirtel · 05-17-2024, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jenrar

I ran into that issue too. Thankfully someone told me to install Kindle4PC and use epubor, and that has worked beautifully today for the books I bought. *grumble* I HATE that Amazon can basically hold books I PURCHASE hostage, simply because I don't WANT to use THEIR proprietary software to read them.

There's no need to pay for epubor. Books can be deDRMed with the K4PC app, deDRM plugin 10.0.9 and the KFX Input plugin for Calibre without paying anyone anything. Unless you want to donate to the developers, of course.

lkmiller · 05-18-2024, 05:17 AM

Seconding the fact that there's no need for epubor. There's nothing it can do that DeDRM etc can't do.

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05-13-2024, 05:53 PM	#571
Ma'am-I-Am Preferred pronouns: We/Us Posts: 144 Karma: 282160 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: <--- Over There, USA Device: Kindle PW 2	If you can't read it in the K4PC app, that means the buyer must purchase a Kindle. Or maybe Big River would just say to use their "cloud" reader. I'd ask for my money back if it was a purchased book.

05-17-2024, 01:04 AM	#574
Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 11982482 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Ah, but you aren't purchasing the books. You're purchasing a license to read them on your Kindle if and where and when Amazon pleases.

05-18-2024, 05:17 AM	#576
lkmiller Laura Posts: 1,306 Karma: 22770070 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Elipsa, Nook Glowlight 4 Plus, Kindle Oasis 2	Seconding the fact that there's no need for epubor. There's nothing it can do that DeDRM etc can't do.