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I just tested on the latest version (Kindle for Mac 1.12.0) and got AZW3 for everything, including books that show up as KFX when downloaded directly to my Voyage. |
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I refuse to use any media that I cannot use independently, be it movies, music or books. Last edited by Katsunami; 09-01-2015 at 04:04 PM. |
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I have no idea where AZW3 was actually discussed when it was reverse-engineered, but I don't see why that either would be banned on MobileRead. Rule of thumb -- if it would be merged into the official calibre codebase, it would also be okay to discuss on MobileRead. We have already had preliminary discussion of KFX here on MobileRead (in the Kindle Formats subforum). Is this going to become the second fully qualified zombie meme? (#1 is here) |
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What I am unsure of is if the new K4PC & K4MAC deliver thee new AZW3 (with AZW6 inside for images). |
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AZW6 is a totally different beast, as someone stated earlier in the thread I believe it is only used for fixed format and comic books, due to their image-centric nature.
Either way, you can actually repair an AZW6 book by adding your own images, or simply read it without the images. Text imports fine, or so I've heard. ![]() |
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I didn't say it was "necessary". I simply happen to think that it's the place you're most likely to find people with most interest and experience in reverse-engineering the format.
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Actually, I am not so sure of that. The people who hack on KindleUnpack I think are more likely to figure it out. They are coordinated through a thread on MobileRead.
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Those who wouldn't want to do that manually because e.g. they buy a lot of ebooks on a regular basis, could probably by then get some app to do that for them automatically. Last edited by markom; 09-01-2015 at 10:12 PM. |
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KFX on the other hand appears to only exist in an encrypted form (DRMION), even for books marked in Amazon as "Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited". Decoding this format may be a DMCA violation for US citizens. Last edited by jhowell; 09-01-2015 at 10:26 PM. |
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I bought way too many books (everything I was interested in, everything I thought I might be interested in) during the 90% Kobo code sprees last year. |
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There is something I am unsure about.
Is there a difference in downloading with Kindle for PC, and downloading for transfer via USB? I see both of them mentioned all the time. |
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Both achieve the same end result, and for transferring a single file there's really nothing it in. If you buy a fair number of books, though, the K4PC route is easier, because I have it as my default device when buying books, so any new books I've bought are automatically downloaded to it when I run it. With "transfer via USB" I'd need to manually download the books one at a time.
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You will have to have K4PC installed to be able to use Alf.
Now... let's say Amazon fully converts to KFX for K4PC downloads, and old versions of K4PC stop working. Also, Transfer by USB might delivering AZW3 files because Amazon cannot know for which device you are downloading. If this is the case, would it be possible to leave K4PC installed, block the executable from running (just remove your user access rights from it), and then downloading books for transfer by USB and importing them into Calibre, having K4PC installed only to provide the encryption key? |
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