Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre - Page 114

FicDragon · 01-13-2023, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=346514

They use Adobe's DRM. Either get Adobe Digital Editions or the ACSM Input/DeACSM plugin for Calibre.

Thank you!

I have ADE 2.0 for my library's elibray downloads, hopefully I won't have to upgrade.

stumped · 01-13-2023, 10:29 AM

2.0 should be fine, go to the 3 dots next to the purchased book ions and look for a download as epub link. there's often a download as pdf options also should. you prefer that. choose that option and it downloads the usual licence file into ADE.
once it's in ade folder do as you usually do to get from there to calibre....

VirgoGirl · 01-13-2023, 10:33 AM

Thank you!

I cancelled a June Amazon preorder, instead preordered from Google Play books - slightly more expensive but hopefully I'll actually have a file instead of whatever Amazon is forcing. I just wish their selection was the same.

Thanks again!

Asura · 01-13-2023, 06:33 PM

Hello new guy! I been using Calibre to rid DRM for years and sad to see the new change....Guess gonna be using Kindle till this get fixed question is....anyone working on it? Why did this happen?

ownedbycats · 01-13-2023, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Asura

Hello new guy! I been using Calibre to rid DRM for years and sad to see the new change....Guess gonna be using Kindle till this get fixed question is....anyone working on it? Why did this happen?

The NoDRM team are disgusting it over on github. As to why it happens... only speculation, but the best guess IMO is to try to lock customers into the Kindle ecosystem. Skim this thread if you're inclined; last few pages have some discussion of motives.

JSWolf · 01-13-2023, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lkmiller

You'd need to disable DeDRM to use the viewer to check for DRM.

Why did the Calibre viewer view these two eBooks when the Calibre editor would not saying there is DRM. After loading these two eBooks into Calibre, the editor would allow them to be edited.

JSWolf · 01-13-2023, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

Don't turn on WiFi after registered.
Go My Content & Devices. Copy & save your serial number.
Paste it in the plugin downloaded from Git.
Always go My Content & Devices.
Always Download to PC for USB transfer. Any browser that lets you download will work, and can be on Mac, Linux, Windows or Android. Likely iOS too.
Add the the file by right click in filemanger on computer that has Calibre.

It just works. It's simpler than K4PC which hasn't worked here for years. The Basic 2022 is actually very like a PW3.

Download and transfer via USB fails when doing it with a mobile browser. You need to do it from a desktop browser.

JSWolf · 01-13-2023, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Construct

Will the 2019 kindle work for usb transfer or do you need the kindle paperwhite?

Any Kindle that can display KF8 will work.

JSWolf · 01-13-2023, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JayDee56

In the meantime until all this gets straightened out with Kindle books; where is the best alternative place to purchase an ebook that Calibre won't have trouble with the DRM?

Kobo or eBooks.com.

stumped · 01-14-2023, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asura

Why did this happen?

bragging idiots on Tik Tok sharing amazon hacks is one theory. Once the how to read for free videos went viral, amazon had to do something

but no one knows for sure- A could have been planning it anyway, or had been reading these forums....

lkmiller · 01-14-2023, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why did the Calibre viewer view these two eBooks when the Calibre editor would not saying there is DRM. After loading these two eBooks into Calibre, the editor would allow them to be edited.

If you have DeDRM enabled, then the file will be unlocked for viewing. But DRM is not removed from the file (and so you cannot edit it) until you add it into the calibre library.

ownedbycats · 01-14-2023, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stumped

bragging idiots on Tik Tok sharing amazon hacks is one theory. Once the how to read for free videos went viral, amazon had to do something

Do you mean the TikTok videos about Z-Library? It wasn't "Amazon hacks," but a shadow library.

justloveebooks · 01-16-2023, 05:54 AM

Info changed / deleted post

ownedbycats · 01-16-2023, 05:58 AM

More info in the original post here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=351285

toonoob · 01-16-2023, 02:50 PM

So I bought a Kindle, Download & transfer via USB, got an AZW3 file but when I try to convert it with Calibre it says cant decrypt the DRM. I installed the DRM Plugins and it worked before for books obtained via Kindle PC. If I understand it right the kindle pulls ebooks with the new KFX Format which is not supported yet? So I bought the Kindle for nothing? Would have to jailbreak and downgrade?

01-16-2023, 05:54 AM	#1708
justloveebooks Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: World Device: Tolino Vision 6, Kindle Voyage 2x,Sony PRS-T1 rooted,Sony Prs-505	Info changed / deleted post Last edited by justloveebooks; 01-16-2023 at 06:03 AM. Reason: Info changed / deleted post

01-16-2023, 05:58 AM	#1709
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,033 Karma: 75555555 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	More info in the original post here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=351285 Last edited by ownedbycats; 01-16-2023 at 06:01 AM.

01-16-2023, 02:50 PM	#1710
toonoob Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2023 Device: Kindle	So I bought a Kindle, Download & transfer via USB, got an AZW3 file but when I try to convert it with Calibre it says cant decrypt the DRM. I installed the DRM Plugins and it worked before for books obtained via Kindle PC. If I understand it right the kindle pulls ebooks with the new KFX Format which is not supported yet? So I bought the Kindle for nothing? Would have to jailbreak and downgrade? Last edited by toonoob; 01-16-2023 at 02:53 PM.

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01-13-2023, 10:29 AM	#1697
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	2.0 should be fine, go to the 3 dots next to the purchased book ions and look for a download as epub link. there's often a download as pdf options also should. you prefer that. choose that option and it downloads the usual licence file into ADE. once it's in ade folder do as you usually do to get from there to calibre....

01-13-2023, 10:33 AM	#1698
VirgoGirl "Why is it doing that?" Posts: 322 Karma: 725344 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Black Kobo Touch & Glo, responsible for 2 PaperWhites	Thank you! I cancelled a June Amazon preorder, instead preordered from Google Play books - slightly more expensive but hopefully I'll actually have a file instead of whatever Amazon is forcing. I just wish their selection was the same. Thanks again!

01-13-2023, 06:33 PM	#1699
Asura Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2023 Device: none	Hello new guy! I been using Calibre to rid DRM for years and sad to see the new change....Guess gonna be using Kindle till this get fixed question is....anyone working on it? Why did this happen?

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