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Old 03-01-2023, 02:05 PM   #1666
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Isn't that something to be celebrated? Cutting down on KU downloads only benefits the authors; Amazon gets its money upfront. It's a question of how the pot is divided, but Amazon's share is a constant. So this is a hit Amazon is willing to take. Although like most here, I don't think lost KU subscriptions will be significant.
Though it will benefit authors on KU because now more people will have to turn on WiFi to borrow from KU.
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Old 03-01-2023, 02:05 PM   #1667
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Yes, Amazon.de, because I am registered there with a German account. The problem is not related to a country, because a friend in Germany has now the same problem. And until yesterday I could choose "Download and Transfer" and all of my devices appeared. Including my Mac. Now it's just my kindle listed. I didn't change the settings, didn't delete devices etc. I've tried to establish my Mac as the default device, but that requires K4Mac in the newest version.
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Old 03-01-2023, 02:07 PM   #1668
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Also can you name a specific book? Some books are only available in KFX format and so cannot be downloaded using Download & Transfer via USB.
I've bought just "normal" books, some romance, some crime. All fiction, no comics etc.
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Old 03-01-2023, 02:20 PM   #1669
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Yes, Amazon.de, because I am registered there with a German account. The problem is not related to a country, because a friend in Germany has now the same problem. And until yesterday I could choose "Download and Transfer" and all of my devices appeared. Including my Mac. Now it's just my kindle listed. I didn't change the settings, didn't delete devices etc. I've tried to establish my Mac as the default device, but that requires K4Mac in the newest version.
That's the way it's always been for me. Only my eink Kindles are listed under "Download & Transfer".
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Old 03-01-2023, 02:30 PM   #1670
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I didn't choose my kindle to download the books to, because I thought that would cause a kfx-file I couldn't remove the DRM from. Nothing to loose, so I did it now and it actually downloaded the books to my MAC. Sorry for confusing you because Amazon was confusing me...
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Old 03-01-2023, 02:32 PM   #1671
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Yes, Amazon.de, because I am registered there with a German account. The problem is not related to a country, because a friend in Germany has now the same problem. And until yesterday I could choose "Download and Transfer" and all of my devices appeared. Including my Mac. Now it's just my kindle listed. I didn't change the settings, didn't delete devices etc. I've tried to establish my Mac as the default device, but that requires K4Mac in the newest version.
I just tried with amazon.ca. Purchased two books and after a couple of minutes they showed in Books under Content and Devices. Going into the more actions dropdown, both have the Download & Transfer via USB showing. As usual, only my Kindle eInk device showed as an option. Deliver or remove from device still shows all my apps and devices.

If I go into Devices, I can select any of the apps or devices and set as default device without having to go into an app.
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Old 03-01-2023, 02:32 PM   #1672
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amazon confuses almost everyone, often intentionally.
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Old 03-01-2023, 02:38 PM   #1673
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amazon confuses almost everyone, often intentionally.
What's confusing? Buy, read, remove from device, buy next. Can't get any more simple for me!
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Old 03-01-2023, 02:46 PM   #1674
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What's confusing? Buy, read, remove from device, buy next. Can't get any more simple for me!
Well to pick just one example, a lot of people have misunderstood amazon's announcement of EPUB "support" on kindles to mean that they could just copy epub files to kindles.
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Old 03-01-2023, 02:49 PM   #1675
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Well to pick just one example, a lot of people have misunderstood amazon's announcement of EPUB "support" on kindles to mean that they could just copy epub files to kindles.
That's because Amazon botched what they had in the listing for the PW5.

Content formats supported
Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, EPUB, PRC natively; HTML DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PMP through conversion; Audible audio format (AAX).

That is not confusing. No, not at all.
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Are there any numbers for ebooks read on phones vs tablets vs eink?

I ask, because personally I wouldn't care to do any longer reading on my phone.
I don't know any specific numbers. But a lot of people who only occasionally read ebooks will of course just use their phones.
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Though it will benefit authors on KU because now more people will have to turn on WiFi to borrow from KU.
That's why I said it was something to be celebrated.
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Old 03-01-2023, 03:05 PM   #1678
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I didn't choose my kindle to download the books to, because I thought that would cause a kfx-file I couldn't remove the DRM from. Nothing to loose, so I did it now and it actually downloaded the books to my MAC. Sorry for confusing you because Amazon was confusing me...
Right now download & transfer is non-kfx even for Kindles that support kfx.
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Old 03-01-2023, 03:11 PM   #1679
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It's interesting that Amazon so far seems to have chosen to continue to allow download via usb for purchased books. Presumably not including expensive textbooks.
Expensive textbooks are usually among those that are only available in KFX format and therefore are not available for download & transfer.
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With a cover a metal back is not a problem.
I dislike covers more than metal backs.
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