Amazon and DRM changes

[JSWolf]

The other thing I was thinking about the BookFab Kindle Converter is that they've figured out how to get the key from the current K4PC.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by slm

Well, all these Amazon games have had some effect, at least on me. I keep a list of forthcoming books I want to read, with the date of release and--until now--a link to the Amazon listing.
Today, I added a book and decided that the hassle of fooling with Amazon DRM was just not worth it. So I linked to Kobo.

I don't think Amazon will notice.

The people these games will effect are those that read Amazon exclusive eBooks and do not read on an Amazon app or Amazon device.

[pypeke]

I just read many pages back to April trying to find out why K4PC is no longer downloading books. I assume it has to do with publishing dates??

K4PC wants me to update so I guess this stops me from buying from Amazon permanently.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by pypeke

I just read many pages back to April trying to find out why K4PC is no longer downloading books. I assume it has to do with publishing dates??

Yes. Old versions of K4PC won't download books published after April 22.

[Ma'am-I-Am]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Calibre doesn't have anything to do with NoDRM.

I misspoke. I just meant that the usual superbrains will figure it out and those other companies will profit.

[Ma'am-I-Am]

Originally Posted by odamizu

...When the battery won't hold a charge for more than a few days, I may consider attempting the battery replacement then (since I'll have nothing to lose if I break it), unless indications from Amazon are that the K4BNT's demise is imminent.[/url]

I haven't tested this, but it may be a low-tech solution for now. Try one of those timers that turn on a lamp for a user-specified duration. Just plug in your charger instead of a lamp. Charge your Kindle first, then let the timer charge it for, say, an hour every day. You'll still have to check the charge level, but you may be able to work out a good schedule.

[yoshi]

BookFab's requirement of '40GB of free hard disk space or above' seems excessive just to emulate a viewer that doesn't support KFX.

[rantanplan]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Supposedly the Epubor team has figured out how to break LCP DRM but that's on subscription.

noDRM had support for LCP before the cease and desist. Epubor just steals everything.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by yoshi

BookFab's requirement of '40GB of free hard disk space or above' seems excessive just to emulate a viewer that doesn't support KFX.

tbh, I suspect it's a typo. There's AAA games that aren't even 40gb.

[quirkeyme]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The other thing I was thinking about the BookFab Kindle Converter is that they've figured out how to get the key from the current K4PC.

long ago someone in irc told me how to find the k4pc keys on a pc but i've long forgotten what he said

i checked and -

C:\Users\<YourUsername>\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindl e\storage\

in the storage folder is .kinf2018 - i use k4pc v2.4.0 (70904)

the folder will contain a file .kinf with 4 other digits i assume if you use a different version of k4pc

kindle titles used to contain an identifier which linked the title directly to the person who downloaded it - it began with atv:kin and a string of characters - this is why tik modified Tools, specificaly to remove that identifier

dvdfab won't release the pending program until someone else finds a method to remove drm - i doubt they are trying to do it themselves

[DNSB]

Another possibility is that they are using K4PC to display the page on a virtual monitor and doing a screen cap of each page, sending it to their servers for OCR and then sending the results back as text/whatever to be converted back to whatever output format they may be using. That would explain the need for being online and the amount of space required since the scan is likely to consume quite a bit of disk space (I used a 5"x7.8" more or less paperback sized page scanned at 1200DPI to give ~58MB per page).

[jonathan2022]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Another possibility is that they are using K4PC to display the page on a virtual monitor and doing a screen cap of each page, sending it to their servers for OCR and then sending the results back as text/whatever to be converted back to whatever output format they may be using. That would explain the need for being online and the amount of space required since the scan is likely to consume quite a bit of disk space (I used a 5"x7.8" more or less paperback sized page scanned at 1200DPI to give ~58MB per page).

I thought it might be something like that too. But didn't know files got that big. It would Also be the reason how they could support new versions. But whatever they come up with . It will be a cat and mouse game with amazon. End result being any program becomes to expensive with amount of support needed. Or it dies off. Also possibility of them being sued ir blocked in usa. Positive is it could push for drm free like it did with music industry . That's the best case scenario. Wasn't sure what I could describe in my reply without being in trouble for a possible drm explanation. Also only have basic knowledge compared to some

[jonathan2022]

Not sure if I posted this. But it comes with a audiobook maker. Which A would require a lot of space and B require a online connection . If it connects to their database to create up to date voice

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rantanplan

noDRM had support for LCP before the cease and desist. Epubor just steals everything.

DeDRM had support for LCP 1.0. Now there is a newer LCP that DeDRM cannot remove. So what Epubor has is something different.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by quirkeyme

long ago someone in irc told me how to find the k4pc keys on a pc but i've long forgotten what he said

i checked and -

C:\Users\<YourUsername>\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindl e\storage\

in the storage folder is .kinf2018 - i use k4pc v2.4.0 (70904)

the folder will contain a file .kinf with 4 other digits i assume if you use a different version of k4pc

kindle titles used to contain an identifier which linked the title directly to the person who downloaded it - it began with atv:kin and a string of characters - this is why tik modified Tools, specificaly to remove that identifier

dvdfab won't release the pending program until someone else finds a method to remove drm - i doubt they are trying to do it themselves

Thing is, this probably doesn't work with the new K4PC. Some who has the newest K4PC installed can give this a try.