Dealing with Kindle ebooks in calibre - Page 79

tomsem · 09-07-2025, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

A Kindle Paperwhite 5th Gen (aka PW1) or earlier. But no earlier then the Kindle 3 (aka Kindle keyboard).

Then when you download eBooks, you'll get KF8 format and not KFX.

And one gets color images. KFX substitutes black and white images for all Kindles other than Colorsoft.

JSWolf · 09-07-2025, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by tomsem

And one gets color images. KFX substitutes black and white images for all Kindles other than Colorsoft.

And one can also get reduced sized images.

DNSB · 09-07-2025, 09:22 PM

On the three recent occasions where I've helped someone to purchase a Kindle from eBay, we have asked the seller about the Kindle being blacklisted. A couple of not sure responses with a offer to give a full refund, a couple of caveat emptor responses and several responses that the Kindle in question is not blacklisted and can be registered. Ordering from the not blacklisted response vendors resulted in 3 Kindles that were not blacklisted and could be registered. We did not get the cheapest prices (those belonged to the caveat emptor vendors) but were more than happy to get a device that could be registered for a few dollars more.

MegDreamsofBooks · 09-08-2025, 01:30 PM

With due diligence, Ebay can definitely be a good source for older Kindles. I purchased 2 Kindle 4 devices a few months ago, they came from one of the Goodwill sellers with a solid return policy and I had no trouble updating then registering them. They work very nicely to transfer my ebooks into Calibre, and are old enough I still get color covers (and low risk of a firmware update that blocks the transfer.)

Another good source is Woot, they frequently do deals with piles of refurbished Kindles from recent generations. These are usually still new enough for firmware updates, but also much safer and easier to purchase and register than something from Ebay.

That said, if you continue to buy ebooks from Amazon, you always risk being locked out of transferring them eventually. So while I do have the older Kindles for the few books I can only get from Amazon, my preference these days is to buy elsewhere, and only use Amazon for Kindle Unlimited books which I don't download because they are loans.

Kaetrin · Yesterday, 03:51 AM

Thank you everyone for your feedback! Very much appreciated.

09-08-2025, 01:30 PM	#1174
MegDreamsofBooks Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 1218912 Join Date: Jun 2021 Device: Pocketbook InkPad Lite, iPad	With due diligence, Ebay can definitely be a good source for older Kindles. I purchased 2 Kindle 4 devices a few months ago, they came from one of the Goodwill sellers with a solid return policy and I had no trouble updating then registering them. They work very nicely to transfer my ebooks into Calibre, and are old enough I still get color covers (and low risk of a firmware update that blocks the transfer.) Another good source is Woot, they frequently do deals with piles of refurbished Kindles from recent generations. These are usually still new enough for firmware updates, but also much safer and easier to purchase and register than something from Ebay. That said, if you continue to buy ebooks from Amazon, you always risk being locked out of transferring them eventually. So while I do have the older Kindles for the few books I can only get from Amazon, my preference these days is to buy elsewhere, and only use Amazon for Kindle Unlimited books which I don't download because they are loans. Last edited by MegDreamsofBooks; 09-08-2025 at 01:33 PM.

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DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 47,302 Karma: 171295426 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	On the three recent occasions where I've helped someone to purchase a Kindle from eBay, we have asked the seller about the Kindle being blacklisted. A couple of not sure responses with a offer to give a full refund, a couple of caveat emptor responses and several responses that the Kindle in question is not blacklisted and can be registered. Ordering from the not blacklisted response vendors resulted in 3 Kindles that were not blacklisted and could be registered. We did not get the cheapest prices (those belonged to the caveat emptor vendors) but were more than happy to get a device that could be registered for a few dollars more.

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Kaetrin Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 9402 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Device: Kobo Libra Colour	Thank you everyone for your feedback! Very much appreciated.