KFX to EPUB: "no supported formats"

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by bigred247

@JSWolf
When you say "Kindle Reader" i'm assuming you mean the physical device? So, i'm also presuming that new eBooks can only be downloaded onto a Kindle Reader and Mac/Windows are not supported? But if i'm reading older eBooks say pre Dec 2023, can I still use the Windows laptop/desktop?

I do mean an eInk Kindle. With the pre-2.8.0 version of KindleforPC, you can download older eBooks and remove the DRM. But with a Kindle, you don't have to worry about it because eventually Amazon will make you upgrade to the latest KindleforPC and I have no idea if older eBooks can have the DRM removed.

You are best to get a Kindle that will not download KFX. That means the latest Kindle will be a 1st gen Paperwhite or earlier all the way down to the K3.

[DNSB]

A K4PC install 2.7.1 or earlier can download Amazon books without the hardened DRM. Those books with the appropriate software and mystic incantations can be imported into calibre. There is a new version of K4PC 2.8.0 which, as of this time, prevents removing DRM.

At this time, I would say the easiest way to import Kindle books into calibre is to use an old eInk Kindle.

[hobnail]

Originally Posted by Phssthpok

Went to my Kindle, copied the book file to disk, imported into Calibre via drag&drop.

Update: I had used Calibre to save the book from the Kindle. Now I went directly to the Kindle document folder and dragged from there to Calibre, and it worked.

Sorry for all the confused posts.

I had an error when converting KFX to EPUB because I had copied the book to my pc before the book had been fully downloaded to my kindle. I have a Formats column in calibre and its template is


{:'re(approximate_formats(), ',', ', ')'}


If the book has been fully downloaded it will say KFX in that column. When it's partially downloaded it says something like KFX ZIP (if I remember correctly).

[Chocky]

Originally Posted by bustacap

try this instead: start calibre and connect your kindle over usb.
there should be a "device" menu in the main toolbar, click on it. you should now get a list of all the books on your kindle.
right click a book you want to import and select "add books to library"

then try again with the from kfx menu

After buying a Kindle Touch 4th Gen just to get kepubs, this was the only way to get the KFX to load into Calibre in a usable format.

Thank you for the suggestion.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Chocky

After buying a Kindle Touch 4th Gen just to get kepubs, this was the only way to get the KFX to load into Calibre in a usable format.

Thank you for the suggestion.

Kindle Touch 4th Gen doesn't do KFX at all. Only MOBI and AZW3.

[Chocky]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Kindle Touch 4th Gen doesn't do KFX at all. Only MOBI and AZW3.

I evidently used KFX wrongly because of the KFX plugins used.

[JSWolf]

KF8 is the best format to convert to ePub. In most cases, you can use KindleUnpack to do the conversion. It's not exactly a conversion but more of a format shift.

[Chocky]

I'm still doing something wrong

I've added the serial number to the plugin
Downloaded the book to my Kindle, azw3 file
Connected with the usb
Clicked on device
Highlighted the book and chose add to library
Tried to covert to kepub, but locked with DRM
I've got the KFX plugins and the DeDRM

I just want to be able to read the book I purchased with my choice of file type.
It's annoying when there is only one retailer of the book I want.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Chocky

I'm still doing something wrong

I've added the serial number to the plugin
Downloaded the book to my Kindle, azw3 file
...
I just want to be able to read the book I purchased with my choice of file type.
It's annoying when there is only one retailer of the book I want.

Which Kindle model? Remember some of the new Kindles have received a firmware update hardening their DRM by requiring an inaccessible secondary key file. I think this started with 15.8.5.0.1 for the Kindle Paperwhite (11th gen, both models), Kindle Paperwhite (12th gen), Kindle Colorsoft, Kindle Scribe - 2022 and 2024 release).

Also what version is your DeDRM? Either NoDRM's autorelease version or Sats 10.14 version is recommended.

[Chocky]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Which Kindle model? Remember some of the new Kindles have received a firmware update hardening their DRM by requiring an inaccessible secondary key file. I think this started with 15.8.5.0.1 for the Kindle Paperwhite (11th gen, both models), Kindle Paperwhite (12th gen), Kindle Colorsoft, Kindle Scribe - 2022 and 2024 release).

Also what version is your DeDRM? Either NoDRM's autorelease version or Sats 10.14 version is recommended.

Kindle Touch 4th gen DO1200
DeDRM 10.0.14 Apprentice Alf

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Chocky

Kindle Touch 4th gen DO1200
DeDRM 10.0.14 Apprentice Alf

10.0.14 is not Apprentice Alf. It's a combination of NoDRM and Stats. What you may want is DeDRM 10.0.9.

With a Kindle Touch, it's just a matter of dragging/dropping the .azw file(s) into your calibre library. As long as DeDRM is configured correctly, the DRM will be removed. You'll then get either a Mobi or KF8 format eBook which you can convert to KF8 (if it's a Mobi), KFX, or ePub.

[Chocky]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

10.0.14 is not Apprentice Alf. It's a combination of NoDRM and Stats. What you may want is DeDRM 10.0.9.

With a Kindle Touch, it's just a matter of dragging/dropping the .azw file(s) into your calibre library. As long as DeDRM is configured correctly, the DRM will be removed. You'll then get either a Mobi or KF8 format eBook which you can convert to KF8 (if it's a Mobi), KFX, or ePub.

I've now installed 10.0.9
Book added as azw3r
Connect via USB
Click on device in Calibre
Click on add books to library
Book added as azw3
Can't read due to DRM
Can't convert to kepub due to DRM

[bustacap]

Originally Posted by Chocky

I've now installed 10.0.9
Book added as azw3r
Connect via USB
Click on device in Calibre
Click on add books to library
Book added as azw3
Can't read due to DRM
Can't convert to kepub due to DRM

added your kindle serial in the dedrm settings again?

[rantanplan]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

10.0.14 is not Apprentice Alf. It's a combination of NoDRM and Stats. What you may want is DeDRM 10.0.9.

Autorelease has had no "autorelease" since November. 10.0.14 is 14 commits ahead of the autorelease. Why should anyone downgrade?

[Chocky]

Originally Posted by bustacap

added your kindle serial in the dedrm settings again?

Checked and it's still there

Annoying as it worked with books purchased a few days earlier than the one I'm having a problem with.