Dealing with Kindle ebooks in calibre

[pdurrant]

I am very happy about my decision a year ago to switch to buying from Kobo whenever possible.

I suspect my K4 is sufficiently old that so long as I can download books to it, I'll be able to remove the DRM.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I am very happy about my decision a year ago to switch to buying from Kobo whenever possible.

I suspect my K4 is sufficiently old that so long as I can download books to it, I'll be able to remove the DRM.

Yup, I mostly buy from Kobo and have for quite a while now. I keep a Kindle Touch for the occassional book I want that isn't available elsewhere. It should be ok unless the battery dies or it cannot connect.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by texasnightowl

I purchased a new book today and sent it to my Oasis.

10th gen Oasis 3, 5.18.2

Windows 11
Calibre 7.26
NoDRM 10.0.9 (alpha iirc)
KFX input 2.29

I suggest you update to calibre 9.x as 7.26 is somewhat old.

[JSWolf]

My Kindle Touch and PW3 are both able to download eBooks were the DRM is able to be removed.

I won't test it on a PW5 as I am not going to risk the firmware being updated. The firmware is 5.16.7. By keeping the WiFi off, the PW5 can read side loaded KF8 no problem.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

Yup, I mostly buy from Kobo and have for quite a while now. I keep a Kindle Touch for the occassional book I want that isn't available elsewhere. It should be ok unless the battery dies or it cannot connect.

I found a battery for my K4 on newpower99.com. They have videos on how to...
Note They sell OTHER batteries on Amazon

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by theducks

I found a battery for my K4 on newpower99.com. They have videos on how to...
Note They sell OTHER batteries on Amazon

How easy was it to replace the battery? Newpower's video didn't look too bad, but this guy's video made me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV1dyNkjjro

I'm afraid of damaging my K4BNT trying to replace the battery.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by odamizu

How easy was it to replace the battery? Newpower's video didn't look too bad, but this guy's video made me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV1dyNkjjro

I'm afraid of damaging my K4BNT trying to replace the battery.

Pretty easy (for me). I do have lots of Electronics experience. But the included tools and being gentle (The force should NOT be with you ).
B version? Mine was from the first lot (I saw the posters of the 'soon to be released' K4 at LAB126 while assisting relocating workers), I said 'Why not as my EZReader was geting worn.

IIRC there was double-sided tape under the battery. That was the hardest par. Gentle pry pressure and keep it up for a couple of minutes and it will slowly let go.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by odamizu

How easy was it to replace the battery? Newpower's video didn't look too bad, but this guy's video made me : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV1dyNkjjro

I'm afraid of damaging my K4BNT trying to replace the battery.

I did not like that either. The pry tools supplied by Newpower99 are about 1/2" wide, not a thin screwdriver

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by theducks

Pretty easy (for me). I do have lots of Electronics experience. But the included tools and being gentle (The force should NOT be with you ).
B version? Mine was from the first lot (I saw the posters of the 'soon to be released' K4 at LAB126 while assisting relocating workers), I said 'Why not as my EZReader was geting worn.

IIRC there was double-sided tape under the battery. That was the hardest par. Gentle pry pressure and keep it up for a couple of minutes and it will slowly let go.

Thank you. This is somewhat reassuring. Watching the videos, it was when they brought out the hair dryer that I really went

[ElizabethN]

no luck with the voyage running 5.13, oasis 8th gen and 9th gen with 5.16.2 is out.

anticipate that any day now the oasis 10th gen with 5.18.2 will also be nixed.

only down to a handful of KU authors whose new releases I buy. Split 50-50 whether they've enabled epub downloads which of course you can't determine before purchase

[ElizabethN]

Updated -

voyage with 5.13 is working, the operator had typed the serial number incorrectly.

unfortunately for the 2 oasis with 5.16.2 those numbers were typed correctly

[Ma'am-I-Am]

Well, I'm thinking about saving up for one of the Kobos someday, so I need to ask: is the procedure for adding books to Calibre the same as with a Kindle? No details, of course. If you feel I might need more info right now, PM me.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Ma'am-I-Am

Well, I'm thinking about saving up for one of the Kobos someday, so I need to ask: is the procedure for adding books to Calibre the same as with a Kindle? No details, of course. If you feel I might need more info right now, PM me.

You can add Kobo purchases to Calibre without a Kobo device - just download the epub/ACSM file from your account. With DRMed books you'll need either deACSM plugin or Adobe Digital Editions, plus the deDRM plugin.

If you have an eink Kobo, you can add books from it too and deDRM them with the Obok plugin.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

You can add Kobo purchases to Calibre without a Kobo device - just download the epub/ACSM file from your account. With DRMed books you'll need either deACSM plugin or Adobe Digital Editions, plus the deDRM plugin.

If you have an eink Kobo, you can add books from it too and deDRM them with the Obok plugin.

For ePub with DRM, it's easier to download them as ePub. You just load the ACSM file into calibre and it downloads the ePub and with DeDRM, the DRM becomes removed all in one easy step. This way, you don't need to sync and then have to connect the Kobo to the computer to then be able to get the KePub off and remove the DRM. ePub is a lot easier.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Ma'am-I-Am

Well, I'm thinking about saving up for one of the Kobos someday, so I need to ask: is the procedure for adding books to Calibre the same as with a Kindle? No details, of course. If you feel I might need more info right now, PM me.

You don't need to have a Kobo to buy from Kobo. You can carry on using your Kindle, although getting the book onto Kindle is a little bit more complicated.

Books bought at Kobo can be downloaded and loaded into calibre easily. They arrive as .acsm files, which are really just a token to allow Adobe Digital Editions to download the book.

But there's now a neat plugin for calibre that does the downloading for you, so you can just drag the .acsm file onto calibre, and the plugin will download the book and add it to your calibre library.

The ACSM Input plugin can be found here: ACSM Input

The only official release is 0.0.16, but I strongly recommend using the 1.0 release which can be found for download in this post in that thread. The calibre-plugin.zip file.

If you also have DeDRM installed, after the ACSM Input plugin has downloaded the book, DeDRM will remove the DRM before it's added to your calibre library.

To get the book onto your Kindle, just use Amazon's Send To Kindle service. There's a web site, and app, or you can send to your Kindle's email address. You send the ePub - Amazon does any necessary conversions. You can choose to also add the book to your Amazon account, so it'll appear in your documents section and can be re-downloaded from Amazon to your Kindle(s) at any time.