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Old Yesterday, 08:09 PM   #211
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I've downloaded a good handful of books marked "Download available in additional formats" using the More Actions dropdown then Download EPUB/PDF. So far, every download comes through as a ZIP. If I drag the ZIP into Calibre, it reads the title and the format reads ZIP. The author and cover art need to be added manually through Edit metadata. To say the process is time consuming doesn't begin to...

Has anyone gotten an actual EPUB or PDF using this process?

My default Kindle is the 2022 edition with 16 GB storage, Firmware: Kindle 5.17.1.0.3 (4351890007). I also have a newer 13th generation Fire tablet for those books that won't download to my Kindle reader. I am downloading the "additional formats" to my Windows 11 PC.

As I have mentioned before, I like to be able to open all my eBooks using the built-in Calibre reader for reference when writing reviews.
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Has anyone gotten an actual EPUB or PDF using this process?
The zips are actual EPUB. As several people have told you, your browser unilaterally decided it knew best how to name it. All you need to do as a first step is rename it to your_name of_choice.epub.

It still won't have metadata for the author. That is on amazon. I think severa people have given several ways to do something about the metadata. I think pretty much everyone pretty much agrees that amazon has been (needlessly) slipshod about this.
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I have been simply changing the extension to epub when downloading and Calibre recognizes them and extracts the cover. The author metadata still missing, though.
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I have been simply changing the extension to epub when downloading and Calibre recognizes them and extracts the cover. The author metadata still missing, though.
Somewhere earlier in this thread, someone confirmed that the author information is not contained in the epub that Amazon produces, so Calibre has no way to know the author.
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I tried downloading the hitchhiker's guide (book 2) but I can only get a PDF... I want the ePub though.

edit: book 1 is available as ePub, no author listed
books 2-5 are only available as PDF... mm no thank you.
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