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Old 03-30-2015, 05:55 PM   #16
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Manually? From within the app? I can't see anywhere to check for new updates or such thing now. You mean a brand new download? I would have to delete the program first for that?
I really don't want to mess up my system, I am not good in fixing things like that at all. I mean system in how I get my books to calibre that is.
I had trouble installing the update at the prompt. It downloaded the update and then started downloading it all again. So I ended up going to the Kindle store, clicking on Kindle Support, selecting Kindle for PC and then downloading the latest version. That just installed over the old version with no fuss at all and it works with Calibre just like the old one.

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Old 03-30-2015, 06:02 PM   #17
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I open up the directory Kindle for PC downloads my books to and drag the book into Calibre. What does everyone else have interact or function with Kindle for PC that I don't see any need for or bother with for myself?
The 3rd-party plugin in calibre that does the actual magic. You probably ARE bothering with it, you just didn't mention it.
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Old 03-30-2015, 06:18 PM   #18
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I was forced to update when prompted. They give you a choice but it's just a ruse. The updater then freezes and Windows closes the program so I manually downloaded from Amazon's website with no issues. The books are in the same format in the same location.
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Old 03-30-2015, 06:58 PM   #19
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I had trouble installing the update at the prompt. It downloaded the update and then started downloading it all again. So I ended up going to the Kindle store, clicking on Kindle Support, selecting Kindle for PC and then downloading the latest version. That just installed over the old version with no fuss at all and it works with Calibre just like the old one.

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Thank you so much. This worked perfect. I guess I was just worried installing again over the old because of the registration and DRM. I think at one point I ended up with two of the K4PC on my computer and it was all messed up and I couldn't even open any books it gave me some message.

No problem this time and everything still works on the other end also.
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The 3rd-party plugin in calibre that does the actual magic. You probably ARE bothering with it, you just didn't mention it.
Oh yeah, that little plugin! Yes, other things still work perfectly with it.
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Old 03-30-2015, 10:17 PM   #21
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I clicked on "Remind me later." "Later" is apparently about 30 seconds. Downloading it now...
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Now it's trying to download it twice, simultaneously. This is not going to end well, is it?
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What do you mean about sneaky updates to kindles? I have never heard of any problem.
"Sneaky updates" are those which install without user intervention. When they don't carry a destructive payload, they're fine. The problem is that Amazon has lately (since August) been using these firmware updates to prevent jail-breaking and a bunch of other bad things.

It USED to be that you didn't need to jailbreak your device to change fonts. Then a firmware update took that away and you *had* to jailbreak to get that feature. Then a firmware update took away the ability to jailbreak, period.

What's worse, they've (apparently) made it impossible to revert to a prior firmware, once the newest firmware has been updated. THAT'S what is "sneaky"
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