Kindle Oasis, books sent to device have "title & series" as the book name

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by hobnail

If they remove the download and transfer via USB option wouldn't that break things for the old kindles that don't have wifi or cellular? Amazon seems to be like Microsoft and good about maintaining legacy stuff.

That was my thinking. OTOH, I can see a time when Amazon is going to decide it's time to stop supporting content for their older devices. After all, Amazon has already dropped firmware updates for several generations of ereaders.

[hobnail]

Originally Posted by DNSB

That was my thinking. OTOH, I can see a time when Amazon is going to decide it's time to stop supporting content for their older devices. After all, Amazon has already dropped firmware updates for several generations of ereaders.

Well hopefully there will continue to be enough people who for whatever reason don't have wifi and need a computer to download their books. At my local library the public computers are always busy.

[rb431]

Originally Posted by hobnail

I've never used the Kindle PC app for retrieving the books; I use their "my devices and content" web page to download the book and then drag it into calibre.

How does the de-DRM plugin get the key in order to remove the DRM when you do it that way?

[rb431]

Originally Posted by hobnail

I've never used the Kindle PC app for retrieving the books; I use their "my devices and content" web page to download the book and then drag it into calibre.

Wow! I did NOT know that would work. Thank you for the tip. I now have a backup plan. I think I will still use the Windows app for the time being since it makes it easy to download dozens at once and then Calibre can pick them up all at once. But for one or two at a time, that works fine.

[rb431]

Originally Posted by rb431

Wow! I did NOT know that would work. Thank you for the tip. I now have a backup plan. I think I will still use the Windows app for the time being since it makes it easy to download dozens at once and then Calibre can pick them up all at once. But for one or two at a time, that works fine.

Well, maybe not. I went back into the Amazon site and downloaded a book I bought long ago that had an update. By downloading it from the web site it does not de-DRM properly. I downloaded it via the Windows app and all went as I expected.

When I downloaded, I did choose the correct device and I tried several times.

[hobnail]

Originally Posted by rb431

How does the de-DRM plugin get the key in order to remove the DRM when you do it that way?

I don't know if the DeDRM stuff will work with multiple keys but I think their web site explains how to set it up for this method. On your Kindle you go to its settings and in there is its serial number which is essentially the key/password for DeDRM.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by rb431

How does the de-DRM plugin get the key in order to remove the DRM when you do it that way?

You need the serial number from a Kindle eInk ereader that is registered to your Amazon account. The serial number is used as the key for decryption so you'll need to enter it in the deDRM plugin configuration. Without the registered device, the Download and transfer via USB will be greyed out.

I tested this a couple of times after purchasing and registering the Kindle. The K4PC app is handier but suspenders and belt never hurts.

[rb431]

Originally Posted by DNSB

You need the serial number from a Kindle eInk ereader that is registered to your Amazon account. The serial number is used as the key for decryption so you'll need to enter it in the deDRM plugin configuration. Without the registered device, the Download and transfer via USB will be greyed out.

I tested this a couple of times after purchasing and registering the Kindle. The K4PC app is handier but suspenders and belt never hurts.

Wow, it has been so long since I first configured things I had totally forgotten about entering the serial number into the plugin. Age is catching up to me...

[hobnail]

Originally Posted by DNSB

The K4PC app is handier but suspenders and belt never hurts.

I'm a geezer and remember when my computer's ram was measured in kilobytes and the disks were single digit megabytes. So even though I have gobs of ram and disk I still fret about installing unnecessary apps that I rarely, if ever, use.

[rb431]

Originally Posted by hobnail

I'm a geezer and remember when my computer's ram was measured in kilobytes and the disks were single digit megabytes. So even though I have gobs of ram and disk I still fret about installing unnecessary apps that I rarely, if ever, use.

Hell, I can still recognize 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9,600 baud connections just from the sound. My first hard drives were 10MB MFM and then we got those HUGE 40MB RLL disks!

[theducks]

Originally Posted by hobnail

I'm a geezer and remember when my computer's ram was measured in kilobytes and the disks were single digit megabytes. So even though I have gobs of ram and disk I still fret about installing unnecessary apps that I rarely, if ever, use.

In Core (Memory) we trust.
Memory was measured in WORDS that it supported (8, 12, 16 bits) until some marketing type found that Bytes gave a bigger (but honest) number.

(Same happened with TV screens. They used to be measured Across until the Diagonal advertising hit )

[hobnail]

Originally Posted by theducks

In Core (Memory) we trust.

Segmentation fault
Core dumped

Or, just as likely, "Bus error", from accessing a "word" with an odd address.

[rb431]

I just bought my first Kobo book and was able to successfully de-DRM it and convert to AZW3 for my Kindle. I think I'll still get the Kobo for Christmas though.

Btw, is there any format that carries things like bookmarks internally so you can move them back and forth between the PC and devices?

[shalym]

Originally Posted by rb431

I just bought my first Kobo book and was able to successfully de-DRM it and convert to AZW3 for my Kindle. I think I'll still get the Kobo for Christmas though.

Btw, is there any format that carries things like bookmarks internally so you can move them back and forth between the PC and devices?

For books bought from Amazon, the bookmarks and notes will automatically sync to all devices and apps. For books not bought from Amazon, the sync will happen if you email the books to your Kindle account.

If you sideload the books using USB, the bookmarks and notes will not sync, unfortunately.

Shari