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.