I Survived the Great Amazon DL Dealdline! - Page 4

Sirtel · 02-24-2025, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Karellen

I am so happy I spent time over the last few years organising my library. For me there was no mad rush to download ebooks before a deadline.

Though I haven't figured out what happens with future purchases from Amazon. I thought K4PC would be a workaround, but I am on v2.6 which is the wrong version for dedrm'ing books, but the older version refused to download my newer purchases, so it seems that option has gone also. Did anybody else have a problem with K4PC refusing to download ebooks until updating to the latest version?

What version exactly? 2.40 still downloaded newer books as of a week ago, when I last tried it.

Karellen · 02-24-2025, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

What version exactly? 2.40 still downloaded newer books as of a week ago, when I last tried it.

Unfortunately I can't give a confident answer as I forgot to check before hitting the update button. But I am somewhat sure it was v2.40 as for a little while a couple of years ago I was using K4PC to download and transfer books to Calibre.

The two books that wouldnt download were recent purchases and also recent releases
Persephone and Nether Station, both by Kevin J. Anderson

Do you have a download link to v2.40? I'll try reinstalling and capturing the message. I've seen some download links from sites I am not familiar with so a bit hesitant to download those.

Sirtel · 02-24-2025, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Karellen

Do you have a download link to v2.40? I'll try reinstalling and capturing the message. I've seen some download links from sites I am not familiar with so a bit hesitant to download those.

https://kindleforpc.s3.us-east-1.ama...-2.4.70904.exe

Karellen · 02-24-2025, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

https://kindleforpc.s3.us-east-1.ama...-2.4.70904.exe

Great. Thank you. I'll install and see if I can produce that warning again.

jhowell · 02-24-2025, 04:48 PM

(Never mind. I was a page behind in this thread.)

DNSB · 02-24-2025, 04:48 PM

So far version 2.4.0 (70904) has not refused to download any new books for me.

texasnightowl · 02-24-2025, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Karellen

Did anybody else have a problem with K4PC refusing to download ebooks until updating to the latest version?

I downloaded 1463 books 2 days ago using 2.4.0, so hopefully that will work for you. And 1461 one of them worked even if they were kfx. (1 was an old topaz file that dedrm couldn't handle and the other one, which is no longer for sale, had some messed up containers. So overall, very successful.)

Karellen · 02-25-2025, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Karellen

Great. Thank you. I'll install and see if I can produce that warning again.

I just installed v2.40 of K4PC and re-downloaded those same ebooks I had the problem with earlier. They downloaded ok. So I must have had a version older than v2.40 installed.

JSWolf · 02-25-2025, 07:25 AM

I've just downloading all of of my Kindle eBooks.

JSWolf · 02-25-2025, 08:55 AM

Does anyone with a UK Amazon account have trouble sending eBooks from their account to their Kindle? I'm not talking downloading via the Kindle but sending the eBooks from Amazon to the Kindle.

I can do it on the US Amazon site but not the UK Amazon site.

BionicGecko · 02-25-2025, 09:04 AM

I checked and indeed for a few minutes I was not able to download books to my Oasis on a UK account, but it’s working now; perhaps it was a short-time glitch.

JSWolf · 02-25-2025, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by BionicGecko

I checked and indeed for a few minutes I was not able to download books to my Oasis on a UK account, but it’s working now; perhaps it was a short-time glitch.

With a UK account, I am not able to deliver an eBook to my Kindle Touch. When I go to see what's being delivered to my Kindle, I get nothing.

Quoth · 02-25-2025, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Does anyone with a UK Amazon account have trouble sending eBooks from their account to their Kindle? I'm not talking downloading via the Kindle but sending the eBooks from Amazon to the Kindle.

Only works on PW3 if Whispernet is enabled on the device and you tap on the listed but not downloaded ebook. I can only "Send" from the web site to the DXG. Sending to the PW3 puts nothing in the queue.

Yes, I know the DXG ought not to work at all. There is still EDGE and maybe tomorrow or later in the week Amazon will cancel the SIM contract. Odd.

JSWolf · 02-25-2025, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

Only works on PW3 if Whispernet is enabled on the device and you tap on the listed but not downloaded ebook. I can only "Send" from the web site to the DXG. Sending to the PW3 puts nothing in the queue.

Yes, I know the DXG ought not to work at all. There is still EDGE and maybe tomorrow or later in the week Amazon will cancel the SIM contract. Odd.

I can send to my PW3. I'll try later with my Touch to see if it works with WiFi on first.

Cactus Chef · 02-25-2025, 03:17 PM

Does anyone happen to know what was the last *available* version of K4PC (that someone still has an EXE installer available for without scouring some shady Russian websites) that delivered books in AZW3 format rather than KFX? v2.4 is better than nothing, but the KFX format is somewhat of a pain to deal with.

I was still getting AZW3s with K4PC 1.19, so I assume the switchover happened somewhere between 1.19 and 2.4.

02-25-2025, 07:25 AM	#54
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,757 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I've just downloading all of of my Kindle eBooks. Last edited by JSWolf; 02-25-2025 at 08:53 AM.

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02-24-2025, 04:48 PM	#50
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,072 Karma: 91577715 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	(Never mind. I was a page behind in this thread.)

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DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,220 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	So far version 2.4.0 (70904) has not refused to download any new books for me.

02-25-2025, 08:55 AM	#55
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,757 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Does anyone with a UK Amazon account have trouble sending eBooks from their account to their Kindle? I'm not talking downloading via the Kindle but sending the eBooks from Amazon to the Kindle. I can do it on the US Amazon site but not the UK Amazon site.

02-25-2025, 09:04 AM	#56
BionicGecko Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 5555555 Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Czech Republic Device: Voyage, Oasis, Scribe, Colorsoft, Libra Colour	I checked and indeed for a few minutes I was not able to download books to my Oasis on a UK account, but it’s working now; perhaps it was a short-time glitch.

02-25-2025, 03:17 PM	#60
Cactus Chef Fanatic Posts: 576 Karma: 7058832 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: East Coast, United States Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Clara HD, Galaxy Tab S5e, Kindle 4th Gen	Does anyone happen to know what was the last available version of K4PC (that someone still has an EXE installer available for without scouring some shady Russian websites) that delivered books in AZW3 format rather than KFX? v2.4 is better than nothing, but the KFX format is somewhat of a pain to deal with. I was still getting AZW3s with K4PC 1.19, so I assume the switchover happened somewhere between 1.19 and 2.4.

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