07-19-2020, 08:06 AM | #946 |
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Still having trouble
I am on a Windows pc, and much like some of the prior posters, my prior 1.17 version went straight to an update for 1.29 so I uninstalled and then reinstalled 1.17 but now calbre does not work in the conversion. I saw some reference to others using 1.26 or thereabouts and I read the prior responses to this thread but I am unclear what are the current recommendations to get calibre to work on a windows pc. Not terribly tech savvy so can someone walk me through how to get up to speed for a guy who is terrified to modify the registry!
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07-19-2020, 10:32 AM | #947 | |
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07-19-2020, 10:50 AM | #948 |
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If you have Kindle for PC 1.17 reinstalled then getting it to work again with calibre would be the easiest thing to do next. If you are having failures due to DRM then post for help at either Apprentice Alf's Blog or Apprentice Harper's GitHub. If something else is going wrong then be more specific about that and someone should be able to help you.
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07-20-2020, 08:11 AM | #949 |
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Same here. I could just click 'Skip this version' and it did.
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07-21-2020, 06:03 PM | #950 | |
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I wasn't actually using a VM I was using Windows Sandbox. I guess the registry inheriting was what messed me up because I have disabled KFX on my host (through apprenticesakuya's Powershell script) |
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07-24-2020, 05:04 PM | #951 |
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Hello: I purchased a kindle title that amazon saysonly able to download title to subset devices -- bunch of kindle devices, plus (kindle for android, and kindle for iPad ) allowed but does not list either kindle for Mac or kindle for PC. I am hoping others know about this delimma as it appears relevant for certain type of kindles eg foreign languages like Arabic, or Italian.
The title is in Arabic. Attempted to download to the android,And received amazon message "must upgrade to receive this title". Upgraded to 8.11, and title downloaded to android. File format the resulted is this KFX. It seems it is not possible to dedrm my title as this title cannot be downloaded to kindle for PC or kindle for Mac (and I do not own a physical kindle device).( The dedrm tools no longer have anything for kindle android later than 4.8). Is this correct? Or is there another kindle for android version that works, or some other new method -- I ask as j Howell says in the KFX input plugin thread the kfx input plugin only works on kindle for android 8.11 and earlier. Implies some hope... maybe.. Thankyou for your assistance. |
07-24-2020, 05:13 PM | #952 |
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Sorry, very bad with this forum. I tried to add this to below question.
Jhowell Quote from other thread: Import cannot currently be performed on KFX books downloaded using Kindle for Android version 8.12 or greater and Kindle for Fire 14.12 or greater due to new DRM. No workable import method is available for the Kindle for iOS app. Last edited by helpplease; 07-24-2020 at 05:14 PM. Reason: Added apology |
07-24-2020, 08:39 PM | #953 |
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Sorry, Arabic titles cannot be converted at this time. They are only available in KFX format and the platforms on which those books can be found do not currently have workable solutions for KFX DRM.
Outdated information. I have updated the KFX Input plugin documentation to indicate that import from Kindle for Android and Fire tablets is not possible. |
07-27-2020, 04:56 AM | #954 |
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Kindle for PC 1.26 just automatically installed over my previously working Kindle. No option.
Sod it. That means all downloads now enter the Kindle Library as folders rather than files! Looks like I have some reading to do as my e-reader only accepts ePub files...... |
07-27-2020, 05:56 AM | #955 |
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I've sourced and downloaded a copy of 1.17, and removed the rubbish that flew in this morning. All the new downloads in the Kindle Library removed and reinstalled under 1.17.
Calibre downloads and, more importantly, converts to ePub. That was rather vicious of Amazon to bypass its own check on "do not install new versions". Something to watch out for in the future. Not too sure why I couldn't get the latest plugin to function correctly under 1.26 - nothing on Apprentice Alf gave me a clue. for Calibre and Apprentice Alf..... |
07-27-2020, 06:08 AM | #956 |
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Came here after a heads-up from Paul....1.26 flew onto my PC this morning and crashed my hopes of dedrm'ing my kindle files.....
I'll keep this in mind, for later occurrences when Amazon force another update on me, against my wishes! Have gone back to 1.17, from 1.26 - not too sure what I had yesterday. All now working as normal. |
07-28-2020, 05:20 AM | #957 |
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Downloading directly from Amazon over USB no longer works for me. Any book I download directly from Amazon (from the Download and Transfer via USB option) gives me a Book is DRM-locked error whenever I convert it through Calibre. This seems to be a very new problem, as it always worked otherwise.
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07-28-2020, 05:27 AM | #958 | |
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07-28-2020, 09:41 AM | #959 | |
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08-04-2020, 07:26 PM | #960 |
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What is the current status on importing KFX books newly downloaded from Amazon? I have all the latest plugins, calibre 4.22, and K4PC 1.24.3 (51068) but I can't add new books.
If I disable KFX, then I can add AZW3 (but many of them lacks the embedded fonts). |
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