01-06-2017, 09:01 AM | #796 |
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For those that care about saving the best format for archival available from Amazon, KF8 is superior to KFX since it is much closer to what the publisher provides to them. Even when KFX is cracked I plan to continue saving KF8 as long as it remains available for older devices. (I also have a Kindle Keyboard just for that purpose.)
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01-06-2017, 09:24 AM | #797 | ||
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However, if KFX is cracked and reverse engineered at some point, I wouldn't mind converting it into an epub. I'm not hell-bent on archiving anything as original as possible; I just want a good e-book that can be edited by me (if necessary) and will last a year or 60 (possibly through another conversion). Last edited by Katsunami; 01-06-2017 at 09:43 AM. |
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01-06-2017, 09:35 AM | #798 | |
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I just want the encryption on KFX reversed so I still have a back-up plan. That and the fact that downloading for usb transfer just isn't as convenient as the K4PC Alf route to me. As long as KFX can concievably be converted to EPUB with no loss of general formatting (meaning bold, italics, headers and vertical margins in a typical all-words novel), then I won't be too fussed about it not staying "true" to the publisher-provided original. Last edited by DiapDealer; 01-06-2017 at 09:38 AM. |
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01-06-2017, 09:35 AM | #799 |
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I downloaded a bunch of books last night and then said the heck with it and stopped. What's annoying is that there are a few books of immediate interest in there, but the files only have those stupid numbers. I'll have to redownload that handful again, so I know I want them by the datestamp.
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01-06-2017, 10:09 AM | #804 |
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01-06-2017, 10:10 AM | #805 |
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I don't know how it is where you are, or where JSWolf is, but in the Netherlands it's indeed almost impossible these days to have internet, and not have Wifi. Every internet modem provided since the last 10 years or so that I have seen, has Wifi and a router built in.
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I am happy in the Amazon ecosystem for now. I am just making sure that I have an escape plan for my books just in case. |
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Remember to keep an operating system and maye even a computer handy on which that software will actually run in 2061
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I've never owned or wanted a Kindle and I'm certainly not going to buy someone else's ancient cast-off Kindle as a leaky life-raft option just for the "privilege" of being allowed to shop in the Kindle store for an extra few weeks/months/years. If they soon won't want my money I might as well stop giving it to them as of right now. And no, I don't expect them to lose any sleep over this, far too many other customers who don't care about archiving or being walled in. |
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