Dealing with Kindle ebooks in calibre

[Kaetrin]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

@Kaetrin
Don't know why that book would be a problem. If you don't mind sharing the ASIN, we could see if there are any red flags on the product page. You also could start an issue at noDRM's GitHub and post a log of adding the book to calibre.

I might try opening an issue at GitHub. thx for the suggestion.

[deb27]

Amazon is getting rid of the download and transfer via USB.
This is how I get all my books into Calibre.
What's the alternative?

I try to keep my kindle on airplane mode because more than once, Amazon has deleted all of my side loaded books. Now they claim the only way to get books onto the kindle is by WiFi.
Any ideas how to deal with this new "feature"?

[Sirtel]

Read the first post here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=361503

All currently working methods of getting Kindle books into calibre are listed here.

[DNSB]

You may also want to check the following thread: Amazon is removing Download & Transfer option in the Amazon Kindle forum.

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by Kaetrin

Thx - that's what I've been doing but there's this book that will only come in via KFX-ZIP. I can see there's a suggestion below about opening a ticket at Github so I might try that. thx

This can happen if book is not fully downloaded when you plug in. I had this happen yesterday and freaked out a bit because of the whole situation with D&T going away and this being one of my remaining 'lifelines.' I'd just updated calibre so it seemed that's what broke things. Nope, was me staying up too late and moving too fast.

[Kaetrin]

Originally Posted by tomsem

This can happen if book is not fully downloaded when you plug in. I had this happen yesterday and freaked out a bit because of the whole situation with D&T going away and this being one of my remaining 'lifelines.' I'd just updated calibre so it seemed that's what broke things. Nope, was me staying up too late and moving too fast.

Thank you! I tried it again and fully deleted the book from my kindle, downloaded it (again!) and opened it to make sure it was all there. Then, I imported it into Calibre (which I've just updated to v7.26 which may or may not be relevant) and voila! KFX and not KFX-ZIP. Huzzah!

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by jhowell

Amazon has released Kindle for Mac 7.25.1. I suspect that this new version will have closed the loophole that allowed DRM removal of some books. I do not have a Mac so I cannot test it myself.

Yup, loophole is closed with K4Mac 7.25.1. Amazon is aggressively closing avenues. Makes me think K4PC is next. Also wondering how long eink Kindles will continue to work, especially older models.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Kaetrin

Yes - I've been able to do that for 5/6 books I've tried but there's this one...!

Are you using the Alpha version of DeDRM?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by odamizu

Yup, loophole is closed with K4Mac 7.25.1. Amazon is aggressively closing avenues. Makes me think K4PC is next. Also wondering how long eink Kindles will continue to work, especially older models.

Amazon did say that only WiFi Kindles wlil be supported. So that means no more support for K1, K2, DX, and DXG.

[Kaetrin]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Are you using the Alpha version of DeDRM?

No, the beta. But, I did get it working. Apparently before connecting the kindle to Calibre the book has to be fully downloaded on the device. I obviously hadn't quite got all the way all the other times I tried to import it. But I succeeded tonight after learning that tip.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Kaetrin

No, the beta. But, I did get it working. Apparently before connecting the kindle to Calibre the book has to be fully downloaded on the device. I obviously hadn't quite got all the way all the other times I tried to import it. But I succeeded tonight after learning that tip.

Just to be on the safe side, you should install the Alpha version as you get the latest code.

[lkmiller]

There is nothing in the current alpha version of DeDRM needed for KFX. 10.0.9 has everything that's been figured out so far for that. If you are trying the Kindle for Android method (which avoids KFX), then you need the alpha version in order to import your key. But that method is probably on its last legs if you can get it working at all.

[Kaetrin]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Just to be on the safe side, you should install the Alpha version as you get the latest code.

When I looked, the alpha version said it was untested so I wasn't sure if installing it would break something. Is it okay to install now?

[lkmiller]

Yes, the alpha has worked fine for me. The added things are relatively untested. But as far as I can see don't break anything else. But as I said, it really isn't necessary for most at the moment. You can see what it adds at the bottom of the changelog at the github.

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by odamizu

Yup, loophole is closed with K4Mac 7.25.1. Amazon is aggressively closing avenues. Makes me think K4PC is next. Also wondering how long eink Kindles will continue to work, especially older models.

I agree. Amazon seems to be once again making a strong push toward blocking methods of extracting books from the Kindle ecosystem.

Amazon updated the DRM in Kindle for PC last year and has released several more new versions since the last one that works with DeDRM. Restricting downloads of books to those older versions is likely to happen soon.

The DRM used by e-ink Kindles has not been updated lately and can still be dealt with by DeDRM. That is likely to change in an upcoming Kindle firmware release, bringing it in line with the PC and Mac apps.

After that it might be months or years until the next breakthrough in kindle DRM removal happens.