Amazon and DRM changes - Page 208

Sirtel · Today, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yoshi

I don't understand how BookFab operates without cracking DRM.

I'd like to know whether the risk described by jhowell still applies to BookFab users today.

> Amazon will know who is in violation of the their terms of service and they could decide to terminate accounts in order to send a clear message to others who might do the same.

That doesn't apply to the other currently working methods that I'm aware of. That only applied to the specific method BookFab used in the beginning and Amazon swiftly blocked.

But then, as I have no idea what method BookFab uses now, who knows.

DNSB · Today, 07:28 AM

One friend of mine who purchased BookFab the first time around and tested it with a throwaway Amazon account downloaded the 1.2.04 version which claimed "1.2.0.4 2025-07-08 New: Kindle eBook import function is upgraded and now supports decrypting the latest version of Kindle eBooks to improve the reading experience". He has K4PC 2.7.1 (70978) installed so he decided to test BookFab again.

When he installed and opened this version, it once again wanted him to sign into his Amazon account which he did with the throwaway account. After doing this, he browsed to the folder where his downloaded Kindle ebooks were located, selected one of them and tried importing it. 15 minutes later, it had made it to "Analyzing your file 99%". This is on a Intel i9-14900K, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a NVMe PCI-4 SSD. Oddly at 99%, the CPU was idling at 1-2%, the SSD was showing 0% and the network connection was showing occasional bursts of up to 48Kbps send and/or receive activity. After 45 minutes at 99%, he killed the task.

Yesterday (2025-Jul-17), he tried 1.2.0.5 though it only claimed audio book improvements. Again, after an hour, Analyzing 99% was still sitting on the screen and he killed the task.

ownedbycats · Today, 09:42 AM

Even if they did crack the DRM directly, Amazon's quick to deploy another one once they catch on. Within 24 hours of a DeDRM release, once.

Lynx-lynx · Today, 09:50 AM

It's easy to boycott Amazon, all their products.

lkmiller · Today, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Even if they did crack the DRM directly, Amazon's quick to deploy another one once they catch on. Within 24 hours of a DeDRM release, once.

Yes, it is harder for Amazon to block the workarounds. Incredibly easy for them to change encryption.

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Today, 07:28 AM	#3107
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,168 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	One friend of mine who purchased BookFab the first time around and tested it with a throwaway Amazon account downloaded the 1.2.04 version which claimed "1.2.0.4 2025-07-08 New: Kindle eBook import function is upgraded and now supports decrypting the latest version of Kindle eBooks to improve the reading experience". He has K4PC 2.7.1 (70978) installed so he decided to test BookFab again. When he installed and opened this version, it once again wanted him to sign into his Amazon account which he did with the throwaway account. After doing this, he browsed to the folder where his downloaded Kindle ebooks were located, selected one of them and tried importing it. 15 minutes later, it had made it to "Analyzing your file 99%". This is on a Intel i9-14900K, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a NVMe PCI-4 SSD. Oddly at 99%, the CPU was idling at 1-2%, the SSD was showing 0% and the network connection was showing occasional bursts of up to 48Kbps send and/or receive activity. After 45 minutes at 99%, he killed the task. Yesterday (2025-Jul-17), he tried 1.2.0.5 though it only claimed audio book improvements. Again, after an hour, Analyzing 99% was still sitting on the screen and he killed the task.

Today, 09:42 AM	#3108
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,970 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Even if they did crack the DRM directly, Amazon's quick to deploy another one once they catch on. Within 24 hours of a DeDRM release, once.

Today, 09:50 AM	#3109
Lynx-lynx Treachery of images ... Posts: 4,122 Karma: 93720365 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Device: Sony 650, Kobo Glo, H2O, Aura One, Forma, Libra 2, Libra Colour	It's easy to boycott Amazon, all their products.