Dealing with Kindle ebooks in calibre

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

As long as you are adding the main book file to calibre from the original folder, KFX Input takes care of gathering everything else.

Perhaps there was a misunderstanding. I was assuming that JSWolf copied a single KFX file from a Kindle to a PC and then imported that into calibre which would bypass the gathering process normally performed by the KFX Input plugin.

[texasnightowl]

Yeah, I think the word "copied" infers to some of us that they took the azw file from it's original folder location and "copied" it to a new location and then added it to Calibre, which means it should not have worked. But it seems like instead "copied" was used to just indicate dragging it into Calibre from the original location, which does work since the file is in its expected location.

[sl33py1313]

Does process 2a listed in the original post (calibre, old kindle app, deDRM tools) still work? When I import the amazon book, it doesn't display properly (just shows a generic cover, doesn't know any details of the book), and exports fail. Attached is what I see after import.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[texasnightowl]

Originally Posted by sl33py1313

Does process 2a listed in the original post (calibre, old kindle app, deDRM tools) still work? When I import the amazon book, it doesn't display properly (just shows a generic cover, doesn't know any details of the book), and exports fail. Attached is what I see after import.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Yes. Well, at least as of last week when I last used K4PC to grab a book. 1. did you install the KFX Input plugin? 2. did you grab the right file from the book folder? Make sure you add the .azw file and not the azw.md file, etc.

[sl33py1313]

Ahhhhhh thanks! I misread and thought KFX was just a Mac thing. Working now. Thanks again!

[texasnightowl]

Originally Posted by sl33py1313

Ahhhhhh thanks! I misread and thought KFX was just a Mac thing. Working now. Thanks again!

awesome! glad it is working!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jhowell

Perhaps there was a misunderstanding. I was assuming that JSWolf copied a single KFX file from a Kindle to a PC and then imported that into calibre which would bypass the gathering process normally performed by the KFX Input plugin.

I just did a test and noticed that the single KFX file is larger then the one on the Kindle. So yes, the KFX Input plugin is grabbing all the bits and combining them into the KFX file.

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I just did a test and noticed that the single KFX file is larger then the one on the Kindle. So yes, the KFX Input plugin is grabbing all the bits and combining them into the KFX file.

Thanks for confirming that.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jhowell

Thanks for confirming that.

Happy to help. Thanks for making the plugin make life so much easier when dealing with KFX.

[sl33py1313]

I bought an amazon book recently that won't download using the old kindle app, only the new. What can I do to get it exported?

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by sl33py1313

I bought an amazon book recently that won't download using the old kindle app, only the new. What can I do to get it exported?

Use the app version 2.4.0 (method 2a in the first post).