Amazon has removed Download & Transfer option

[jlinear]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

And I can download the .acsm file directly from the Kobo web site, and import that directly into calibre (thanks to deACSM and DeDRM) to get a drm-free ePub in one step.

I wish I'd switched years ago!

I just started doing this as well. No longer having to do Calibre conversions for KOReader is a big plus. Amazon has become a way to search for deals that I now mostly purchase at Kobo when available.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Hellmark

How do you price match with Kobo? I will sometimes buy from Amazon if they're the cheapest, like the other day I got one that Amazon had for $1.99, when it was $10 elsewhere (Monster by A. Lee Martinez). I prefer doing Kobo when I can, for the same reasons.

After you make your purchase on Kobo, you head off to Kobo's price match which is handled by Zendesk (customer service provider). You can use https://www.kobo.com/p/pricematch-about and click on the Fill Out Form button.

You can also use the direct URL for the form. For me, the URL is https://pricematchrakutenkobo.zendes...s/requests/new which I have bookmarked for some odd reason.

This thread seems to be trying to set a record for drifting off topic since D&T dropped dead.

[troubledMan]

Originally Posted by DNSB

After you make your purchase on Kobo, you head off to Kobo's price match which is handled by Zendesk (customer service provider). You can use https://www.kobo.com/p/pricematch-about and click on the Fill Out Form button.

This is not available for everyone. Not, at least, in Spain.

[bustacap]

Originally Posted by troubledMan

This is not available for everyone. Not, at least, in Spain.

Kobo's Price Match Guarantee is available to customers in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...atch-Guarantee

[MRM66]

So whats the answer for my 2nd generation kindle?
Which I only use, to have the download with USB option?

[BionicGecko]

Originally Posted by MRM66

So whats the answer for my 2nd generation kindle?
Which I only use, to have the download with USB option?

Honestly at this point it does look like the only way to put books on non-wifi Kindles is to remove the DRM and sideload them via USB.

So if you want to buy your books from Amazon, then currently the easiest way is to get them via Kindle for PC as detailed in this thread (see Method 2); you will have to convert the KFX book to AZW before sending to your Kindle. Otherwise you can consider buying your books at Kobo (whose DRM is easy to strip) or from other retailers offering DRM-free books.

[MRM66]

Originally Posted by BionicGecko

Honestly at this point it does look like the only way to put books on non-wifi Kindles is to remove the DRM and sideload them via USB.

So if you want to buy your books from Amazon, then currently the easiest way is to get them via Kindle for PC as detailed in this thread (see Method 2); you will have to convert the KFX book to AZW before sending to your Kindle. Otherwise you can consider buying your books at Kobo (whose DRM is easy to strip) or from other retailers offering DRM-free books.

Thanks Gecko. I have just tried buying a book through Kobo. Downloaded it ok. But Kobo books are dearer and never have the books I have in my Amazon Ebooklist.
I love calibre as its easy to search what books I already have
As titles and covers do change in amazon and I have bought odd ones twice.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by MRM66

Thanks Gecko. I have just tried buying a book through Kobo. Downloaded it ok. But Kobo books are dearer and never have the books I have in my Amazon Ebooklist.
I love calibre as its easy to search what books I already have
As titles and covers do change in amazon and I have bought odd ones twice.

Amazon does have eBooks that are exclusive. But for the other eBooks, you can get at Kobo, you can price match Amazon at Kobo.

Take a screen grab of the eBook with the price from Amazon in case Kobo asks for it. Use the URL below to price match with Kobo.

https://www.kobo.com/US/en/p/pricematch-about

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by MRM66

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But Kobo books are dearer and never have the books I have in my Amazon Ebooklist.
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Sometimes Kobo is cheaper. Most, but not all, Kindle Unlimited are exclusive (ones uploaded via KDP Select, larger publishers usually exempt).

[artnking]

Originally Posted by geoffwood

Went to download a book this morning and saw the following posted on the Download page:



Makes me glad I bought an old Paperwhite so I can continue to download to that and directly copy the file from there and remove DRM

I have an older Paperwhite. I can download a newly purchased book from Amazon, and even find a file with the book name that ends in .kfx

How do I get this book over to my windows computer where I can run Calibre with DeDRM to get rid of DRM?

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by artnking

I have an older Paperwhite. I can download a newly purchased book from Amazon, and even find a file with the book name that ends in .kfx

How do I get this book over to my windows computer where I can run Calibre with DeDRM to get rid of DRM?

Connecting your Paperwhite to the computer? Or what exactly did you mean by "how"?

[JSWolf]

@artnking there never was such a device as a nook touch. The first nook with touch is the nook ST.

[Quoth]

Kobo Touch (3 versions), Kindle Touch, Nook Simple Touch.
Not owned the Kindle Touch.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Kobo Touch (3 versions), Kindle Touch, Nook Simple Touch.
Not owned the Kindle Touch.

The Kindle Touch is great now that D&T is gone. It download eBooks in KF8 or the occasional Mobi.

[Georgie W]

Originally Posted by artnking

I have an older Paperwhite. I can download a newly purchased book from Amazon, and even find a file with the book name that ends in .kfx

How do I get this book over to my windows computer where I can run Calibre with DeDRM to get rid of DRM?

I think the best way is not to download to your Paperwhite first off, but to download to your PC and then transfer to the Paperwhite via Calibre & sideloading.

1. I have a Kindle that I keep 100% on Airplane mode. I use Kindle for PC (version 1.39.2 - the older version number is important) with my Windows 10 PC. Keep a backup copy of that version just in case, and within the options, make sure that Updating is turned off.
   
2. In K4PC, I sync my library, and right click to download a book to my PC. Within K4PC there's an option to specify which folder the book will download to.
   
3. Then I open up Calibre and under Add Book, I navigate to that folder, and click on the book folder inside. There are two files in the book folder; I add the .azw file to Calibre. This comes into Calibre as a .kfx file
   
4. Assuming you have the latest DeDRM plugin, you can then convert the .kfx to an epub/mobi.
   
5. I plug my Kindle into my PC and within Calibre I use Send to Device to send the book to the Kindle.

This sounds like a lot of steps, but in practice it takes less than a minute to do that.