Amazon has removed Download & Transfer option

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

All the links in the newsletter before the Baen Books section do not work. Also the first book in Baen Books section does not work.

Jon, if even 1 link in that newsletter still works, that make yours "none" incorrect. Perhaps using words such as "most" might have been a better choice though it may not fit your absolutist posting style.

[gbm]

Some body named Jon posted how do we know he is legit? Sounds like an A.I.

By teh way here is the link to the April newsletter straight form the email version.

Click here to view the newsletter online.

bernie

Originally Posted by JSWolf

None of the links in that Newsletter actually work. So how do we know it's legit?

[Georgie W]

OK, so a while back I smugly posted to say I could download from Kindle for PC 1.39 & convert to MOBI in Calibre. I should have shut up.

Specs—my Kindle is a KT4 running 5.13.6, permanently in airplane mode and able to read MOBI only. Kindle for PC has today updated to 2.7.1, I'm running Calibre 8.3 & DRM removal 10.0.9.

I tried today to use the new Kindle for PC to download a book, then open it in Calibre & try to convert it to MOBI. But now I'm getting a "Can't do this because DRM" message.


Reading through the thread, I think I should be trying to download the KFX.zip on to my Kindle then lifting the KFX file off the Kindle into Calibre—is that right? I've tried copying the KFX.zip file straight from my PC to my Kindle Documents folder, then opening the Kindle Documents folder's AZW file in Calibre but that doesn't allow me to convert it to MOBI either.

Is my only option to turn off my Kindle's airplane mode (I've got updates blocked) and sync to Amazon? I so don't want to do this—I worry that Amazon will screw up my carefully created collections on my Kindle (there are 50 "ghost" collections listed under my Digital Content online which Amazon can't explain or delete).

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Jon, if even 1 link in that newsletter still works, that make yours "none" incorrect. Perhaps using words such as "most" might have been a better choice though it may not fit your absolutist posting style.

You are correct. I should have tested all of the links and said most.

[texasnightowl]

Originally Posted by Georgie W

Kindle for PC has today updated to 2.7.1, I'm running Calibre 8.3 & DRM removal 10.0.9.

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Is my only option to turn off my Kindle's airplane mode (I've got updates blocked) and sync to Amazon?

Here's the summary:

For any books published BEFORE April 23, 2025, you can use an older version of K4PC still. The version to use is 2.4.0 (70904). Books downloaded with that version can still be dedrmed using Calibre + nodrm 10.0.9 + KFX Input.

For books published ON/AFTER April 23, 2025, K4PC no longer works. They require a newer version of K4PC which cannot be dedrmed. This means your only option is to have the books sent over wifi to your kindle and then add the books to your calibre library directly from your kindle.

Look at the first post in this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=361503

And oops...apparently there is still some success with some version of kindle for android...but I personally don't know anything about that.

[Georgie W]

Originally Posted by texasnightowl

Here's the summary:

many thanks.