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Anyway, I'm all fixed up now, and I think I'm going to just stay with these versions of calibre and tools until they stop working in the future. I do my best to NOT buy Kindle books and instead buy them from other online stores (Rakuten Kobo, etc) , but every once in a while that's the only place I can find the book I'm looking for. And it seems like every time I buy one I have to go through this entire process over again because (like an idiot) I updated the various software to newer versions. Well, no more! I'm sticking with these versions since they work! Thanks again for all the help. |
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08-15-2021, 09:39 PM | #1292 | |
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08-15-2021, 09:58 PM | #1293 |
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08-15-2021, 10:55 PM | #1294 | |
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08-15-2021, 11:06 PM | #1295 |
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Yeah, still AZW3. But then I only have an ancient version of Kindle for PC, 1.17. It's not even capable to download a KFX.
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08-15-2021, 11:40 PM | #1296 |
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I download the sample for The Four Agreements using K4PC 1.32.0 with KFX blocked and that got a file that worked with calibre/DEDRM.
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08-16-2021, 12:02 AM | #1297 | |
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08-16-2021, 10:37 AM | #1298 |
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08-17-2021, 12:33 AM | #1299 |
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08-23-2021, 08:17 AM | #1300 |
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Hey guys,
The discussion is (rightly so) mostly about the ability to block the new formats generation and get a Calibre-compatible format out of the Kindle app. I successfully get azw files for magazines from Amazon. However, I noticed an intriguing detail today: a magazine I generated as azw weights 58.8 MB according to Calibre. On the Amazon page, they write: "File size : 344479 KB". This is a huge size difference which most likely explains why I when I zoom to 200% it stars to get blurry. Is there a way to generate the highest quality possible when making the Kindle4Mac app download the file? Thank you all for your extremely helpful advice. |
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How to download full resolution images? Some questions regarding Oasis 2 & comics/manga In any case the image quality will never be better than whatever the publisher provides to Amazon. Last edited by jhowell; 08-23-2021 at 10:13 AM. |
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09-13-2021, 01:04 AM | #1302 |
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For what it's worth, the KFX blocking batch file for Windows (link in message # 1265) works with K4PC 1.33.
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09-25-2021, 08:33 AM | #1303 |
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Hi everyone,
I cannot believe how complicated this is. First and last time I'm buying a book from Amazon In the meantime, I really need to convert the one I got, but I'm afraid I am completely stuck. I've tried methods 1 and 4 so far: Method 1: I installed Kindle 1.17, couldn't log in, deregistered the newer Kindle in my Amazon account, waited, tried again, it still didn't work... I reinstalled it, it still didn't work... Am I missing something? Method 4: I installed the KFX Input plugin in my Calibre. I couldn't install the DeDRM plugin, however, as it requires at least Calibre 5.0, but the installer refuses to work because I am still using Windows 7... Before trying to jump through more hoops, I thought I'd ask: do I have any hope of getting anywhere with method 2? What would you recommend? Thank you. |
09-25-2021, 09:10 AM | #1304 |
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I suggest buying an eink kindle, new or S/H, new enough to support KF8/azw3. But select Download to PC and then THAT Kindle. You copy & paste the serial number in to Alf from your Amazon page as it's tricky to be sure of O vs 0 on the settings on the Kindle. You can re-download all previous purchases.
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09-25-2021, 11:17 AM | #1305 |
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Thank you, Quoth.
However, I'd rather avoid buying a whole new device just for this one book. I think I'm gonna try to find and install version 1.24 in order to attempt method 2... |
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