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They wouldn't have to kill off the download and transfer route. They could do what they have done with Kindle for PC and have it download a KFX file.
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11-19-2018, 07:42 PM | #18 |
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I think it's unlikely Amazon is trying to avoid people cracking DRM. It doesn't seem to be something they care about beyond keeping publishers happy that they're safe. I often buy a book, remove DRM, do things like improve the TOC and send it back to my library to be read as a doc on my Kindles.
Because I value my relationship with Amazon I've discussed this a couple of times over the years with their support people. Both times I've been told they just don't care. I do buy the books. They know I bought them. They have no problem with me removing DRM. In fact one of the support guys wasn't familiar with this so he asked around and called me back and explained that some of the Amazon employees do the same thing. Barry |
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I just download my books to my Kindle Basic (no touch) and read the files into Calibre from there.
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If AZW3 files are the same as KFX files, it works. I never did the drag and drop before. I just right-clicked on the book and chose "Add books to library." But drag and drop works fine.
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If they aren't receiving updates currently, I don't think they could handle KFX with either DRM. I'm guessing there probably aren't enough people with those devices for Amazon to be too worried about the Download and Transfer via USB option for them.
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AZW3 is not the same as KFX.
KFX is newer, supports "enhanced typesetting", is spread over several files, and so far is not transferred over USB. Last edited by j.p.s; 11-20-2018 at 10:54 AM. |
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There is a difference between there being enough users to continue supporting a mature file format and there being enough to be concerned about not having the DRM locked down on those files as well as you would prefer. If Amazon decided that they were really committed to a newer more difficult to break DRM, they could always update the firmware on older devices to support AZW3 files with a new DRM. That would be pretty extreme though so I doubt they would bother with it. |
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