and I have not tried removing DRM from Amazon ebooks from another computer's Kindle for PC, so I have more to learn here ).
Note also that finding and keeping an original Kindle for PC program that does NOT use KFX format forces Amazon to download older simpler-to-remove DRM format - I have also found that Epubor Ultimate eBook Converter does not need a serial number for a Kindle for PC residing on the same computer ( there is no serial number for Kindle for PC. However, if we have access to the original Amazon account, we can re-download DRM-locked ebooks to our own Kindle for PC program, and then remove DRM from the newly downloaded copies that came from the same account.
Note, Epubor Ultimate eBook Converter DEPENDS on knowing our Amazon Kindle serial number, and cannot convert DRM-locked ebooks found or collected from just anywhere, so if we inherit a computer containing Kindle backup but the Kindle itself is gone ( given away, dead, cracked, broken, and thrown out since the repairs or replacement batteries are more expensive than just replacing the Kindle itself, and so we have no way of knowing the original serial number that downloaded the DRM-locked ebooks ), then we cannot convert those DRM-locked ebooks.
which alternative free Calibre Ebook will do anyway, and there are other free alternatives for simple conversion of non-DRM-locked ebooks. Ultimate eBook Converter 3.0.12 will continue to convert non-DRM-locked ebooks. "Įpubor Ultimate eBook Converter 3.0.12 will no longer remove DRM locks, just purchase a copy to keep removing DRM-locks form Amazon ebooks.
What happens at the end of they year? Can it still be used?. Yes, we may end up liking one converter over another because of the results, but that's just whimsical, hence, that's why I take control and strip whimsical formatting from within my ebooks first, then I convert them, then I control the presentation in realtime at my ereaders as I read, live. I use free Calibre Ebook editor to strip ebooks of all layout formatting.Įpubor does not offer ebook editing, so their conversion will give us whatever the Epubor programmers presume is worthy of keeping and or constructing, and we may be seeing Epubor decisions, or we may be seeing the decisions of the programmers who laid out the original ebook presentation formatting - there's no way to know which. Line spacing SHOULD be the job of an ebook reader at the time we are reading.Įbooks themselves of any type SHOULD be raw text with zero layout formatting, only labels like headings, bold, italics, and such, then allowing each person reading the ebook to control the reflow and shape and size of the presentation text and page layout, live at the time of reading.
To, who is exploring the presentation layout results of different ebook converters. Thanks for exploring this and sharing on GOTD - everyone here makes GOTD a great place for vendors and end-users alike to learn and do better.
It took me a few years of iterative exploration to figure this all out to my own criteria ( it should not be so hard ), and in the process, I figured out how to get ebooks free from local libraries - there's no problem so big it can't be run from.
so don't update, and or only try to bypass DRM on a PC/Mac AFTER installing earlier version of Kindle for PC/Mac, and AFTER re-downloading our ebooks, which will then arrive as the stable original AZ3 format. Note, with random changes in DRM, static DRM-bypassing algorithms probably will fail on Kindle for PC/Mac version 1.25 or newer or with Kindle firmware 5.10.2 or newer.
Reinstall Epubor Ultimate Ebook Converter AND install Amazon Kindle for PC/Mac v1.24/v1.23 ( which Epubor re-provides from Amazon archives over at, and THEN set Kindle for PC/Mac to NOT to update, and THEN re-download our ebooks, and we're good to go.Īllowing Amazon to auto-update our Kindle for PC is like letting Microsoft auto-update our Windows - it's our computer, not theirs, so take back control. Once we initiate the work-around, everything goes smashingly smoothly, untethering us from Amazon's clutches. Īmazon likes playing with their latest KFX file formats, it's their proprietary non-standard, they change it on a whim, so avoid it.Įpubor provides copious instructions and resources showing us how to accomplish the task of bypassing KFX. To, who balked at re-downloading KFX ebooks to their PC/Mac as AZ3 ebooks in order to bypass DRM and export / convert our Amazon ebooks.