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Is there a working drm removal tool for kindle books?
Yeah, use calibre and the drm removal plugin https://www.cloudwards.net/remove-drm-from-kindle-books/
Amazon changed some things at the beginning of the year, they made it very difficult to get the actual file in azw format. They only let you download kindle unlimited books in their secure kfx(?) format, which current DRM removal plugins are unable to process.
If you buy the book you can goto Content & Devices and download the book in azw3 format which can be processed by the DRM removal plugin.
From what I've read amazon is monitoring the sites where they're developing kfx bypass mechanisms and are sealing up those holes before a public release can be made. Which is irritating because I just hate the Kindle app and prefer MoonReader
I'm pretty sure someone fully cracked kfx again - they just didn't bother to make it work for kfx directly - the newest form of azw is just zipped kfx from what I understand
about 3 weeks ago the solution was merged to the current big active deDRM fork. Amazon seems to only respond when the new workaround percolates to the big easy to use front-ends like calibri
(And I don't think the timeline for amazon sealing up the holes is actually all that fast. The original setup was being spread on some forums for several months now, and the january update from amazon was also quite "late")
also there's also several forms of downgrade attacks that mean only content released after amazon's latest fix becomes uncrackable
I haven't been able to get that to work for sometime, and you need a damn kindle ereader in the first place.
I've stopped buying my books from Amazon and am looking for somewhere else to purchase them.
Mine still works. I use the kindle for pc app, but it's an old version. I think Amazon blocked it on newer versions.
Yep, that's the issue. My old Voyage isn't connect to my account anymore, so I can't even use that method anymore. 😥
I kept a copy of the kindle installer that works. I can't live without my de-drm.
😭 Keep it safe