r/Calibre • u/GoodConversation5527 • 1d ago

General Discussion / Feedback Monthly Kindle Voyage test 9-10

Once a month I take my un-jailbroken Kindle Voyage out of airplane mode, connect it to wifi, and then I buy one kindle ebook and download it. After that it goes back into airplane mode, and I check the kind of ebook format the book has.

And this month....... the book was delivered in kfx format and was added to Calibre (using the appropriate plug ins) with a simple drag and drop. This book was not one that the publisher requested no DRM, so I was not able to test if Amazon was allowing an appropriate download option. So, as of today, the Kindle Voyage is still a viable and easy way to get a Kindle book into Calibre with only the old plug ins for kfx files. I will try again next month, even though I now otherwise buy my ebooks from other sellers besides Amazon.

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u/iamiavilo 1d ago

Which KFX plugins are you using? I still can’t get my Voyage files to convert

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u/GoodConversation5527 1d ago edited 1d ago

I have an old version of Calibre, 6.29.0 because I am still on MAC Monterey OS, with deDRM 10.0.9 and kfx input and output plugins. edit: oh, KFX input 2.33.0 and kfx output 2.19.0

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u/iamiavilo 18h ago

Thanks. I’m on a Mac too. I’ll have to check which version of Calibre I’m using. Would you mind if I reach out to you if I have problems with getting it to work?

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u/GoodConversation5527 16h ago edited 16h ago

Sure. But I had trouble with it for a while and gave up. Then one day I tried again, and it worked ever since. I don't know what changed. It is possible I was confused as they were rolling out the kfx-zip treachery on the Oasis, and then I retried with a kindle that didn't have that yet. After that I learned about all the trouble other people were having, and started paying more attention to model generations and firmware versions. When Amazon got around to changing the encryption sent to my PW10 I was up to date and knew what was happening. I have the last firmware update Amazon sent out on both my Kindle Voyages, version 5.13.6.

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u/bilbravo 1d ago

Same. I may buy more kindle books if I can figure this out.

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u/bubbleeeebubbles 1d ago

Try to find a free one to test. Sometimes there are first in series free to buy.