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FYSA for anyone used to this: It doesn't work on Amazon books published in 2023+.

Doesn't it still work if you download the book file for a Kindle from the website, then plug your Kindle serial number into DeDRM?

They've been closing down those loopholes over the years.

Are you sure? https://epubor.com/drm-removal-tools-for-amazon-kindle-azw-e...

Easy: stop buying books from Amazon

Doesn't help when the alternative is to buy on paper, and it is a 1000 page tome.

Even on IT related ebooks, some authors only publish their ebooks on Amazon.

There are workarounds for this change now. I don’t remember the details, but there is a way to strip drm from 2023 books. It’s a relatively recent development I think. Did not even require a physical kindle. (I think for a while the only method did require one)

The workaround for a while was to have an old version of the Kindle for PC software on your computer and download the flies from there. You would get older versions that had crackable DRM.

They’ve pretty much closed this loophole. IIRC now you need an older physical Kindle that doesn’t support KFX files and you can download files for that device.

It’s still a crappy workaround because the older file format doesn’t have any of the latest typography features.

I thought this was just kindle unlimited books, not purchased books.

Yeah, this is what made me abandon Amazon for Kobo.

It think this should still work for Kobo ebook?

Kobo books use a completely different DRM, Adobe Digital Editions. It is apparently easier to strip DRM from these books than from Amazon.

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