The main purpose of buying a guitar magazine is to have access to the guitar tabs when needed. I find it ridiculous that Amazon offers only Kindle format for digital magazine subscriptions / requires a special Kindle app on every device you want to read on / and worst of all, if you decide to cancel your subscription you can’t even access the magazine issues that you already paid for.
I don’t have a Kindle and don’t want to install some proprietary Kindle app on every device that I’d like to read on.
kfx files, you’ll also need to install the KFX conversion plugin (link is external).ĭoes anyone know of a current way to convert drm restricted Amazon magazine subscription files on a Mac, without the need for a virtual PC installation? Any common universal format such as epub or pdf would be nice.
zip file you downloaded and drill down a couple of levels.
It does not contain a top-level _init_.py file`, you’re trying to load the full archive folder into Calibre. If Calibre gives you an error like `ERROR: Unhandled exception: InvalidPlugin:The plugin in C:\\Users\\Me\\Downloads\\DeDRM_tools_6.6.1.zip’ is invalid.
Since I’m on a Mac, I could not get an older version of Kindle to work on Catalina, so I installed a virtualized Windows 8 and I was able to set up everything without a glitch.
The solution is to use two plugins for Calibre as detailed in this excellent guide. Unfortunately, the Kindle format is not compatible with all other ebook reading devices, so you’ll run into trouble if you want to use a tool like Calibre to convert your purchased books into a format compatible with your reading device unless that device happens to be a Kindle, in which case you’re good. If you are having problems with blank e-books on the Kindle Fire, visit the Calibre site, watch the video tutorial, install Calibre, and fix your problems with blank e-books.If you buy ebooks for Amazon’s Kindle, you’ll have realized that they come with copy protection called Digital Rights Management (DRM). In addition to being able to convert the file format, Calibre allows you to download book covers, which are frequently missing from works in the public domain. Follow the instructions in the tutorial, convert the book using the Convert button in Calibre, and transfer the converted book to your Kindle Fire. If the file is in a recognized kindle format, it will not automatically convert, as the video suggests. The one part that is missing from the video tutorial is that you need to convert the e-book to the Kindle Fire format before it is copied to your Kindle Fire. The Calibre site has a video tutorial (the Demo tab) that walks you through the process. Calibre (pronounced cal-i-bur) is incredibly easy to use and the current version does have a configuration for the Kindle Fire that is selected during the installation. This is easy to do using Calibre, which is the most popular free e-book management and conversion software. The fix that I found that works is to convert the e-book format to a special mobi format used by the Kindle Fire. The problems appear to be related to DRM (digital rights management) protection that should not even be applied to books in the public domain, but nonetheless sometimes is. When a book is in the public domain, is is free from copyright issues, so the books can be freely downloaded. I saw it with a collection of classic public domain books that I purchased on eBay. The problem frequently shows up when Kindle books are downloaded from public libraries and sites offering “public domain” books. The second problem is when a book that is available for lending or is in the public domain is copied to the Kindle, but also shows as blank. That is an Amazon problem that needs to be reported. The first is when a book is downloaded from Amazon and it is blank when you try to view it in the Kindle Fire. There are two problems related to books that are blank after being downloaded or transferred to the device. The Kindle Fire has certainly taken the ebook market by storm, but the device does have a few problems.