It supports advanced features, including Enhanced Typesetting and Page Flip, on Amazon apps and devices. The plugin can convert from several KFX variants: Monolithic KFX, KFX-ZIP, or KPF.Īmazon uses KFX format for the delivery of most e-books to customers. Open: you can install any number of reading apps for every eBook format available.Configurable: you can set a wider variety of fonts, sizes, margins, colors, layouts.I was an early Kindle adopter, but as Android tablets came out I found them better for reading: I’ve been a big reader since I was a kid, all kinds of books from many sources.The KFX Input plugin allows books in Amazon KFX format to be imported and converted to other e-book formats, such as EPUB, for archival and for reading on alternate devices. Graphics: books with pictures, diagrams, etc.You’re not locked into any single book ecosystem. Even a large eInk reader lacks color and renders slower.ĭue to the variety of books I read, no single ecosystem would do the job. Plus, I take a principled opposition to any company that tries to lock customers into its ecosystem. When I buy a book I don’t believe I’ve bought it to read on a particular device, in a particular format, to access whenever some corporation thinks I should be able to.

I’ve bought the right to read it on any device, in any format, whenever I want to, forever. Indeed, eBooks often cost as much as real books even though the marginal cost of the next eBook sold is zero. And, I run native Linux on all my computers.Īll of this all led me to start using Calibre to manage my eBooks. It’s a great organizer, supports all devices, all formats, can convert between them, and has many plugins with an active open source development community.Ĭalibre is simply great – it meets all these needs and more. Without owning a Kindle, how does one buy books from Amazon, store them on your own computer and read them on any device in any format? Here’s how:Įven though I run Linux, I have a VM running Windows. I don’t use it for much, only those few apps that I can run natively on Linux or in a browser. Unfortunately, Amazon Kindle is one of those.

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