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KFX just started rolling out in recent months.

As the parent post said, the only way right now to "crack" is to dodge it. To have Amazon send you a copy of your book for a older device or older version of the PC software that doesn't support KFX, so they have to send you a crackable format instead.

I haven't done anything with Barnes & Noble in quite some time, but I've been curious to try a eBook purchase from there to see if their current DRM is any more friendly.



That explains why I haven't seen it! I haven't updated Kindle for PC in years, either.

Thanks for the info! I might have to give B&N a try myself, although at the moment the only books on my list are preordered.


Most of the DRM removal tools are based on Apprentice Alf's DeDRM library. Here's the Github issue related to KFX:

https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools/issues/38




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