Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Kindle, short file names, and other matters Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 03:42:22 +0200 Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <10659gp$1kcc7$5@dont-email.me> <10693i7$3it0n$4@dont-email.me> <106bhkp$2o3h6$7@dont-email.me> <106e2g9$2o3h5$8@dont-email.me> <9o7sllx7e.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <106g12k$3gvtp$2@dont-email.me> <106j6ht$6o5a$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net VlWOLLWF0/ifKfRvSEes2gF/7LQkojSS7dsgmdfm9Sa9KJw6lL X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:k2lhvutE/f+29ioVyw/J1NMf/Nc= sha256:5LsvbrZWXN8xubsJTrzd5te46AoUrlki7AnZ+b+4Sdc= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <106j6ht$6o5a$5@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:186461 On 2025-08-01 22:03, J. P. Gilliver wrote: > On 2025/7/31 21:39:24, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-07-31 17:11, J. P. Gilliver wrote: > > [] > >>> Well when I did have a version of the book that I could open in calibre, >>> calibre failed when I tried to create either an EPUB or a .pdf version >>> of it: I could look at the book, in cabibre, but when I tried to >>> _convert_ it, in calibre, I got a message (same for both types of >>> conversion attempt) that it couldn't; I don't remember the exact >>> message, but I think it involved "protected" and "DRM". >>> >>> [] >>> >> >> Yes, I don't understand that. I'm not familiar with the Kindle > > Ah, I thought you were! Sorry about that. No, I use the epub ecosystem (with Kobo). So I go by similarities, I can't know the details. > >> ecosystem, so I'm sorry that I can not help. But I do know that Calibre >> alone would display giberish when reading a book with DRM. It needs a >> DeDRM plugin in order to show you the readable text. > > In this case, I think it also needed the other plugin (a three-letter > name - something like KRX?) before it would display other than gibberish.> >> Maybe the plugin only allows reading, not exporting? >> > It sure looks that way! -- Cheers, Carlos.