How to read .azw and .azw3 files
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Does anybody know if there is any free software to read .azw and .azw3 files, or any software to convert them to a free format?
Looks like these are files eaten by Amazon Swindle. You might try opening them as mobipocket, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.azw#Proprietary_formats_.28AZW.2C_KF8_.26_KFX.29
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Yeah, thanks, but that's not going to work. I've been steadily removing myself from Amazon over the last few weeks. Cancelled my prime membership, stopped buying from them, sold my stock, downloaded my music, and my books. The music works, but I'm going to convert it to ogg. I had 113 books, which I probably spent over $1,000 for! Aw well, they'll go in a thumb drive and wait until someone figures out how to convert them. I was definitely swindled, but now I am free at last!
Down with Amazon!!
Hear, hear!
Here's a few free ebooks https://gutenberg.org
More DRM-free resources
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide
Maybe Calibre can handle it.
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Thank you for the suggestion. I tried Calibre and also Fbreader and both show me that they contain DRM (a.k.a. the devil :)
You're welcome :)
I found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/2ffbl7/how_do_i_get_the_drm_off_of_my_kindle_books_via/
I can't find the license of the DeDRM plugin though, so better proceed with caution.
EDIT:
Actually I found more precisions here:
"Are the tools open source? How can I be sure they are safe and not a trojan horse?
All the DRM removal tools hosted here are almost entirely scripts of one kind or another: Python, Applescript or Windows Batch files. So they are inherently open source, and open to inspection by everyone who downloads them. The source for any compiled pieces are provided right inside the tools themselves."
Source: https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-drm-removal-tools/
So it looks like some grey zone (i.e. non-free?), but at least the sources are available.
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