Hi Richard, I'm getting a 404 File Not found error when I follow the link to download Codex.
Thanks, Anna > On May 3, 2022, at 6:13 PM, Richard Turner <richardr_tur...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > Codex by James Scholes > > Thanks to Alan Lemley for discovering that James Scholes web site seems to be > no more. Never fear, I had kept the last version of the Codex installation > file so please read on. > > P> > Here is a little section from his old web site. A few years ago, I wrote a > tutorial which guided people through the installation and configuration of > software for the purposes of gaining access to books purchased from the > Amazon Kindle Store. The guide proved popular, but it required heavy use of > the command line, making it unsuitable and daunting for quite a lot of > people, not to mention that it was an absolute nightmare to troubleshoot if > anything went wrong. Which it frequently did. > Subsequently, in 2014, I started to develop a small prototype application to > make the process easier and more intuitive, not only for people wanting to > read Kindle eBooks, but also for me when people needed help. I named it > Codex, a word used from the 16th century onwards to denote, now ancient, > manuscripts in book form. In the second half of 2015, I finally rewrote that > prototype to include the functionality I wanted it to have from the start, > and the software is now publicly available to download. > Please note, that you can only convert books you have purchased and only for > your use--you cannot share them with others without violating the copyright > laws and cheating the author out of their tiny royalties. > In order to convert your Kindle books with Codex, you will need to install > Kindle For PC version 1.17, which you can get here: > KindleForPC-installer-1.17.44183.exe > <http://turner42.com/KindleForPC-installer-1.17.44183.exe> > Since it appears that James Scholes no longer has a web site and I am unable > to find out anything about what may have happened, I'm offering his Codex > 2.1.1 version that I had downloaded in August of 2018. That appears to be the > last version. I know it works with the Kindle for PC version 1.17 linked to > on my web site above. > > I will try and give an explanation of how to use the app, but since the web > site is gone that previously had the information, this is coming from my > memory and experience. I'm open to edits or additions. > > after you have installed the Kindle for PC version 1.17, and logged into it > wiht your Amazon/Kindle ID, be sure to not allow it to update the software! > Then, install Codex from the link below. > > When you download a book with the Kindle for PC, take note of where the > download folder is located and find the . .azw file, which will have a > meaningless name like: "B079DYG6L7-EBOK.azw." > Now, bring up the context menu with Shift+f10 or the applications key and > press the letter x. This will open the codex conversion screen. > > I arrow down once to the convert to submenu and right arrow. > I get the following options: > * Kindle > * Microsoft Word 2007 > * ePub > * Compressed HTML > * Mobipocket > * PDF > * Rich text format > * Plain text > > I hav no idea what to do with Compressed html files that end up with an > extension of htmlz. However, I use the ePub option and books read great in > Voice Dream Reader and retain all the headings, chapters, etc. Once you pick > a format to convert your Kindle book to, press enter and wait for it to tell > you it is done. > > Then I tab to open folder, which takes you to the default folder Codex > created when it was installed where you can then copy your converted file > wherever you wish. > > That is what I can tell you. Here is the download link for the Codex program. > > Codex-2.1.1-setup INSTLALATION FILE <http://turner42.com/Codex-2.1.1-setup> > > Richard > > > My web site; https://www.turner42.com/ <https://www.turner42.com/> > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. 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