Amazon has got a pretty thorough ecosystem for Kindle, especially in eBook buying, managing, publishing and reading. So why should we back up Kindle books?
Believe it or not, your Kindle books are not really owned by you, Amazon would permanently delete your books from your Kindle library without saying a word. For example, your account got hacked , and Amazon decided to unilaterally close it, and you would lost all your purchased books.
If you are on a computer (Windows or Mac), there is a program you can download called Send to Kindle. It is an official Amazon program that will quickly get mobi and pdf ebook files from your computer to your Amazon Kindle account. Download the appropriate Send to Kindle for your device. (If you have a pc, download Send to Kindle for PC, if you. Best Sellers Prime Customer Service New Releases Today's Deals Find a Gift Books Gift Cards Kindle Books Fashion Pharmacy Toys & Games Amazon Basics Sell Amazon Home Computers Coupons Video Games Home Improvement Automotive Beauty & Personal Care #FoundItOnAmazon Handmade Smart Home Health & Household Pet Supplies Free Shipping TV & Video.
- Download Kindle for macOS 10.10 or later and enjoy it on your Mac. The Kindle app gives users the ability to read eBooks on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. You may also read your book on your phone, tablet and Kindle e-Reader, and Amazon Whispersync will automatically sync your most recent page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights, so.
- Q: Can I change the location of Kindle books on PC? A: Sure, you can change the Kindle book location. Run Kindle for PC-Tools-Options-Content. Here you will see your current content folder for Kindle books. Click on “Change folder” and select the folder you want to stored kindle books and then click on “Save” button.
So my advice is that do not trust any of the ebook sellers. Please remember, you don't really own the eBook even if you buy it, you just have the rights to read it. This is really nonsense, right?
Fortunately, this article offers you two ways to back up your Kindle books in a place away from the Amazon Kindle, and truely own them. One is from Kindle for PC or Mac App, another is from your Kindle eReaders, such as Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Voyage.
The Restriction to Backup Your Kindle Books
The only restriction to backup Kindle Books is Digital Rights Management (DRM). Why should we remove Kindle DRM to back up the books? Can we just copy the downloaded .azw files into a new folder directly?
No, we can't. Game shows created by merv griffin. In fact, if Amazon wipes a book from your Kindle library, you are not allowed to read it even you have the .azw file because Amazon tells the content server that you are not the owner of the book any more. And the connection between you and content server is the DRM. That's why you need to remove DRM to back up Kindle books.
This tool helps you remove Kindle DRM and back up eBooks: Epubor Ultimate. Click the buttons below to download it for free. We will use it later.
Backup Kindle eBooks from Kindle for PC/MAC App
First visit Amazon official website and download Kindle for PC/MAC app, register the Kindle for PC/Mac with your Amazon account, then all your purchased items will show up in the main screen.
As you see in the image, I've purchased 6 books on Amazon, but all of them are on my Kindle Cloud, which are not safe. Now double-click on the book cover to download the books you want to back up to your local drive.
To make an example, I download 3 of them to my computer for a safe back up.
Now running the Epubor Ultimate, it will automatically scan your Kindle content folder, all you need to do is drag and drop all the DRM books to the main interface. You will see all kindle books are decrypted. It is so easy to remove DRM from Kindle books with Epubor Ultimate, right?
Now the books are really belong to you, if have some ereaders like Kobo, or Nook, you can even convert Kindle books to pdf or epub with Epubor Ultimate.
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Backup Kindle Books from Kindle eReader
If you don't use the Kindle for PC or MAC app and still want to backup your Kindle books, you can just connect your Kindle eReader to computer. Believe me, doing this won't take you more than five minutes.
First, connect your Kindle eReader to the computer via USB cable.
Second, run Epubor Ultimate, it will automatically detect your device, and all your Kindle books will display in the left column. Just simply drag them to the main window, then the DRM protection will be removed.
Third, after finished to remove DRM from all your Kindle books, you can right click the decrypted book and click 'explore decrypted file' to find your cracked kindle books. Or just click the output folder icon at the bottom right of the Epubor Ultimate to locate them. Then you can copy them to a new place on computer . You can even backup these books to Dropbox or mobile hard drive for safety.
Next time, if you accidentally delete books off your Kindle, or Amazon erase your Books from your account, you can always find all your purchased Kindle books from backup folder.
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Q: I have more than 1000 kindle books in my account. Is there anyway to download all kindle books at once?
A: Sure, you can download all your Kindle books at one time no matter how many books in your account. Log in your Amazon account and then find 'Manage Your Content and Devices '. Under the content tab, please click on 'Select All' button.
After all kindle books at your library has been selected, click on 'Delivery' button to select which device do you want to deliver your Kindle books to.
In the pop up window, you will see all your books have been added, just click on 'Device selected' and select your Kindle for PC, then click on 'Deliver'. All your purchased kindle books will be downloaded to your Kindle for PC.
Once it's done, just open your kindle for PC, you will see all your Kindle books has been downloaded. This method also works well on Mac computer.
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Jonny Greenwood joined Epubor since 2011, loves everything about eBooks and eReaders. He seeks the methods to read eBooks more freely and wants to share all he has got with you.
0 commentsAmazon updated their desktop reading app Kindle for PC and Kindle for Mac to version 1.19, it is a big step as the last major version 1.17 was released several months ago.
The Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 has three major improvements:
- Added support for the enhanced typesetting books. The enhanced typesettings engine improves the way Kindle books are formatted.
- Improved the search functions.
- Added text-to-speech functions, it only work on books which support TTS functions.
Among all these important new features, the first one is the most important feature, and it’s also the worst new feature in my point of view. Let me explain why.
The enhanced typesettings engine requires the books be downloaded as .kfx extension name. This format of Kindle book is impossible to convert or decrypt (remove DRM).
Update: On 18th, October 2017. The software called Epubor Ultimate makes it possible to remove DRM from KFX books.
You can buy this software with 20% off here:
- Epubor Ultimate for Windows 20% off
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The KFX books are initially going live on Kindle Paperwhite 2 and later generations. Burrito bison revengewatermelon gaming headset. In old days, if a book is downloaded as .kfx format in our Kindle eReaders, we can download them to computer with Kindle for PC/Mac reading app as .azw format, then easily remove DRM from them.
From now on, if our Kindle is Paperwhite 2 and later generations, we will not be able to remove DRM anymore, then we won’t be able to convert to print them anymore.
In this situation, if we still need to remove DRM, we have two solutions:
- Find a Kindle which is no later than Paperwhite 1. The books downloaded to Kindle Paperwhite 1 and previous generations are .azw3, we can easily decrypt them with Kindle Serial Number.
- Download old version of Kindle for PC/Mac, I would recommend version 1.17.
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Why 1.17? Amazon finally would stop support for old version of Kindle desktop reading apps. Now Amazon has already abandoned version 1.14. As the most recent old version, 1.17 can last more days.
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There is a hot discussion thread on MobileRead forum about the new version of Kindle desktop reading app and the coming DRM removing jeopardy. Most of eBook fans are holding negative views about the future of DRM removing, while some people think there definitely will be a way to crack the .kfx book in the future.
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However, you can also check that thread and also share your thoughts about this issue.