Calibre does not detect Android Kindle books

Snowsride · 02-05-2016, 12:52 PM

My Kindle has died so I'm using the Amazon Kindle app on an Android phone.

Calibre recognises my phone but does not detect any books although I have a number of recent downloads from the Kindle eBookshop.

I can find a a folder named com.amazon.kindle on my phone and under files there are several recent folders but none seem to contain compatible files?

Any help appreciated.

kovidgoyal · 02-05-2016, 10:48 PM

Download your kindle books through the amazon website via Manage my content to your computer. That's the only way you can be sure of getting actual ebook files.

As for finding books on the device, calibre will only find books in a known ebook format, in the case of amazon, mobi, azw or azw3/4 file extensions.

jhowell · 02-05-2016, 11:19 PM

Most books downloaded by Kindle for Android these days are in the incompatible KFX format. Some books will still be delivered in MOBI or KF8 format, but these are stored by K4A with a .prc extension. I don't know how calibre deals with that. Also, DRM can be problematic.

Hopefully you still have your Kindle registered with Amazon. Even broken it is useful since it allows you to use the method Kovid described above to download books from Amazon.

Snowsride · 02-12-2016, 05:40 AM

Thanks for the advice re.kzw files. I think my Kindle needs a new battery which I'm going to try to replace shortly.

02-05-2016, 12:52 PM	#1
Snowsride Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kindle	Calibre does not detect Android Kindle books My Kindle has died so I'm using the Amazon Kindle app on an Android phone. Calibre recognises my phone but does not detect any books although I have a number of recent downloads from the Kindle eBookshop. I can find a a folder named com.amazon.kindle on my phone and under files there are several recent folders but none seem to contain compatible files? Any help appreciated.

02-12-2016, 05:40 AM	#4
Snowsride Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kindle	Kindle does not tecognise books Thanks for the advice re.kzw files. I think my Kindle needs a new battery which I'm going to try to replace shortly.

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02-05-2016, 10:48 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Download your kindle books through the amazon website via Manage my content to your computer. That's the only way you can be sure of getting actual ebook files. As for finding books on the device, calibre will only find books in a known ebook format, in the case of amazon, mobi, azw or azw3/4 file extensions.

02-05-2016, 11:19 PM	#3
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,497 Karma: 84420419 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Device: Kindles	Most books downloaded by Kindle for Android these days are in the incompatible KFX format. Some books will still be delivered in MOBI or KF8 format, but these are stored by K4A with a .prc extension. I don't know how calibre deals with that. Also, DRM can be problematic. Hopefully you still have your Kindle registered with Amazon. Even broken it is useful since it allows you to use the method Kovid described above to download books from Amazon.

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