Unable to open kindle books in Calibre on M1 Mac

dizzi101 · 12-29-2021, 10:00 AM

I have Mac Big Sur 11.6.1. Just got latest Caliber because I wanted to use it to better organise my >300 kindle books; I don't like the limitations of Amazon collections, syncing etc.

Into my brand new empty Caliber, I wanted to upload a bunch of kindle books, that I previously downloaded to my Mac.

I tried to "Add books" in Caliber, pointed it to the location of Kindle books downloads (username > Library > Containers > Kindle > Data > Library > Application Support > Kindle > My Kindle Content ) where it found and appeared to load books, but later in Caliber library those books were not readable. They show up with ASIN titles, no cover and no other info, and cannot be opened in Caliber.

What I am doing wrong, or is there a chance that Caliber is incompatible with my current OS or no longer works with latest Kindle titles? Thanks in advance for any relevant help.

dizzi101 · 12-29-2021, 10:06 AM

To add to the above, my Kindle Mac app is v 1.33.0

slm · 12-29-2021, 10:12 AM

Kindle books are copy-protected--each file has DRM that locks the file to a specific Kindle or Kindle app on a non-Kindle device. Unless you remove the DRM, you can't read a Kindle file on anything except the device it is locked to.

Methods of removing Amazon DRM exists and can be integrated with Calibre--search for DeDRM on this forum (or "Apprentice Alf") for more information.

georgemk · 12-29-2021, 10:20 AM

I would suggest looking at the pinned thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=283371 which discussing the issues around Kindle apps for Windows and Mac.

12-29-2021, 10:00 AM	#1
dizzi101 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2021 Device: kindle	Unable to open kindle books in Calibre on M1 Mac I have Mac Big Sur 11.6.1. Just got latest Caliber because I wanted to use it to better organise my >300 kindle books; I don't like the limitations of Amazon collections, syncing etc. Into my brand new empty Caliber, I wanted to upload a bunch of kindle books, that I previously downloaded to my Mac. I tried to "Add books" in Caliber, pointed it to the location of Kindle books downloads (username > Library > Containers > Kindle > Data > Library > Application Support > Kindle > My Kindle Content ) where it found and appeared to load books, but later in Caliber library those books were not readable. They show up with ASIN titles, no cover and no other info, and cannot be opened in Caliber. What I am doing wrong, or is there a chance that Caliber is incompatible with my current OS or no longer works with latest Kindle titles? Thanks in advance for any relevant help.

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12-29-2021, 10:06 AM	#2
dizzi101 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2021 Device: kindle	To add to the above, my Kindle Mac app is v 1.33.0

12-29-2021, 10:12 AM	#3
slm Fool Posts: 377 Karma: 3557934 Join Date: Feb 2003 Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle PW1, Kobo Glo HD, Nook Glowlight Plus ...	Kindle books are copy-protected--each file has DRM that locks the file to a specific Kindle or Kindle app on a non-Kindle device. Unless you remove the DRM, you can't read a Kindle file on anything except the device it is locked to. Methods of removing Amazon DRM exists and can be integrated with Calibre--search for DeDRM on this forum (or "Apprentice Alf") for more information.

12-29-2021, 10:20 AM	#4
georgemk Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 291844 Join Date: Oct 2019 Device: Kobo Nia	I would suggest looking at the pinned thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=283371 which discussing the issues around Kindle apps for Windows and Mac.

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