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Originally Posted by blueberry pie View Post
I used Calibre to convert a few epub books to AZW3 format and saved them to Google drive. I then downloaded the files to my chromebook (Pixelbook). They appear as zipped files and a default unzipper opens them to three parts. I click on the largest, the text, but I can't open it (nor the others).
This makes no sense to me. AZW3 is nothing like a ZIP file.

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I have the Kindle app and Kindle Cloud reader but see no option to get at the files on my chromebook.
Which Kindle app are you referring to?

The Kindle Cloud Reader is a web browser app that accesses purchased books from your Amazon account. It can't handle local files or AZW3 format.

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The intent is to put them on my elderly mom's old Kindle keyboard when I visit. There is no internet there, no pc. Thus, the downloading to chromebook for transfer.
The Kindle should look like a USB drive when connected. You would copy the file to its documents folder and eject. (Assuming that you can get the proper file.)
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