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stumped · 08-05-2019, 05:47 AM

but we can detail the first step , which is to get all of your amazon purchases downloaded from amazon into Kindle for PC. / kindle for MAC
if you already have a version of Kindle for PC installed, set it within its preferences to NOT auto update itself but read on to try anyway to find the best old version...
If you no longer have Kindle for PC, things will go smoother with an older version.
there used to be a link for getting that elsewhere in this forum.... well I found a thread that said search google for KindleForPC-installer-1.17.44170.exe
I tried that and it beings up several options. so download and install a working copy.
at the end of this post is the thread and the search results

once you have all of tour purchases saved on your PC within Kindle for PC, you will be ready for the next step, which will require you to go read the detailed instructions on the other site mentioned. but its not that hard.. and you can ask for help over there if you get stuck

so to summarise
get Kindle for PC 1.17 installed to your PC, ( or the equivalent for mac), turn off updates, download all of your purchased books to it.
[ you may want to take a backup at this point,your books will be within My Documents in a MY KINDLE CONTENT FOLDER. so BACK THAT UP ]

those books could now be added to calibre to form part of a catalogue, but they have not yet been unlocked so they can only be read with Kindle for PC
so don't add them to calibre yet, instead go to the link in #3 and continue

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ndle+installer
https://www.google.com/search?q=Kind...hrome&ie=UTF-8

08-05-2019, 05:47 AM	#4
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	but we can detail the first step , which is to get all of your amazon purchases downloaded from amazon into Kindle for PC. / kindle for MAC if you already have a version of Kindle for PC installed, set it within its preferences to NOT auto update itself but read on to try anyway to find the best old version... If you no longer have Kindle for PC, things will go smoother with an older version. there used to be a link for getting that elsewhere in this forum.... well I found a thread that said search google for KindleForPC-installer-1.17.44170.exe I tried that and it beings up several options. so download and install a working copy. at the end of this post is the thread and the search results once you have all of tour purchases saved on your PC within Kindle for PC, you will be ready for the next step, which will require you to go read the detailed instructions on the other site mentioned. but its not that hard.. and you can ask for help over there if you get stuck so to summarise get Kindle for PC 1.17 installed to your PC, ( or the equivalent for mac), turn off updates, download all of your purchased books to it. [ you may want to take a backup at this point,your books will be within My Documents in a MY KINDLE CONTENT FOLDER. so BACK THAT UP ] those books could now be added to calibre to form part of a catalogue, but they have not yet been unlocked so they can only be read with Kindle for PC so don't add them to calibre yet, instead go to the link in #3 and continue https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ndle+installer https://www.google.com/search?q=Kind...hrome&ie=UTF-8 Last edited by stumped; 08-05-2019 at 05:50 AM.