Thread: Can't Figure Out How to Load Books into Library from Kindle
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Old 12-12-2019, 08:11 PM   #2
davidfor
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That isn't what you want to do.

The first step is to create a library in calibre. But, calibre will create one when it is first started. That is OK for most users. If you want to put the library somewhere else, then you simply create that directory and selecting it in the prompt.

To get the books from the Kindle to the calibre library, you need to start calibre and connect the device. Calibre will run some jobs and read the list of books from the device. The toolbar will change to have some buttons for the device. Click the one for the Kindle. This displays the device list. That should show all the books on the device. Select and right click on them. Then select the option to copy the books to the library (I can't remember exactly what it is called). This will then copy any books it can to your calibre library. It will probably not copy books with DRM. They will need to have the DRM removal plugin installed, but, even then, I'm not sure if they can be copied.
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