Thread: Dealing with Kindle ebooks in calibre
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Old 02-23-2025, 12:10 PM   #659
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Originally Posted by cyraxote View Post
Hello.

All I want to do is use Calibre to back up my books from Amazon to be read on the Kindle. I don't want to send them to any other type of reader or convert them for some other use. I just want to be able to move them to and from the Kindle using Calibre.

Once Amazon removes the option to download them from the Amazon site, I was thinking that I could download them to the Kindle over Wifi and then attach the Kindle to my PC and copy the files over into Calibre. Is that feasible, given my limited use noted above? Are there other steps for me to take?

Thanks for any information anyone can provide!
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Originally Posted by odamizu View Post
Method 3: eink Kindle

If you have an eink Kindle, it's possible to download the ebook to your Kindle, connect the Kindle to a computer via USB cable, and copy the ebook file (.kfx, .azw3, .azw, .mobi) from Kindle to computer.

If your Kindle was released in 2013 or later running firmware v5.6.5 or newer, you will get mostly KFX.

If you have a pre-2013 eink Kindle running firmware older than v5.6.5, you will get mostly KF8. More info on older Kindle models and their usefulness in obtaining KF8 from jhowell: here

It's in the OP.
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