Content where are the files (newbie question)

somebaudy · 12-26-2011, 05:03 AM

I have amazon ebooks on my account, I'm able to read on my Android smartphone on the online Amazon Kindle reader but I'm unable to locate them.

Where do I physically locate these files in order to, say, experiment with them in Calibre ?

Thanks in advance !

wallcraft · 12-26-2011, 05:15 AM

The simplest approach is to download them to Kindle for PC or K4Mac.

somebaudy · 12-26-2011, 08:06 AM

Thanks. And where would kindle for Mac store these files ? I've search for ".mobi", for ".azw", for snippets of the title, for author name and not found where these files are stored on my macbook.

DiapDealer · 12-26-2011, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Thanks. And where would kindle for Mac store these files ? I've search for ".mobi", for ".azw", for snippets of the title, for author name and not found where these files are stored on my macbook.

I think Kindle for Mac tends to save them with a .prc extension. I forget where offhand. The location has changed from older versions.

Mike L · 12-26-2011, 09:43 AM

I don't know if it's the same on the Mac, but Kindle for PC has a dedicated folder for its books, called My Kindle Content (in the case of Windows XP it's below My Documents by default). The books have their original extension (AZW in the case of titles purchased from Amazon), but most of them have cryptic filenames, like B002RI9Q3A_EBOK.azw. You would have to load a file into Calibre, or some similar utility, to see the title, etc.

somebaudy · 12-26-2011, 11:19 AM

Found them ! On my mac the path was Library > Application Support > Kindle > My Kindle Content

12-26-2011, 05:03 AM	#1
somebaudy Member Posts: 14 Karma: 2005720 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Brussels Device: KoboTouch	where are the files (newbie question) I have amazon ebooks on my account, I'm able to read on my Android smartphone on the online Amazon Kindle reader but I'm unable to locate them. Where do I physically locate these files in order to, say, experiment with them in Calibre ? Thanks in advance !

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12-26-2011, 05:15 AM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The simplest approach is to download them to Kindle for PC or K4Mac.

12-26-2011, 08:06 AM	#3
somebaudy Member Posts: 14 Karma: 2005720 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Brussels Device: KoboTouch	Thanks. And where would kindle for Mac store these files ? I've search for ".mobi", for ".azw", for snippets of the title, for author name and not found where these files are stored on my macbook.

12-26-2011, 09:43 AM	#5
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	I don't know if it's the same on the Mac, but Kindle for PC has a dedicated folder for its books, called My Kindle Content (in the case of Windows XP it's below My Documents by default). The books have their original extension (AZW in the case of titles purchased from Amazon), but most of them have cryptic filenames, like B002RI9Q3A_EBOK.azw. You would have to load a file into Calibre, or some similar utility, to see the title, etc.

12-26-2011, 11:19 AM	#6
somebaudy Member Posts: 14 Karma: 2005720 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Brussels Device: KoboTouch	Found them ! On my mac the path was Library > Application Support > Kindle > My Kindle Content

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