Move all from old paperwhite to new

WestCactus · 11-27-2018, 05:55 PM

I have searched and haven’t found my answer. I want to move all from an old pw to new one without haveing to do it book by book. If amazon put a book up restore feature this would be ez. I understand it could be an issue with max allowed downloads but there has to be a simple way to move all! Any ideas?

AnemicOak · 11-27-2018, 06:07 PM

If the books are DRM free copying the documents folder from one device to the other would work (like if you're managing in Calibre and sideloading everything), but if they're DRM'd it's a no go as the DRM is specific to the device the book is downloaded to.

WestCactus · 11-27-2018, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

If the books are DRM free copying the documents folder from one device to the other would work (like if you're managing in Calibre and sideloading everything), but if they're DRM'd it's a no go as the DRM is specific to the device the book is downloaded to.

Oh, didn’t state I do not use calibre but might have to learn it! All books are from amazon too.

AnemicOak · 11-27-2018, 06:19 PM

Anything downloaded directly from Amazon that has DRM (most stuff from big publishers has DRM) will be keyed to your individual device and you'll have to redownload each book again to the new device. You used to have to do one book at a time, but they've added a select all to the website so you can do an entire page of the My Content & Devices book list at a time (IIRC it's 200 books at a time). Just go to https://www.amazon.com/mycd and take it from there.

I should note that using Calibre doesn't automatically mean your books are DRM free, you have to set things up with 3rd party plugins if you want to remove DRM.

DuckieTigger · 11-28-2018, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by WestCactus

I have searched and haven’t found my answer. I want to move all from an old pw to new one without haveing to do it book by book. If amazon put a book up restore feature this would be ez. I understand it could be an issue with max allowed downloads but there has to be a simple way to move all! Any ideas?

Sync the old PW, then go to www.amazon.com/myk select devices and pick old PW. Device action -> view content. Then select everything with select all. Then deliver and select the new PW you are copying to. Sync new PW. Done.

This is Amazon's back up and restore, just called different and works only with books from cloud.

(which in your case would cover everything).

11-27-2018, 05:55 PM	#1
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11-27-2018, 06:07 PM	#2
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	If the books are DRM free copying the documents folder from one device to the other would work (like if you're managing in Calibre and sideloading everything), but if they're DRM'd it's a no go as the DRM is specific to the device the book is downloaded to.

11-27-2018, 06:19 PM	#4
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Anything downloaded directly from Amazon that has DRM (most stuff from big publishers has DRM) will be keyed to your individual device and you'll have to redownload each book again to the new device. You used to have to do one book at a time, but they've added a select all to the website so you can do an entire page of the My Content & Devices book list at a time (IIRC it's 200 books at a time). Just go to https://www.amazon.com/mycd and take it from there. I should note that using Calibre doesn't automatically mean your books are DRM free, you have to set things up with 3rd party plugins if you want to remove DRM.

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