Kindle for PC - Windows 8

GeckoFriend · 01-14-2013, 10:43 AM

I recently purchased a new computer with Windows 8 and I can't find where Amazon downloads purchased books. There is no "My Kindle Content" folder and searching for a book by name and by Amazon ID# finds nothing.

Anyone know where the books are stored?

I posted this originally in the Kindle forum but had no responses in two days so am trying here.

kovidgoyal · 01-14-2013, 01:38 PM

Search your computer for files with extension mobi/azw/azw3/azw4

susan_cassidy · 01-14-2013, 01:57 PM

In Kindle For PC, just look in Tools/Options/Content, it will tell you where the files are stored.

GeckoFriend · 01-14-2013, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

In Kindle For PC, just look in Tools/Options/Content, it will tell you where the files are stored.

There are no menus in Kindle for PC for Windows 8.

GeckoFriend · 01-14-2013, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Search your computer for files with extension mobi/azw/azw3/azw4

This doesn't find any new files, just the old ones in caliber.

Alan95823 · 01-17-2013, 01:25 AM

I'm having the same problem. There are books I want on my Nook but B&N doesn't have for sale, however Amazon does. I thought Calibre would be the right solution to convert the files and put them on my Nook, but Windows 8 is not like other operating systems and the Kindle app doesn't download normally.

It's frustrating, to say the least.

kovidgoyal · 01-17-2013, 01:28 AM

If you cant find the files on your computer, go to your manage my kindle page on amazon and download the files from there.

HarryT · 01-17-2013, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by GeckoFriend

There are no menus in Kindle for PC for Windows 8.

Install the standard "Kindle for PC" program, rather than the "Metro" Kindle App.

GeckoFriend · 01-17-2013, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

If you cant find the files on your computer, go to your manage my kindle page on amazon and download the files from there.

The problem is after you download the files to Reader for PC there is no clue as to where the files are located and searching doesn't find them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Install the standard "Kindle for PC" program, rather than the "Metro" Kindle App.

Yes, this is the only solution I've found. I installed Reader for PC for Windows 7 on my Windows 8 PC and it works fine, just like it did on Vista.

kovidgoyal · 01-17-2013, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by GeckoFriend

The problem is after you download the files to Reader for PC there is no clue as to where the files are located and searching doesn't find them.

Download them using your browser not Reader for PC.

GeckoFriend · 01-17-2013, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Download them using your browser not Reader for PC.

I don't have an an eink Kindle, only a Kindle Fire which the tools don't handle.

kovidgoyal · 01-17-2013, 09:08 AM

You can download them for you eink kindle using your browser, and the tools will work on the downloaded file.

HarryT · 01-17-2013, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You can download them for you eink kindle using your browser, and the tools will work on the downloaded file.

That certainly works, but I think personally that downloading with the standard K4PC is much easier!

kovidgoyal · 01-17-2013, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

That certainly works, but I think personally that downloading with the standard K4PC is much easier!

Depends on whether you buy a lot from amazon or only once in a while, in which case the overhead of K4PC is probably not worth it.

pdurrant · 01-17-2013, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You can download them for you eink kindle using your browser, and the tools will work on the downloaded file.

But only if you have an eInk Kindle....

01-14-2013, 10:43 AM	#1
GeckoFriend Guru Posts: 618 Karma: 1164945 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: iPhone 7+, iPad Mini4, Kindle Voyage	Kindle for PC - Windows 8 I recently purchased a new computer with Windows 8 and I can't find where Amazon downloads purchased books. There is no "My Kindle Content" folder and searching for a book by name and by Amazon ID# finds nothing. Anyone know where the books are stored? I posted this originally in the Kindle forum but had no responses in two days so am trying here.

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Alan95823 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Nook Color	I'm having the same problem. There are books I want on my Nook but B&N doesn't have for sale, however Amazon does. I thought Calibre would be the right solution to convert the files and put them on my Nook, but Windows 8 is not like other operating systems and the Kindle app doesn't download normally. It's frustrating, to say the least.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you cant find the files on your computer, go to your manage my kindle page on amazon and download the files from there.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can download them for you eink kindle using your browser, and the tools will work on the downloaded file.

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