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Old 01-25-2026, 08:09 PM   #211
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I've downloaded a good handful of books marked "Download available in additional formats" using the More Actions dropdown then Download EPUB/PDF. So far, every download comes through as a ZIP. If I drag the ZIP into Calibre, it reads the title and the format reads ZIP. The author and cover art need to be added manually through Edit metadata. To say the process is time consuming doesn't begin to...

Has anyone gotten an actual EPUB or PDF using this process?

My default Kindle is the 2022 edition with 16 GB storage, Firmware: Kindle 5.17.1.0.3 (4351890007). I also have a newer 13th generation Fire tablet for those books that won't download to my Kindle reader. I am downloading the "additional formats" to my Windows 11 PC.

As I have mentioned before, I like to be able to open all my eBooks using the built-in Calibre reader for reference when writing reviews.
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Old 01-25-2026, 08:17 PM   #212
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Has anyone gotten an actual EPUB or PDF using this process?
The zips are actual EPUB. As several people have told you, your browser unilaterally decided it knew best how to name it. All you need to do as a first step is rename it to your_name of_choice.epub.

It still won't have metadata for the author. That is on amazon. I think severa people have given several ways to do something about the metadata. I think pretty much everyone pretty much agrees that amazon has been (needlessly) slipshod about this.
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Old 01-25-2026, 08:18 PM   #213
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I have been simply changing the extension to epub when downloading and Calibre recognizes them and extracts the cover. The author metadata still missing, though.
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Old 01-25-2026, 08:36 PM   #214
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I have been simply changing the extension to epub when downloading and Calibre recognizes them and extracts the cover. The author metadata still missing, though.
Somewhere earlier in this thread, someone confirmed that the author information is not contained in the epub that Amazon produces, so Calibre has no way to know the author.
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Old 01-25-2026, 11:05 PM   #215
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I tried downloading the hitchhiker's guide (book 2) but I can only get a PDF... I want the ePub though.

edit: book 1 is available as ePub, no author listed
books 2-5 are only available as PDF... mm no thank you.
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I tried downloading the hitchhiker's guide (book 2) but I can only get a PDF... I want the ePub though.

edit: book 1 is available as ePub, no author listed
books 2-5 are only available as PDF... mm no thank you.
Get it from Amazon and use calibre to convert to epub:

https://www.amazon.com/Restaurant-Un...s%2C315&sr=8-2

I looked at it and it looks perfectly fine to me. It's not a PDF.

Or get it from Kobo.uk:

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the...h7w7Iwt&cPos=4
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Old 01-26-2026, 08:40 AM   #217
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I've downloaded a good handful of books marked "Download available in additional formats" using the More Actions dropdown then Download EPUB/PDF. So far, every download comes through as a ZIP. If I drag the ZIP into Calibre, it reads the title and the format reads ZIP. The author and cover art need to be added manually through Edit metadata. To say the process is time consuming doesn't begin to...

Has anyone gotten an actual EPUB or PDF using this process?

My default Kindle is the 2022 edition with 16 GB storage, Firmware: Kindle 5.17.1.0.3 (4351890007). I also have a newer 13th generation Fire tablet for those books that won't download to my Kindle reader. I am downloading the "additional formats" to my Windows 11 PC.

As I have mentioned before, I like to be able to open all my eBooks using the built-in Calibre reader for reference when writing reviews.
Your browser to changing the filename from .epub to .zip. So you are best to dump that browser and get one that actually works such as Firefox.
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Almost every browser allows you to select the option to "choose where to download each time". If you turn that option on, you can change the extension (and the whole name) when you download.
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Found an older ebook in my library at Amazon now downloadable as "EPUB/PDF" (like Amazon said).
Downloaded as a .zip, changed extension to .epub – works fine.
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In Chrome type browsers, is there an option not to change the file extension?
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In Chrome type browsers, is there an option not to change the file extension?
Not that I know of.
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Not that I know of.
Another reason not to use Chromium based browsers.
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Another reason not to use Chromium based browsers.
And there are several reasons why I prefer them to Firefox, but it would be OT to list them here.
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For anyone using a browser that changes .epub to .zip, rename the file to .epub before adding the eBook to calibre.
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Another reason not to use Chromium based browsers.
Oddly enough, the fault is Amazon, not Chrome. epubs from other web sites (such a Project Gutenberg) download quite correctly as epubs.

The fault lies in the fact that Chrome tries to fit "unknown" MIME types into standard ones and Amazon's server is not declaring the application/epub+zip MIME type. (Don't trust this gibberish--I got it from Google's AI! Someone with a better understanding of MIME types could probably restate this in English)
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