Dealing with Kindle ebooks in calibre

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by DNSB

The My Kindle Content folder is no used by the new app. Look for the downloads in:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Packages\AMZNKindle.AmazonKindleReadingApp_m1sc522ngdk36\LocalState\Classic\Content

Type windows-R to open the run box and paste the following:

%localappdata%\Packages\AMZNKindle.AmazonKindleReadingApp_m1sc522ngdk36\LocalState\Classic\Content

Edit: attached a batch file to open the Contents directory. save the file to where you want and double click on AMZNContent.bat

for the batch file.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

Thanks much. Why they hid it so deep

Pretty standard location for a Windows Store app. Even nicer, the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps directory where the executables live has permissions set to make looking at the files very difficult. It's actually easier to copy the directory else where and then look at the structure.

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Pretty standard location for a Windows Store app. Even nicer, the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps directory where the executables live has permissions set to make looking at the files very difficult. It's actually easier to copy the directory else where and then look at the structure.

I've gotten too used to the My Kindle Content folder within easy reach.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by BelleZora

The new Windows Kindle for PC app opens, but the last nine books I bought aren't in the library. I synced twice. They did download on the old app and they are in Calibre. I can't find those that did download on the new app. I don't know how to fix this.

What do you see when you look at your content page on the Amazon webpage? What devices does it show those books on? Are you still logged into Legacy Kindle for PC on the same computer?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

The My Kindle Content folder is no used by the new app. Look for the downloads in:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Packages\AMZNKindle.AmazonKindleReadingApp_m1sc522ngdk36\LocalState\Classic\Content

Type windows-R to open the run box and paste the following:

%localappdata%\Packages\AMZNKindle.AmazonKindleReadingApp_m1sc522ngdk36\LocalState\Classic\Content

Edit: attached a batch file to open the Contents directory. save the file to where you want and double click on AMZNContent.bat

What good is copying the eBooks elsewhere if they have DRM?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Shykat

My next big question:

I do follow directions fairly well. Will there be directions for this new method released in the first message as have been in the past?

See the link that @Ma'am-I-Am posted. I just posted some directions there.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by BelleZora

The new Windows Kindle for PC app opens, but the last nine books I bought aren't in the library. I synced twice. They did download on the old app and they are in Calibre. I can't find those that did download on the new app. I don't know how to fix this.

After I last installed the new Windows Store Kindle app, I only had about 1/2 of my content showing. I kept the app open while I was trying to figure out the problem. I even asked here. But when I went back the the app, it had updated to show all of the content. So I removed the posted about not seeing everything.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I've gotten too used to the My Kindle Content folder within easy reach.

You can create a shortcut in Windows Explorer for your Kindle Content. But I actually see no reason to visit your Kindle content unless you are deleting the entire directory structure.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

What do you see when you look at your content page on the Amazon webpage? What devices does it show those books on? Are you still logged into Legacy Kindle for PC on the same computer?

The new Kindle app shows where your Kindle Reader shows.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The new Kindle app shows where your Kindle Reader) shows.

I remember having issues years ago when I had the old Windows store Kindle app and Kindle for PC on the same computer. Haven't install the new one.

[BelleZora]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

What do you see when you look at your content page on the Amazon webpage? What devices does it show those books on? Are you still logged into Legacy Kindle for PC on the same computer?

Now I'm embarrassed. I bought those nine books from Kobo. I thought it was Amazon.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

I remember having issues years ago when I had the old Windows store Kindle app and Kindle for PC on the same computer. Haven't install the new one.

I have the Windows Store app and the 2.9.1 version. Soon the 2.9.1 version won't work. So you won't have any need for both as only the Windows Store version will work if you have Windows 11.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What good is copying the eBooks elsewhere if they have DRM?

The batch file does not copy anything anywhere, it just makes it easier to see how many books have been downloaded. One acquaintance of mine has twice now found that where he thought 10 books were downloaded yet when he checked the Content directory, only 9 had been downloaded. He ended up at Amazon's Manage Your Content page and having to select his Kindle for Windows device to send the book to. Oddly, his Legacy Kindle device on the same computer got the book without issue.

[Rellwood]

Originally Posted by BelleZora

Now I'm embarrassed. I bought those nine books from Kobo. I thought it was Amazon.

[Rellwood]

Has anyone used an emulator or vm to run a windows 11 setup on a windows 10 machine to get the Amazon Kindle app to run? Im not upgrading to windows 11 yet but I want to see how the Amazon Kindle App runs.