09-02-2012, 01:57 PM | #1 |
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Kindle books onto Calibre
Has anyone discovered a method to extract books from a Kindle onto Calibre?
I know that you can side-load books from Calibre onto the Kindle, where the 'source' of the books is the Calibre PC. But if I have a book(s) on the Kindle and don't have access to my Amazon account for backup, is it possible to take a copy of the ebook from the Kindle and move/copy it to the Calibre PC? |
09-02-2012, 02:43 PM | #2 |
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Tether the Kindle to the PC, open Calibre, choose Add Books, then navigate to the Kindle drive, and choose the document you want from the Documents folder on the Kindle.
Just make sure to choose the right file type, like .azw for Kindle books. When I just tried this out, I found that there are a ton of Unix files on the Kindle that correspond to the actual book files. |
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09-02-2012, 06:18 PM | #3 |
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On my K2i, if I open Calibre and then attach my kindle via USB, I can view the books on the 'Device'....this page in Calibre also has the ability to highlight individual books and then upload them to the Calibre library from my 'Device'. Of course you may need a plugin from our special friend to deal with any DRM issues that may present as you upload the book.
As far as I know, there is no plugin yet to deal with the DRM issues from Fire. (if I'm wrong on this one, I'd love to have someone let me know!) Good luck! |
09-02-2012, 06:37 PM | #4 | |
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Well, yes, that would be far easier than the method I described. |
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