- Click 'Send to device' (it's one of the buttons at the top)
- If you get asked to convert your book, choose AZW3 (it's newer than MOBI)
- Done
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To view the books on your Kindle:
- Connect your Kindle via USB
- Click 'Device' (at the top)
Note 1: If you want to be able to put your books on a different Kindle, you need the DeDRM plugin [1]
Note 2: If you want to be able to convert your books to EPUB to use with a non-Kindle e-reader, you need the KFX Input plugin [2]
Note 3: KFX is not a great input format, if you don't have moral reservations it's better to 'obtain' the books you paid for from the internet in EPUB format.
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To view the books on your Amazon account:
This is not possible using only Calibre. You need to install Kindle for PC/Mac and get the files from its storage directory. The notes above apply, i.e. it's probably better to just obtain EPUBs from the internet.
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In my opinion, it's not really worth it to back up books from your Kindle, you're better off obtaining the EPUBs off the internet. If you want to put those EPUBs on your Kindle, that's where Calibre shines.
This is also great if you don't want to support Amazon and their lock-in scheme. Just buy your books in EPUB from any online retailer and use Calibre to put it on your Kindle. Note that some publishers apply Adobe DRM to EPUBs (which you can break using DeDRM [1]), but there are also many EPUBs using only a watermark (aka 'social DRM'), which is not DRM.
> In my opinion, it's not really worth it to back up books from your Kindle
Use-case: I have bought books from other vendors, converted them to epub format, copied them via Calibre onto my Kindle reader. - I made lots of annotations in those books on my Kindle reader. Does it not make sense to back those books up?
- Open Calibre
- 'Add' your EPUB file(s) (top left button)
- Connect your Kindle via USB
- Select the book(s) you want to send
- Click 'Send to device' (it's one of the buttons at the top)
- If you get asked to convert your book, choose AZW3 (it's newer than MOBI)
- Done
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To view the books on your Kindle:
- Connect your Kindle via USB
- Click 'Device' (at the top)
Note 1: If you want to be able to put your books on a different Kindle, you need the DeDRM plugin [1]
Note 2: If you want to be able to convert your books to EPUB to use with a non-Kindle e-reader, you need the KFX Input plugin [2]
Note 3: KFX is not a great input format, if you don't have moral reservations it's better to 'obtain' the books you paid for from the internet in EPUB format.
----------
To view the books on your Amazon account:
This is not possible using only Calibre. You need to install Kindle for PC/Mac and get the files from its storage directory. The notes above apply, i.e. it's probably better to just obtain EPUBs from the internet.
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In my opinion, it's not really worth it to back up books from your Kindle, you're better off obtaining the EPUBs off the internet. If you want to put those EPUBs on your Kindle, that's where Calibre shines.
This is also great if you don't want to support Amazon and their lock-in scheme. Just buy your books in EPUB from any online retailer and use Calibre to put it on your Kindle. Note that some publishers apply Adobe DRM to EPUBs (which you can break using DeDRM [1]), but there are also many EPUBs using only a watermark (aka 'social DRM'), which is not DRM.
[1] DeDRM: https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-t...
[2] KFX Input: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=291290