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Use the Kindle Cloud Reader at in Chrome or Chromium to see your books and right-click, Pin&Download find the stored file with code provided above by Gabriel Staples: sudo find. -iname *amazon *. EPUB to Kindle Converter is a tool for the conversion of files from Epub to kindle with a simple click of the button. These tools are found as downloadable files for both Windows and Mac. At the same time, there is an online version, so, either way, you can be sure of getting your files sorted.

Where are Amazon Kindle ebooks located on my Linux PC after I download them for offline reading with the 'Kindle Cloud Reader' Chrome app, & how do I convert them to PDF format?

For Windows this seems to be the answer:

For MacOS this seems to be the answer:

Jun 23, 2018  From the Kindle App page, I clicked on Download for PC and Mac. It downloaded the Cloud Reader for Mac. I couldn't install it because this computer is a PC, not a Mac. Can i share from kindle cloud reader to kindle for mac. I cannot download the kindle cloud reader so I can read my books offline and the kindle app for iPads is not - Answered by a verified Mac Support Specialist. Share this conversation. Answered in 55 minutes by: 12/9/2011. Kindle Cloud Reader lets you read ebooks instantly in your web browser - no Kindle device required.

But for Linux there doesn't seem to be an answer. :(

My aim is to convert the Kindle ebook to a PDF format (which I much rather prefer) for offline reading on any device. Enough of this proprietary 'read through Kindle app only' garbage. I'm on Linux for Heaven's sake!

Update: in ~/.config/google-chrome I have the following:

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This is a hard problem. However, I have a solution, but Linux users (including myself) aren't going to like it.

First off, let me say: DON'T STEAL BOOKS OR ANYTHING ELSE! BUY THEM! PAY AUTHORS FOR THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS THEY PUT INTO THEIR CRAFT AND THEN WRITING ABOUT IT. I'm going to explain how to do some things but DON'T STEAL BOOKS. This assumes you have PURCHASED AN EBOOK and are just PISSED OFF THAT WITH THAT PURCHASE YOU DON'T HAVE THE FREEDOM TO READ IT AS A PDF (A FREEDOM WHICH I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE).

Also, there are possibly other paths to accomplish what I'm about to describe. If I see a possible alternate path I'll mark it with the word 'clue', so watch for those and head down those paths to write your own improved answer if you wish.

1) Get the eBook from Amazon onto your PC for 'offline reading'

What you need is the Kindle App 'for PC & Mac': https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/kcp. However, don't use this link to download it, because the current version as of 5 Mar. 2018 is 1.21 Build 48017, and all versions after Kindle for PC 1.17 use a new 'KFX format' which is currently uncrackable.

Clue: go crack the KFX format. We will all thank you for it.

Now, turn off your Ubuntu computer and boot into Windows.

Clue: You may be able to do this using Wine or by installing Windows 10 for free into a virtual machine inside Ubuntu instead.

So, go download an old version of the 'Kindle for PC' app here:

https://kindle-for-pc.en.uptodown.com/windows/old. You must use version 1.17 or earlier for this to work. I used 1.16 Build 44025.

Install the App. Log in with your Amazon account, right-click the ebook you want, and go to 'Download.'

This will save it on your PC for offline viewing. You'll now find your downloaded book as a '.azw' file in 'C:UsersMY_USERNAMEDocumentsMy Kindle Content'. For ex: 'C:UsersMY_USERNAMEDocumentsMy Kindle ContentB08137WHQ_EBOK.azw'.

Clue: later versions of the Kindle for PC app will give you a folder with that name containing several other files instead, such as '.azw', '.azw.md', and '.azw.res'. Apparently this is the new, uncrackable 'KFX' format. Go crack it!

Clue: There is also a Chrome App called 'Kindle Cloud Reader.' You can install it and download your book for offline viewing too, but it uses a different format too. See comments under my question. On Windows you can find its offline book contents under the hidden folder 'C:UsersMY_USERNAMEAppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefaultdatabaseshttps_read.amazon.com_0'. It contains, for example, two files named '85' and '86', with no file extension, but one is clearly the book since it's a few MB, while the other is 44KB or so. On Linux you can do a find in your home directory to find this location with sudo find . -iname *amazon*. I found the folder in: '~/.config/google-chrome/Profile 1/databases/https_read.amazon.com_0'.

2) Remove the 'Digital Rights Management' (DRM) from the .azw file so you can read the eBook using non-Amazon software.

In short: DRM sucks. If you're an author, don't do that crap! Just sell digital PDFs on Gumroad instead (Update: LeanPub may be a better option instead!).

To remove the DRM from the file we are going to use 'DeDRM Tools 6.5.5': https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/dedrm-tools-6-5-5-released/.

Download it from GitHub here: https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools/releases. Notice that the release notes state: 'This release does not include any support for the KFX format Kindle ebooks that are often downloaded when using Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 or later.'

Click the GitHub link to download 'DeDRM_tools_6.5.5.zip', then extract the zip file so you can find the 'DeDRM_calibre_plugin' folder it contains.

Now go install the Calibre ebook reader for Windows 64-bit:

https://calibre-ebook.com/download. I'm using 'calibre-64bit-3.18.0.msi'.

Clue: I'm actually using this in Windows, but maybe you can get it to work in Linux, since Calibre has a Linux installation page too. DeDRM also contains some good notes you are about to need to help you out if you want to pursue this. See the readme you just extracted above here: 'DeDRM_calibre_pluginDeDRM_plugin_ReadMe.txt'. It contains a rather confusing section (for me at least) titled 'Linux Systems Only'.

Install the DeDRM plugin:

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Once Calibre is installed, open it up. Then go to 'Preferences' --> 'Advanced' section --> Plugins. Choose 'Load plugin from file' then find your DeDRM .zip file in the unzipped folder from above. You're looking for 'DeDRM_calibre_pluginDeDRM_plugin.zip'. Choose this plugin then click 'Open' and 'Apply.'

Now click 'Add books' in Calibre and go find the .azw file we previously downloaded using Kindle for PC 1.16 (1.17 or earlier). It will import it and automatically use DeDRM to remove the DRM crap!

You should now be able to open the eBook in Calibre for reading. Double click the book in Calibre to verify it opens up properly and is readable. It it works, all is well so far.

Clue: If in Windows this works flawlessly. If in Linux you may have to fight it with the readme file above, to get Wine and Python and stuff to all work right--I couldn't figure it out in Linux.

Almost there!

3) Convert the de-DRM'ed eBook to PDF!

Select the book in Calibre and click 'Convert books' at the top. Choose 'PDF' in the 'Output format' drop-down box at the top-right of the window that pops up. You may now click 'Ok' to do the conversion, OR (optionally) change a few quick settings first--as described below!

Optional:

• Select 'Page setup' first and make sure 'Input profile' is set to 'Default Input Profile' and 'Output profile' is set to 'Default Output Profile'.
• Select 'Structure detection' and delete all text from the 'Insert page breaks before (XPath expression)' box if you'd like the PDF to take up fewer pages by not forcing page breaks between every section and sub-section in the ebook.

Click 'Ok' to convert the ebook to PDF! This took ~2 min for me on an eBook ~100 pages in length and 3 MB in size.

Done! Your ebook PDF is now located in your 'Calibre Library' folder here: 'C:UsersYOUR_USERNAMEDocumentsCalibre LibraryEBOOK_AUTHOREBOOK_TITLEEBOOK_TITLE.pdf'.

You'll also find a nice (de-DRMed I think) '.azw3' file in the same location as well, in case you want to use Calibre or other generic eBook readers to read the book instead!

Copy the PDF or .azw3 file to your Ubuntu machine, as desired, and voila!--use your favorite ebook reader (ex: Calibre) or PDF viewer (ex: FoxitReader) to view your ebook as a PDF!

Foxit Reader (click here then go to 'Free Foxit Reader Download') is great because it has awesome highlighting and comment tools to underline things, highlight, or take notes, and it is cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, & others) and free as in 'no-cost' (but not free as in open source!).

AND REMEMBER: DON'T STEAL! Buy the book and give the authors their hard-earned money! Encourage authors to sell PDFs (ex: via Gumroad like I do) (Update: LeanPub may be a better option instead!) instead of DRMed garbage.
But if you steal you are ruining the system. DRM might suck, but you don't have to suck too!

if you don't have Windows or Mac available, but Linux

1. use the Kindle Cloud Reader at https://read.amazon.com in Chrome or Chromium to see your books and right-click, Pin&Download
2. find the stored file with code provided above by Gabriel Staples: sudo find . -iname *amazon*
3. use the tool provided at https://github.com/d10r/kindle-fetch (you need nodejs)
4. it will provide you a huge html file of the whole book in some splitseconds

Calibre has a Linux version, and the standard tool it supports for working with DRM now supports KFX.

You do need to have a version of Kindle for PC running on your computer, which depends on having Wine running. After various problems, there seems to be something about recent versions of kindle for PC, I got an older version running. Some as the original answer, Kindle v 1.16 Built 44025. I am running PlayOnLinux 4.2.12, Wine 3.0.2, in a 64bit virtual drive set to work as Windows 8.1, under Linux Mint 18.3 using Xfce.

So far, at least, I have not had any encounters with KFX files. but it's possible Amazon's use of that format could eventually force me to switch to a more recent Kindle version.

So, August 2018, the answer here works, the KFX encryption has been cracked, but I would like to have some assurance that some more recent version of Kindle for PC will work

@GabrielStaples , your answer provides the full path, but I wanted to add a potential improvement: I just tried to install the exact same Kindle for PC 1.16 to playonlinux and it works like a charm. Ebook file location will depend on how you set it on kindle (Tools/Options/Content/Change Folder), the default being /home/user/Documents/My Kindle Content

So, your answer remains correct, but now you don't need to reboot to your windows partition but can instead do it all from Linux.

If you know how to use adb (that comes in android platform tools) you can write a small script that does -

1. screengrab

   adb exec-out screencap -p > page1.png

2. swipe

   adb shell input swipe 500 200 200 200 200

And repeat until pageN

then use imagemagic's convert tool to create a single pdf from all the image files

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Having Kindle books stored in the cloud is very convenient. It allows to sync reading progress between devices registered to the same account. It also is a way to back up the books you don’t currently read.

Well, sometimes it’s good to back up the books the other way round. In this post, we’ll show how to do it, using:

• the Kindle e-reader,
• the Kindle for Mac/PC application.

Ebookstores have much more control over Kindle users’ accounts than anyone could imagine. This e-reader privacy chart explains this in detail.

In other words, someone else has access to your Kindle library and it’s not 100% up to you what and when will change. It’s how cloud storage works, we either deny it or live with it.

While removing content from user’s account is an exception, you may see changes in books you’ve bought. It happens when a publisher updates the file associated with the book. It could be just a formatting, or it could be a new edition that differs from what you had before.

Before moving to the guides, please keep in mind that ebooks from Amazon are DRM-ed. You won’t be able to read them on any other app or device. Or, to put it differently, you will be able after you get rid of the DRM layer.

Tips shared below will let you bring the books you purchased in Amazon’s Kindle Store to you computer – just in case something wrong happens on the other side.

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Back up Kindle books using Kindle e-reader

This tip works for anyone who owns a Kindle e-reader. It’s a quite useful idea to get access to the ebook library even when you don’t have access to the internet.

Also, it’s good if you want to add to your Kindle – and therefore, Kindle cloud library – the books that you acquired from other sites. We’ve got the extended list of the sites that offer free Kindle ebooks from the public domain.

There are two steps to back up Kindle ebooks via Kindle e-reader:

1. Connect the Kindle to your computer via USB cable.
2. Find the folder containing the books and copy it to disc.

1. Connect the Kindle to your computer with a USB cable

When you connect the Kindle to your computer, either PC or Mac, it will appear as an external drive. Open the drive icon, and locate the folder named “documents”.

Among other files types, the folder contains files in .azw format. It’s a .mobi file, protected with Amazon’s own DRM.

2. Copy the folder to a desired destination

Drag the “documents” folder to a desired place on your disc. You can also copy it to any cloud service you use, like Dropbox or Google Drive.

These cloud services are different from the cloud served by the Amazon. The files there are yours, and no one will change or update them if you don’t allow it.

Things to remember

Please keep in mind that you’ll copy only the files that are stored on the Kindle e-reader, and not the ones archived in the cloud.

To back up all the books from your Kindle library, you’ll first need to download them to the Kindle e-reader, which may take some time.

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Back up Kindle books using Kindle desktop app

Using Kindle desktop app is convenient for Kindle users who don’t own an e-reader, and use mobile apps (iOS, Android) to read the ebooks.

It’s also good for Kindle e-reader owners who keep most of their books not on the e-reader but in the cloud.

There are four steps to back up Kindle books via Kindle desktop app:

1. Download the Kindle desktop application (there are versions for PC and Mac).
2. Download the books from the cloud to the app.
3. Locate the folder with Kindle books on your computer.
4. Copy it to disc.

1. Download the Kindle desktop app

The Kindle application lets you not only manage, but also read Kindle books on the computer. It’s available for the following systems:

• Kindle for Windows 7, XP and Vista
• Kindle for Windows 8
• Kindle for Mac

When you go to free Kindle apps page on Amazon and click on the Download button, the version that fits the operating system of your computer will start downloading immediately.

After instaling the app, open it and sign in with your Amazon credentials.

2. Download the books from the cloud

In the app, in the Library view on the left, you’ll see how many books you have in your Kindle cloud library. There are three sections:

• All items – how many books you have in your Kindle account in total,
• Downloaded items – how many books you have on the disc of your PC or Mac computer,
• Archived items – these books are stored in the Kindle cloud, and not downloaded to the computer.

Each book that’s not on your computer has a cloud icon in the bottom right corner.

To download the book (on Mac), either double-click on the book cover or select “Download” from a Ctrl+Click menu.

There is no option to download the Kindle books in bulk. You’ll have to do it title by title, but with the double-click, it’s pretty fast.

Please have in mind that just like with Kindle e-reader, you’ll have to download all the books from the archive to the Kindle app, if you want to back up all of them.

3. Locate the folder with downloaded books

During installation, Kindle desktop app creates a folder where all future downloads will be stored.

Below there are paths to find that folder:

• Mac ⇢ ~/Library/Containers/com.amazon.Kindle/Data/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content
• Windows 7, XP, Vista ⇢ C: / Users / Your User ID / Documents / My Kindle Content
• Windows 8 ⇢ C: / Users / Your User ID / AppData / Local / Amazon / Kindle / application / content

I tested the directory on the Mac computer. For details on Windows, please read this Kindle forum.

Useful links

Here are a couple of reference links, in case you need more assistance:

• Free Kindle apps – the download page for Kindle application, not only for PC or Mac, but also iOS and Android.
• Kindle for Mac on the App Store – this is a download link for Mac users who prefer to get the Kindle app from the Mac App Store.
• Kindle for PC installation instructions – if you have problems with installing the Kindle app on your PC, had tot his section of Amazon Help Pages.
• Kindle for Mac support – assistance in installing and managing the Kindle for Mac application.

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