How to download Kindle files, while you can – six colors

Amazon makes a big change in the way he manages electronic books to those who bought them in the Kindle store^{. From February 26, He closes the hole of the “heavily USB” This allowed owners of former Kindle equipment to download a file in their web browser and transfer it to their Kindle via USB.}

This feature was designed for users who had connectivity on their computer, but not on their Kindle. But it is also the easiest way to remove the ebook files from the Amazon copies protection scheme so that they can be converted to read on other devices. As a person who went to Kobo a few years ago, it’s important for me. I bought these books – if I want to read them on something that is not controlled by Amazon, it’s my business.

Although I remain optimistic about the capacity of decreasing outsiders to bypass the protection regimes for copies of large technological companies, the fact is that the more recent Amazon file format has been incredibly difficult to break – hence the value From the USB download hole that Amazon is about to close.

I should be Absolutely clear here That if everything you do is use a Kindle or Kindle application, nothing changes and you can always download your books on your devices or in your applications. All that is happening is that Amazon directly eliminates a way to easily download an ebook file, which is useful for converting these files to other formats.

If you have a substantial library of Kindle books and want to download them before February 26, you will find that the Amazon website makes them laborious to download a book at a time. Fortunately, there is a tool that will automatically download everything.

Most of the books you download from Amazon will come with an old form of copy protection. This is easily bypassed if you have the right software, as well as an older Kindle. (What you should have because Amazon should not allow you to download books for breeding if you have such a device linked to your Amazon account!)

The process involves using CaliberFree Open Source Electronic Library Utility that I have written a lot. You will also have to install The DEDRM Tools packagewhich is designed to remove the protection of the copy of electronic books. When you configure DEDRM, you will have to enter the standard material number (s) that you have, so that they can be used to decipher the information from the book.

With this configuration, you should be able to slide files downloaded from Amazon to the caliber, then export them to other devices or even read autonomous applications. When my Kobo is connected to my Mac, I can select items in my caliber library, a right click and choose “send to the device”. The files are automatically converted to Kobo Epub format and placed on my Kobo. It’s really well done.

So now, the bulk download part. I used the Amazon Kindle Ebook Bulk Downloader By friend of the site Sam Davis. You will need terminal know-how (or help from a friend who has it). Depending on Sam’s instructions, I Bun installedran bun installadded my username and Amazon password to my environment variables via the export Order, then run bun run start —baseUrl "https://www.amazon.com" Since I have been in the United States.

At this point, SAM’s tool has taken off and downloaded 1,692 articles! It took a while, but I then dragged the results in caliber and now if I want to read a book that I previously bought for my Kindle on a Kobo or elsewhere who has no Kindle application, I can do it.

If you or a confident friend on the terminals, want to make sure you have access to your Kindle library on other platforms (such as Kobo), take time before February 26. And if you have already moved from Kindle and Didn I do not realize that you could always access your old books, maybe this message will give you the inspiration. Better to hurry.

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