Important update: Amazon has made a change to their service so the books published since can no longer be downloaded using Kindle for PC or Mac versions prior to 1.39.The Kindle for PC 1.17 update was just released, and with it comes a lot of new features and improvements. (Details in this thread.)This means that methods 1, 2, and 4 described below are no longer effective for those books. There is also a new method (#6) using an old version of the Kindle for Android app described here. The Kindle for PC and Kindle for Mac programs use Amazon's KFX format for most books. Each book will appear in a separate subdirectory of the 'My Kindle Content' folder with a file extension of '.azw'.

Unless additional steps are taken, these books will fail to convert in calibre with the error: 'KFXError: This is an Amazon KFX book. There are several methods for either avoiding or handling KFX format. Method 1 - Revert to an older version of Kindle for PC/Mac The following descriptions apply both to Kindle for PC and Kindle for Mac unless one is mentioned explicitly. Older Kindle for PC/Mac version 1.17 can sometimes be installed to work around this problem. Install the downloaded version 1.17 software.ĭownload and verify version 1.17 of Kindle for PC/Mac.Delete the contents of the 'My Kindle Content' folder within your 'Documents' folder.(Note: This option is not available in some Kindle for Mac versions.) Launch Kindle and under the menu choice 'Tools', 'Options', 'General', uncheck 'Automatically install updates when they are available without asking me.', and save.(Note: This is a 32-bit program and so it is not compatible with MacOS Catalina and later.).Launch it and check that the option to automatically install updates is still turned off.Kindle may need to be registered by signing in to your Amazon account within the program.Some users have reported being unable to sign in to their Amazon account within Kindle for PC once version 1.17 is reinstalled. If that occurs go to the Amazon website and on the manage your content and devices page, and on the 'Your Devices' tab locate 'Kindle for PC' (or Mac) and deregister it using the '.' 'Actions' menu. (If all else fails then re-install and register again and start over with step 1.) Wait a few minutes for it to take effect and try to sign in again. Re-download your books before importing into calibre.

If asked if you want to update to the new version always reject it.

Kindle may try to update itself without asking for permission.

Method 2A - Disable KFX support in Kindle for PC at startup See the end of this post for ways to prevent undesired updating of the Kindle app.

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