Convert Kindle to PDF Calibre 2020
Run Kindle Converter, import kindle book and click Convert button. It will remove drm and convert to pdf epub file. Second method, downgrade Kindle app 1). User should download and install amazon free app Kindle for pc or Kindle for Mac, latest version is NOT support, download kindle for pc old version v1.24, kindle for mac v1.17. Calibre for Mac. Calibre is one of the best EPUB readers for macOS 10.15. With Calibre, it is.
I want to convert my kindle books to pdf so that I can read it with my remarkable. Is there any to convert kindle to pdf free?
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“I want to convert my kindle books to pdf so that I can read it with my remarkable. Is there any to convert kindle to pdf free?”
Sure, you can convert kindle books to pdf with Calibre for free. In this article, I will walk you through how to convert kindle to pdf Calibre.
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Method 1: Convert Kindle to PDF with Calibre
Method 2: Alternative Solution to Converting Kindle to PDF
Method 1: Convert Kindle to PDF with Calibre
Note: If your are on Mac catalina 10.15, this method will not work on you. Please skip to the alternative method to convert kindle to pdf.
Step 1. Download Kindle books via Kindle for PC/MAC
Please download your kindle books via Kindle for PC or Mac. If you are now using the Kindle for PC/MAC 1.25 or later version, you will get the kindle books with the latest Kindle DRM which cannot be decrypted by Calibre DRM Removal Plugin. So please delete the older version of kindle app from your computer and then install the older version.
Kindle for PC V1.24 Download
Kindle for Mac V1.23 Download
Note: Please uncheck the auto update option.
Then register the Kindle app with your Amazon account and redownload your kindle books again.
Step 2. Download Calibre and DRM Removal Plugin
Step 3. Install DRM Remvoal Plugin to Calibre
Please note that all kindle books are encrypted with DRM so we have to remove kindle DRM at first before converting kindle books. That's why we have to install DRM Removal Plugin to Calibre.
Find the Calibre DRM Removal Plugin file and select to unzip it. And you'll get a a folder with files as the below picture. You don't need to unzip the files in this folder.
After calibre has been installed, click on Preference>>Advanced>>plugin>>load plugin from file>>select the DeDRM_plugin.zip file and then click 'Yes'.
Note: You need to restart the Calibre to ensure the DRM Removal plugin to take effect.
Step 4. Remove Kindle DRM
Click '+Add books' in Calibre, go to 'my kindle content' folder where stored your downloaded kindle books, then add the books to Calibre, the DRM will be removed automatically.
Step 5. Convert Kindle books to PDF with Calibre
Then right click the book title>>Convert books>> Convert individually>>select 'PDF' as the output format in the pop up window and then click on 'ok' button. Give it a few seconds, your book will be converted successfully.
Method 2: Alternative Solution to Converting Kindle to PDF
What if I my computer is Mac catalina 10.15? I cannot install the older version of Kindle for Mac on Mac catalina.
I don’t want to downgrade my kindle app to older version.
Here is another solution: imElfin Kindle Converter which can convert kindle books on both windows and Mac, even the Mac Catalina 10.15. Learn how to convert kindle to PDF with imElfin Kindle Converter.
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How to convert Kindle to PDF easily? When you purchase an eBook from Amazon books, you will find your non-Kindle eReader (Nook, Kobo Vox, Sony Reader etc.) cannot open it. Before we solve this problem, let's talk about eBook-formats briefly. As the eBook-leader in the world, Kindle books support AZW, KFX, AZW3, PRC, MOBI and TPZ formats. Nevertheless, other readers do not support these formats, but support PDF and EPUB. So if you intend to read Kindle books on other readers, you will have to convert Kindle AZW / TPZ / PRC / MOBI to PDF or EPUB.
- Part 2: 3 Methods to Convert Kindle to PDF easily
- Part 3: FAQs about converting kindle books to PDF
First things first: Download Kindle books to computer/eReader
Before the kindle to pdf conversion, the first thing we need to do is to download purchased Kindle titles to the kindle eReader or to computer via Kindle desktop app. As I've introduced this point in this guide The Ultimate Guide to Download Kindle Books, so here please read the original article.
After the Kindle books are downloaded well, you can convert those files to PDF format as the steps below.
Method 1: Convert Kindle books to PDF with Calibre
Calibre is a super star in eBook software area, you can use it as a free Kindle to PDF converter. It allows you to convert the formats of your books to another one.
Calibre offers you several versions on different operating systems, including Windows, Mac, Linux and portable. We record the video on windows, but you can also convert Kindle to PDF on Mac with the same method.
Step 1 Download Calibre and select a proper version for your PC. Here we select 'Windows'. Make sure your Kindle books have been copied or downloaded on your computer.
Step 2 Install and launch Calibre.
Step 3 Click “Add books” button to add your Kindle books, then they will be listed on the center zone of the screen.You can drag and drop your books here as well.
Step 4 Select the books that you prepare to convert. Also, you can click 'Edit metadata' button to customize the cover images, title, authors and other metadata of your eBooks.
Step 5 Click 'Convert books” button. The ebook converting window will pop. Select 'PDF' as output format and click 'OK'. Calibre will start to convert books.
The status zone at the bottom of the right corner “jobs: 2' will show the progress of conversion.
Please note: During the conversion, if the following 'This book has DRM' window pops, that means a DRMed book is detected and Calibre cannot convert it. Thus you need to remove the DRM from your Kindle book and then convert the decrypted Kindle book to PDF on Calibre.
Step 6 When the status turns to 'Jobs: 0', the conversion is completed. Click the status zone to get the details of the conversion on the pop-up window.
Step 7 Go back to the main screen. If the books have been converted from Kindle to PDF successfully, the 'Formats' will contain both the original one and the converted one.
Click 'Click to open', you will get your PDF books on the pop-up window.
Now you have completed converting Kindle books to PDF. The whole Kindle to PDF conversion progress is free and convenient.
Pros:
- Free;
- Easy to use if the books are drm free.
- Can be used as an eBooks management tool.
Cons: Should use Calibre DeDRM plugin to remove kindle drm first, and then you should also add the kfx-zip file into calibre for the kindle kfx to pdf conversion.
Method 2: Convert Kindle to PDF with Epubor Ultimate (Mac and Windows)
If you feel that the above steps are still a bit complicated and you are not that satisfied with it, I would recommend the Epubor Ultimate for you. It combines the DRM removal and formats conversion perfectly. The most important is, you will get your Kindle books converted in front of you in a short time, just with a simple click. It's a one-stop solution to convert Kindle (drm) books to PDF.
Step 1: Download and install epubor ultimate.
Step 2: Add Kindle books to remove DRM.
If your Kindle books are downloaded to your Kindle Oasis or Kindle Paperwhite, just connect your device to computer via USB, then run Epubor Ultimate software. It will detect all the books that saved in your device and list them at the left area. Drag and drop them to the right area of its main interface.
As the image shows above, books added, drm header removed. This step is easier than using calibre, right?
If your books are downladed to Fire tablet, or Kindle for Android, you want to convert kindle app books to PDF quickly, please use Kindle desktop to sync them and download them to your computer. Downloaded files will be saved in local 'My Kindle Content' folder, please check.
Step 3: Convert drm free kindle to PDF
From the 'Convert to.' selection please choose PDF as the target format, and then click the button again, the conversion will begin soon.
Pros:
- Easier to use than calibre, clean interface.
- Remove drm from Kindle KFX books fast.(If Kindle for PC/Mac version 1.25 or newer or with Kindle firmware 5.10.2 or newer, use Kindle older app please)
Cons: Paid software, but you can use the free trial version first to decide whether to use or not. And epubor provide 6*24 online customer service.
Method 3: Convert Kindle to PDF online (free)
There are some good kindle to pdf online converter that could help us:
if you have interest (especially for those people who have 2 or 3 books only that need to be processed), pleaese try this way.
Pros:
- Free.
- No need to install third-party software.
Cons:
- Ads everywhere, because it's a free online site.
- Should input email address to receive the converted file.
- Each time to open a site to convert hundreds of books will be a littly messy.
FAQ 1: Convert Kindle to PDF Windows 8
Some customers leave comments to complain that, they can't find the downloaded Kindle books on their Windows 8 computer, which stopped them successfully converting a Kindle book to a PDF.
The downloaded kindle books will be saved in 'My Kindle Content' folder. But if you failed to find them, you can check following path:
- C:Users<userid>AppDataLocalAmazonKindleapplicationcontent Or
- C:Users<userid>AppDataLocalPackages<Package Name>LocalState or Roaming State or SystemAppData
Details you can read how to remove Kindle DRM on Windows 8. After you succeeded to strip the drm, continue to follow this guide to convert your kindle books formats please.
FAQ 2: Convert Kindle AZW6 to PDF
After the conversion finished, when we open the PDF book, we will find that all the pages of some PDF books (which we converted from Kindle) are blank, but just with one cover image. Why?
It's likely that the original Kindle book you got from amazon store is an azw6 book. This format is only used in Amazon Japan.
Until now I haven't found a tool that could help us directly handle azw6 format Kindle books. The unique solution and easiest way is to sync these books via Kindle for PC/Mac and download them again to your computer, so that epubor or calibre could recognize them.
FAQ 3: Convert Kindle KFX to PDF
Since 2017 Amazon started widely using their new format, KFX, into their kindle books, after they upgraded the Kindle desktop version to version 1.19.
This format features at the new enhanced typesetting engine and new Bookerly font. Reading KFX on Kindle devices especailly on KPW3 is really nice and cool, but it's really a pain when we want to read them on non-Kindle devices.
But the good news is that, both of these 2 tools I recommend here, epubor or calibre, supports the Kindle KFX now.
Epubor Ultimate will display all of your kfx books no matter they are downloaded from Kindle desktop or Kindle e-ink device.
Calibre will also help you recognize them if you use the newest Calibre DeDRM plugin and kfx conversion input plugin. I think this is a little waste of time but if you really love using free ware Calibre, you can read this official guide how to convert kfx to pdf with Calibre.
FAQ 4: Convert Kindle to PDF A5 size
Thoug A4 is the default page size, but you know that there are some readers such as Sony DPT-CP1, will only supports A5 PDF. So, is it possible to change or reduce the PDF page size from A4 to A5? The anwser is Yes.
Open Calibre, add your A4 pdf books into the calibre, 'Convert books'. From the new window select the output as 'PDF', and then from the left side area choose 'PDF Output', set the 'Paper size' as 'a5', OK.
Waiting for the job finished. When it's completed, you can click to open the new page size PDF books with Calibre built-in viewer. If you think it's good, then try to transfer the A5 page size PDF book to your Sony digital reader please (may also need Digital Paper App to sync the files).
Please note: Not all of the PDF books will be displayed correctly or perfectly on your new device after being changed the size into A5. The PDF output quality is always being the century problems. So here I will recommend you preview the pdf file first before transferring them to your device.
FAQ 5: Kindle to PDF vertically
For those Kindle Japan users, they already were familiar with the vertical layout. But after converting Kindle to PDF, you will find that some books have been horizantal, and with badly layout. This is because some tools will help you rotate the PDF, which results in the vertical to horizontal and with bad display.
To resolve the problem, we should convert Kindle to ePub, and then convert ePub to PDF.
Tools we need: Softmaker 2016 download.
Free Online Kindle Converter
Calibre or Epubor Ultimate custom edition -- convert Kindle to vertical ePub
Adobe Digital Editions -- print the ePub as PDF
CubePDF -- Convert ePub to PDF vertical (Windows only)
Step 1: Convert Kindle to vertical ePub.
Convert Kindle to ePub with Calibre, and select 'Look&Feel' > 'Styling'.
Then copy the following css codes into the blank area please.
Then choose 'EPUB' as the output format, convert.
You will find the epub books are vertical and displayed well.
Optional:
If you think adding css manually is a little messy, you can download the custom edition of Epubor Ultimate which helps convert Kindle books (vertical or horizontal) to vertical ePub/Mobi/AZW3.
This custom edition helps convert our Kindle books to vertical ePub, no matter your original Kindle books are vertical display or horizontal display.
Just add your Kindle books to its main interface to remove DRM, and then choose ePub as the output format. Please note that DON'T choose PDF as output though it supports this output format.
Step 2: Convert vertical ePub to vertical PDF
If you found that some of your convertd PDF books are with bad vertical display, CubePDF is your better choice.
Open Adobe Digital Editions, and drag the converted EPUB books to ADE. You will find that the ePub is vertical display well.
Then, from the upper left menu, choose 'File' -> 'Print' (Ctrl+P) -> 'CubePDF' -> 'Print'.
Soon the printing will begin.
Once completed, you will see a windows that lets you convert this ePub to PDF.
Step 3: Open the vertical PDF with a PDF reader
Choose a pdf reader such as Acrobat Reader DC to open the converted PDF file on your computer please.
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See? The PDF are with good vertical display.
That's all. Wish this guide will help resolve 99% of your problems when converting Kindle to PDF. If you found new questions, don't forget to leave your comments below.
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Ada Wang works for Epubor and writes articles for a collection of blogs such as ebookconverter.blogspot.com.