Books that I purchased on my kindle app on my - Answered by a verified Mac Support Specialist We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described. Kindle for Mac reading app gives users the ability to read Kindle books on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. You’ll have access to over 1,000,000. books in the Kindle Store, including best sellers and new releases. Amazon’s Whispersync technology automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across devices. Choose from over a million Kindle books from the Kindle Store, including New York Times® best sellers and new releases. Amazon Whispersync technology automatically syncs your eBooks across apps, so you can start reading a book on your Windows Phone 8, and pick up where you left off on another device with the Kindle app installed. The Kindle app stores AZW files, but only downloads them for Amazon-purchased content that you have opened in the Kindle app on that computer. The AZW files are saved in /Documents/My Kindle Content. Their names are random-looking (like B0043M4ZH0EBOK), so it takes a little work to figure out which file corresponds to which book.
For someone who is new to the Kindle, finding the downloaded Kindle books is not an easy job. Even if you have purchased many kindle books already, I guess many of you have various difficulties in finding your downloaded kindle books on PC, Mac or Android devices. Where are Kindle books stored on PC, Mac, or Android? You will get a complete answer in this article.
Before reading the following part, you need to make sure your kindle books have been downloaded to your devices already.
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Where are Kindle Books Stored on PC?
Usually, you will find your downloaded Kindle books stored on your pc here if you are using kindle for PC to download your books on Windows:
C:Usersyour computer user nameDocumentsMy Kindle Content
Q: Can I change the location of Kindle books on PC?
A: Sure, you can change the Kindle book location. Run Kindle for PC-->Tools-->Options-->Content. Here you will see your current content folder for Kindle books. Click on “Change folder” and select the folder you want to stored kindle books and then click on “Save” button. Your default kindle content path has been changed successfully.
Where are Kindle Books Stored on Mac?
If you are a mac user, you need to know where did you get your Kindle for Mac app? Two situations need to be considered.
Situation 1. If you get your Kindle for Mac from App store and have not changed the default path of your Kindle file location, you will find your Kindle books stored on Mac here:
/Users/Mac user name/Library/Containers/com.amazon.Kindle/Data/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content
Situation 2. For kindle for Mac installation you downloaded beyond the App stores, such as from Amazon website, or software download websites, you will find the path of 'My kindle content' folder will be totally different.
/Users/Mac user name/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content
Q: Can I change the location of Kindle books on Mac?
A: Sure, you can choose where to store your downloaded kindle books on Mac. Run Kindle for Mac, Click on “Kindle”-->Preference-->General. Then you will find “Content Folder” option, just click on “Change” to change the location of Kindle books on Mac.
Where are Kindle Books Stored on Android?
If you read a lot on your Android smart phone, here are steps to find Kindle books stored on Android device.
Step 1. Connect your Android device to your computer.
Step 2. Your downloaded Kindle titles will be stored at two different places depends on how did you get these Kindle books.
For books purchased from your own Kindle account, the default path is:
This PCAndroid deviceInternal storageAndroiddatacom.amazon.kindlefcfiles
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For documents or files you send to your Kindle for Android, when these books has been downloaded, it should be stored here:
Where are Kindle Books Stored on Google Chrome?
If you are a Kindle Clouder Reader user, you may have downloaded your Kindle books from your Kindle Cloud Reader library. So where are your Kindle Cloud Reader books stored at your computer if you are using Google Chrome to download them? Here is the default path:
Windows:C:UsersUsernameAppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefaultdatabaseshttps_read.amazon.com_0
Mac:/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases/https_read.amazon.com_0
Pro tip: To find the kindle cloud reader books on mac, you can just open the 'Terminal', then enter the command open '~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases' and then click on 'enter', the databases folder will pop up.
Where are Kindle Books Stored on Microsoft Edge Browser?
If you are using Microsoft Edge to read Kindle Clouder Reader user, your Kindle books will download to your computer automatcially. So where are your Kindle Cloud Reader books stored at your computer if you are using Microsoft Edge Chromium browser to download them? Here is the default path:
File LocationKindle cloud reader downloaded via Microsoft Edge browser:
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- Windows:C:UsersusernameAppDataLocalMicrosoftEdgeUser DataDefaultdatabaseshttps_read.amazon.com_0
- Mac:/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft Edge/Default/databases/https_read.amazon.com_0
However, the files you find at these paths are not readable because they are not normal file type. Are these files useless to us. Definitely no! With the help of Epubor KCR Converter, you can easily convert Kindle Cloud Reader books to DRM-FREE epub/azw3/mobi file. This way can be assumed the ultimate way to remove DRM from Kindle books in 2019.
The Right Way to Backup Kindle Books
May I ask you one question: why do you want to find the file location of download Kindle books? Here is my guess--most of you may want to find the downloaded kindle books for backing up. If this is the real purpose for finding your downloaded kindle content, just copying Kindle books from the original folder to another place is not the right method for backing up Kindle ebooks. Since all Kindle books have been protected by Kindle DRM, you need to remove Kindle DRM to get the DRM free books for backing up. If you have the DRM-free Kindle books, you do not have to worry about computer crash, Amazon account banned issues, books disappeared from Amazon account etc.
Below are two methods to remove Kindle DRM.
Situation 1 Kindle books downloaded via Kindle for PC/Mac
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To remove DRM from books downloaded via Kindle for PC/MAC, Epubor Ultimate can be the most powerful tool I want to introduce today. With it, you can remove Kindle DRM and convert kindle books to any other formats.
Please follow the guidehow to remove DRM from Kindle books downloaded via Kindle for PC/Mac.
Situation 2 Kindle books downloaded from Kindle Cloud Reader via Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge
Although you can find the files downloaded from Kindle Cloud Reader, the files are not readable because they are not normal file type. Are these files useless to us? Definitely no! With the help of Epubor KCR Converter, you can easily convert Kindle Cloud Reader books to DRM-FREE mobi file. This way can be assumed the ultimate way to back up your Kindle books.
Download Epubor KCR Converter
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- You can also follow the guidehow to export Kindle Cloud Reader books to DRM-free EPUB/MOBI/AZW3 file.
Here are all tips and tricks I want to share with you today. If you have any better tips, please share with us in the comments to benefit more users.
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Iris Yan joined Epubor since 2017. She always wants to share everything related to ebook reading and improve your reading journey.