#Amazon kindle for mac for mac
#Amazon kindle for mac install
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If asked if you want to update to the new version always reject it.Re-download your books before importing into calibre.(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. 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. Some users have reported being unable to sign in to their Amazon account within Kindle for PC once version 1.17 is reinstalled. Kindle may need to be registered by signing in to your Amazon account within the program.

#Amazon kindle for mac install

Launch it and check that the option to automatically install updates is still turned off.Install the downloaded version 1.17 software.Download and verify version 1.17 of Kindle for PC/Mac.Delete the contents of the 'My Kindle Content' folder within your 'Documents' folder.

#Amazon kindle for mac for mac

(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.) Older Kindle for PC/Mac version 1.17 can sometimes be installed to work around this problem.

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. There are several methods for either avoiding or handling KFX format. Unless additional steps are taken, these books will fail to convert in calibre with the error: 'KFXError: This is an Amazon KFX book. Each book will appear in a separate subdirectory of the 'My Kindle Content' folder with a file extension of '.azw'. The Kindle for Mac app is currently available at Kindle for PC and Kindle for Mac programs use Amazon's KFX format for most books.

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A Kindle app for the Apple iPad is also coming soon- though it’s thought that the iPad, in the long run, could offer the market-share-hording Kindle some competition.Īmazon says that it will soon add features to Kindle for Mac that include the ability to perform a full-text search, to highlight text and create and edit notes.įor the time being, however, features include access to a user’s previously purchased Kindle books, which are stored on Amazon servers a choice of 10 font sizes and the ability to adjust the number of words per line the ability to view notes made or text highlighted with a Kindle, Kindle DX or iPhone and the ability to read books in full color, which can be particularly handy for children’s books, cookbooks and travel books. Kindle books can be read on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry handsets, PCs and Macs. Kindle Store includes more than 450,000 titles, including nearly every book on the New York Times Best Seller list.Īmazon’s Whispersync technology in Kindle for Mac can save and synchronize bookmarks and the last page read, so that a user can, for example, pick up on her laptop where she left off on her Kindle. “For those customers around the world who don’t yet have a Kindle, Kindle for Mac is a great way to instantly access and read the most popular new releases as well as their old favorites.”

“Kindle for Mac is the prefect companion application for customers who own a Kindle or Kindle DX,” Jay Marine, director of Amazon Kindle, said in a statement. Amazon added a few bricks to its Kindle kingdom on March 18, with the introduction of Kindle for Mac, a free application that lets readers pull up Kindle books on a Mac computer.