Methods to Convert Kindles into PDFs
Amazon Kindles make it easy to find any book in the world, but if you’d rather convert your books to PDFs, it might not seem so easy. Here’s what you need to know.
The first thing you need to do is find your Kindle files if you don’t already have them on hand. You’ll find everything in a folder titled My Kindle Content. On Windows or Mac, you can find this folder’s exact location on Kindle’s desktop app.
- On Windows, you can find this by clicking on Tools at the top left, then Selecting Content.
- Mac OS you can find this by clicking on the Kindle menu in the top left, then selecting preferences.
The 1st Method
Once you find your Kindle library, you can convert it to PDF via Caliber and open-source digital library software available for multiple platforms. If your library contains dot KFX files, you’ll need to install a dot KFX plugin on the app. Once Caliper is installed, open it.
- Click on the arrow next to the preferences icon in the top row,
- then click on Git Plugins to enhance caliber.
- On the window that pops up, search for the plugin by name at the top right by typing in KFX, and then tapping Enter.
- Install both KFX input and output from the list, clicking through the mornings.
For both plugins to work, you’ll also need to install Kindle Previewer 3 and find the official installer.
- Once both apps are installed, restart Caliber and add your books via Add Books at the top left. You can convert them by selecting all the eBooks you want to convert, then click Convert Books.
- To convert all of your files to a PDF format, just click on the drop-down menu under Output in the top right, then select PDF
- If you know what you’re doing, feel free to look through the other settings. Otherwise, just click OK and you’re all set.
- Your converted files can be found in your Caliber Library folder.
- To check where that is, just click on Caliber Library from the app’s main screen. You’ll find each file in a folder labeled after each author.
Finally, if these methods didn’t work, do you remember that some eBooks are protected by DRM to combat digital piracy and thus cannot be converted or copied.
But if you still want to convert them then we recommend the 2nd method which is harder but still works on all Kindles.
The 2nd Method
In this Method, you will learn a smart way to convert any Kindle book to PDF regardless of whether it is protected or not by the DRM.
This is divided into three parts,
- installing the latest Kindle,
- installing other software,
- converting Kindle to PDF.
so for that
- Download and install Kindle for PC
- It will be downloading and installing the latest version of Kindle from Amazon.com. So, to do that, let’s open our browser and search for Kindle for PC Amazon.
- Click on it. We will be using a PC so select. PC Download and add to cart.
- Proceed to check out. Enter Your login credentials. If you face a certain error on checkout. Again, you can search for Kindle for PC.
It’s about 54 MB in size, so the file is being downloaded. So, it’s. So let us install it, Double-click on it. Since it’s from the official site, we can trust it. Click on Run. So, the Kindle for PC has been installed successfully.
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Converting Kindle to PDF (Kindle to Video)
Let us open Kindle and get a new free Kindle book open Amazon.com or choose an old one. So, select the book. open it by double-clicking on it. Maximize it. So, this is the book we want to convert into PDF. Make sure Your book looks good and all the pages are there.
Go to the cover page. So here we are in the process of converting Kindle to PDF. This method is taking some smartphones. We convert the book to a video file and then to PDF, so we need to capture the screen. You can use any software you have such as Camtasia or anything here We will use a free software
Go to your browser and search for atomic systems. Click on Download Active Presenter. It’s basically used to capture the screen. You can use any software you want or anything you have.
Download it for the PC version as you want. Let it Finish downloading. When the file has finished. Go to it and install it. Close all this. Next, it has been installed. Let us launch it.
After opening the app click on Record video. To turn the webcam off now click on custom. Open the Kindle and screen it. Simply rephrase the record screen to the required sizes. Books may be of different sizes. Anyway, just make sure everything falls in this area or not.
Now click on record control plus end-to-end the recording. The video is being recorded now. You will need to change the Kindle pages per second, so it’s easy. Basically, turn each base, use the keyboard, and change spaces per second.
Make sure to change the phases in approximately one second. For a test do it for around 25 pages. It does take time, but for 120 pages it’s approximately 2 to 3 minutes only.
After you’re done stop the recording. For now, let’s save it. Go to export video. Browse with the location. like, choose Desktop. create a folder Kindle. Save it. for format we suggest MP4. Choose MP4 and click. Open folder. If we check this file, it’s in mp4 format.
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Convert Kindle into PDF (Video to PDF)
In the next tutorial, we will convert this to PDF now as we have successfully converted Kindle to a video. Let’s convert the video to high-quality images to PDF. We will require software to do so, and it’s downloaded. Open the browser and go to heylet’slearnsomething.com.
Go to the download section. We will require these two free software’s since Download links may have different positions. It’s better to search though. Search for converted images. So here are the results we need, both of them opening a new tab. You can download it via Google Drive or via the link click on it and you shall be directed to the option you have chosen.
So, in the folder let’s install these two software’s. Now let’s install this one Video to JPEG. The installation has been completed. We will not launch for now.
Finish. Likewise, install JPEG to PDF. Double-click on it and download it. So, close this and close this. We’ll launch it later.
So basically, we have installed the software which is here on the desktop. Let’s open Video to JPEG Converter. Now let’s add the file. Add the video file we want.
Simply drag it over to the converter. So, the files are here. Let’s capture images per second, every second. Next, choose Where you want to keep it. So, one image per second. Please calculate as off-putting to your recordings for options. When Everything is done, click on convert.
You can see all the images are ready. Let’s close the converter of the video to JPEG. You can see these are all the images that have been transported to the designated place.
Roughly go through all the images in case any pages are doubled or missing. You may have to capture it per frame or anything else.
For if everything looks good. Now what we need to do is open another software free JPEG to PDF converter. Drag all the images and put them over here.
And close this. Let me maximize it. Normally all images are arranged in order as you drag them. All numbers seem to be automatically in honest looks good but please double check if things are in order or not. You can also check the PDF page order here. You can check the image numbers too.
Anyway, if you want to change the position, you can simply click here and change it via these arrows. Now let’s convert. Select. The folder gives it a name like Kindle PDF and then saves it. Then start to make sure all the files are selected. So, it’s done.
Conclusion
As you can see, it is a PDF file. Change the side screen as you want. It looks all good. These are the images, but this is the best thing that can be done.
However, it should be easily rideable on mobile or tablets or anything. If, however, you want an exact PDF then you will need to convert JPEG to text file and then put it together to convert it to PDF.
FAQs
Q: How to convert my Kindle book into PDF without any hassle?
Install both KFX input and output from the list, clicking through the mornings. For both plugins to work, you’ll also need to install Kindle Previewer 3 and find the official installer.
Once both apps are installed, restart Caliber and add your books via Add Books at the top left. You can convert them by selecting all the eBooks you want to convert, then click Convert Books. To convert all of your files to a PDF format, just click on the drop-down menu under Output in the top right, then select PDF.
If you know what you’re doing, feel free to look through the other settings. Otherwise, just click OK and you’re all set. Your converted files can be found in your Caliber Library folder. To check where that is, just click on Caliber Library from the app’s main screen. You’ll find each file in a folder labeled after each author.
Q: Is there a way to convert a Kindle into PDF even if it comes under DRM?
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Converting Kindle to PDF (Kindle to Video)
You will need to change the Kindle pages per second, so it’s easy. Basically, turn each base, use the keyboard, and change spaces per second. Change the phases in approximately one second. For a test do it for around 25 pages. It does take time, but for 120 pages it’s approximately 2 to 3 minutes only.
After you’re done stop the recording. For now, let’s save it. Go to export video. Browse with the location. like, choose Desktop. create a folder Kindle. Save it. for format we suggest MP4. Choose MP4 and click. Open folder. If we check this file, it’s in mp4 format. The Detailed method is mentioned above
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Convert Kindle into PDF (Video to PDF)
First, go to video to JPEG Converter. Now let’s add the file. Add the video file we want. Simply drag it over to the converter. So, the files are here. Let’s capture images per second, every second. Next, choose Where you want to keep it. So, one image per second. Please calculate as off-putting to your recordings for options. When Everything is done, click on convert.
After that go to free JPEG to PDF converter. Drag all the images and put them over here. And close this. Let me maximize it.
Normally all images are arranged in order as you drag them. All numbers seem to be automatically in honest looks good but please double check if things are in order or not. You can also check the PDF page order here. You can check the image numbers too.
Anyway, if you want to change the position, you can simply click here and change it via these arrows. Now let’s convert. Select. The folder gives it a name like Kindle PDF and then saves it.
Then start to make sure all the files are selected. The Detailed method is mentioned above.