Answers.Body: <p>It depends if the books have DRM (Digital Rights Management) or not.</p>
  <p>If they do then you can only read them on Amazon devices or with a Kindle app on PCs Macs Android or ios.</p>
  <p>If not DRM then download them to a computer using the transfer by USB option on the &quot;manage your contents and devices&quot; page on Amazon on the Web.</p>
  <p>Then you need to convert your books to a different format usually. .epub  The usual way is to use the program calibre. <a href="https://calibre-ebook.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://calibre-ebook.com</a>. Some calibre plugins might be able to import the books from where the kindle app stores the books on a computer, look at kfx importer</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am changing from Kindle for reading eBooks onto a different eReader platform. I've purchased a couple of eBooks for Kindle on the Amazon platform but those books I didn't start reading yet. Additionally there are some Amazon/Kindle books I've purchased that I would like to read again and therefor be on my new eReader as well.</p>
  <p>I had a hard time finding relevant information, I guess because it's not possible or damn hard (for obvious reasons I understand why Amazon doesn't want that to be easy).</p>
  <p>So is this a hopeless endeavour?</p>
  
Tags: <kindle><epub><kindle-paperwhite>
Title: Changing my eBook reader. Any way to take my kindle books with me?
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ThreadText: # Changing my eBook reader. Any way to take my kindle books with me?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-20)
  
  I am changing from Kindle for reading eBooks onto a different eReader platform. I've purchased a couple of eBooks for Kindle on the Amazon platform but those books I didn't start reading yet. Additionally there are some Amazon/Kindle books I've purchased that I would like to read again and therefor be on my new eReader as well.
  
  I had a hard time finding relevant information, I guess because it's not possible or damn hard (for obvious reasons I understand why Amazon doesn't want that to be easy).
  
  So is this a hopeless endeavour?
  
  **Tags:** kindle, epub, kindle-paperwhite
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-09-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  It depends if the books have DRM (Digital Rights Management) or not.
  
  If they do then you can only read them on Amazon devices or with a Kindle app on PCs Macs Android or ios.
  
  If not DRM then download them to a computer using the transfer by USB option on the "manage your contents and devices" page on Amazon on the Web.
  
  Then you need to convert your books to a different format usually. .epub The usual way is to use the program calibre. <https://calibre-ebook.com>. Some calibre plugins might be able to import the books from where the kindle app stores the books on a computer, look at kfx importer
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: That has worked very well. Thank you!  
  > **username_1**: @LarsBlumberg you can't have done all that so soon.  
  > **username_0**: I actually found it out myself shortly ago, exactly the way you described.  
  > **username_1**: @LarsBlumberg on stackexchange you are allowed to answer your own questions  
  > **username_0**: I appreciate the time you took to write down your answer. You have just been faster than me!  
  
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