osx - Can I download a book from a non amazon website and read it in my Amazon Kindle For Mac App?

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2013-11
  • TheLearner

    I want to download this book and read it using Amazon Kindle for Mac.

    Is this possible or does Amazon Kindle for mac only allow books bought directly from Amazon store?

    • Answers
  • daviesgeek

    Yes, you are fine buying that book. You want the ".mobi" for your Kindle. From Amazon's website:

    Files the Kindle recognizes:
    - Documents: Kindle (.AZW, .AZW1). Text (.TXT),
    - Unprotected Mobipocket (.MOBI, .PRC)
    - Audible: Audible (.AA, .AAX)
    - Music: MP3 (.MP3)

    Note that the popular ".epub" format is not there. Be careful because many books are in the ".epub" format.

  • N4TKD

    It says you get the "mobi" Kindle format, just save that file to your "My Kindle Content" or the MAC version of that directory and you will have it on your Kindle app.


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  • Otto

    I have a Kindle 2 and I have some books I did not purchase from the Amazon store. Mostly PDFs, text files and .mobi files from other eBook stores.

    Is there a way to export or otherwise back up my notes, highlights and bookmarks for those books?


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  • Otto

    Connect the Kindle and copy the file documents/MyClippings.txt. That has all the highlighted text as well as the bookmarks and so on.

  • thearr

    You may use this small app to parse your 'My Clippings.txt' for Win and Mac.