Most e-book lovers have kindle books on hand. Amazon actually offers us very good reading resources. But not all kindle fans choose kindle device to read, and in fact there are a lot of people who love kobo devices while loving kindle e-books. Then if you want to read Kindle books on your favorite Kobo devices, you need to transfer Kindle books to Kobo.
however we know that amazon kindle has its own kindle drm and kindle formats like kfx, mobi, azw3 and etc. kobo devices cannot recognize these kindle formats. So we have to find a way to remove kindle drm first and then convert kindle books to kobo compatible ebook format. after this, we will be able to transfer kindle books to kobo to read.
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and this article can be seen as the answer to the question “how to read kindle books on kobo”. You will find out the detailed information in the next part.
In theory, we need three steps to transfer kindle books to kobo:
- remove drm from kindle books.
- convert kindle format to epub.
- transfer converted epub books to kobo.
In this article, we will introduce 2 easy solutions to get the job done.
1. convert kindle books to epub then transfer to kobo
if you read kindle books with e-ink kindle ereader, make sure they have been downloaded to the kindle.
If you are reading kindle books with kindle reading apps, then you need to download kindle books to computer via kindle for pc/mac. detailed instructions are here.
1. download kindle for pc/mac on your computer.
2. run kindle for pc/mac and sign in with your amazon account. then all your kindle books will sync with the library automatically. right-click the books to download them to your computer.
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Downloaded kindle books are usually saved to “c:usersusernamedocumentsmy kindle content”.
If you don’t want to find them in this way, you can directly click “tools”>”options”>”content” to see the content folder information. you can also change the folder to store your kindle book as you like.
The second thing you need to do is convert the kindle books to kobo. kobo devices can’t read kindle books directly because all kindle books are protected by kindle drm, so let’s remove kindle drm and convert kindle books to epub format compatible with kobo devices.
1. download and run epubor ultimate.
is a powerful tool that can remove drm from ebooks and convert ebook formats. we need it to remove drm from kindle books and then convert kindle formats to epub.
2. drag and drop the kindle books from the blank area from left to right.
As long as your kindle books are successfully downloaded to your computer, they will all appear under the “kindle” tab in the left column. just drag and drop the books from left to right into the blank area. the drm will be removed in a second showing “decryption”.
3. choose epub as output format and click “convert to epub” button to start converting.
When the conversion is finished, you can click the folder icon or “success” at the end of each title to find the converted epub books.
Tips: You can also set pdf as the target output format. you already know that some e-readers can recognize friendlier pdf files, like sony dpt-cp1. if you want to know more you can read this article how to convert kindle to pdf.
now you get the decrypted and converted kindle books, or we can say the newly purchased epub books. They can be freely read on Kobo, Nook, Sony Ereaders or any eBook reading app. now they are epub books without drm.
all you need now is to connect your kobo ereader to your computer with a usb cable, copy the drm-free epub books you just received. then you can enjoy them on your kobo device.
solution 2. transfer kindle books to kobo with kindle transfer
I guess you may be thinking that “transfer kindle books to kobo with usb is the easiest way. I don’t need any other additional programs”. but actually kindle transfer tool is not as simple as you might think. It is a useful software that can help us transfer kindle books to kobo with ease even though your kindle books are drm protected. It will automatically decrypt kindle drm and convert your kindle books to kobo compatible formats. It’s pretty amazing, right? I guess you don’t want to miss it!
Simply connect your kindle, kobo to the computer, select the target kobo device and click the “transfer” button. all files will be transferred soon.
As the picture shows, we can not only copy kindle books from computer to our kobo device, but also transfer kindle books from kindle e-ink reader to kobo ereader.
voila! now you can read all your kindle books on your kobo devices. we have to admit that epubor ultimate and kindle transfer are powerful and efficient tools with quite clean and easy to use interface. Let’s enjoy kindle books on your kobo now!
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