Handling Kindle Books On The Mac This guide is not designed to assist the braking of copyright law. Users must take responsibility for their own actions and conscience. It is not for the faint hearterd either. Difficulty = medium to hard.
Download the following: Kindle for Mac (This is for the UK store) So by default, the store is set to amazon.co.uk. This setting is difficult to change so download from your country to save you the bother. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201246110 >From memory, I tapped the tab key twice, then hit enter which forced the >authorisation wizard to put the focus in the password field. Then I typed in >my password then hit enter. Do these steps very slowly. I have a fast Mac but >this wizard is very sluggish. Use VO B to read the dialog box. You’ll get very >little speech out of it. You will know if you have been successful because it >will present the opening screen which you can VO arrow left and right. Then download Kindle DRM Removal. This looks different site but I’m sure this is the right one. http://kindle-drm-removal-mac.en.softonic.com/mac/download This will find the Kindle books that have been pulled down on to the Mac. It will create it’s own directory to store DRM removed files. I find the selection of books frustrating . You need to interact with the toolbar and click on the open files button. Which brings up a typical finder window and it’s difficult to know which book is which. Now download Calibre: https://calibre-ebook.com/download_osx For this you might want to manipulate the path variable. As the command line tools are hidden in your Applications directory. Mine is: /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-convert Don’t forget auto tab completion. So on the command line something like: ebook-convert My_Recipe_Book.azw3 .rtf Will generate My_Recipe_Book.rtf Here’s the help file: Usage: ebook-convert input_file output_file [options] Convert an ebook from one format to another. input_file is the input and output_file is the output. Both must be specified as the first two arguments to the command. The output ebook format is guessed from the file extension of output_file. output_file can also be of the special format .EXT where EXT is the output file extension. In this case, the name of the output file is derived from the name of the input file. Note that the filenames must not start with a hyphen. Finally, if output_file has no extension, then it is treated as a directory and an "open ebook" (OEB) consisting of HTML files is written to that directory. These files are the files that would normally have been passed to the output plugin. After specifying the input and output file you can customize the conversion by specifying various options. The available options depend on the input and output file types. To get help on them specify the input and output file and then use the -h option. For full documentation of the conversion system see https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/conversion.html Whenever you pass arguments to ebook-convert that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example "C:\some path with spaces" Options: --version show program's version number and exit -h, --help show this help message and exit --list-recipes List builtin recipe names. You can create an ebook from a builtin recipe like this: ebook-convert "Recipe Name.recipe" output.epub Created by Kovid Goyal <ko...@kovidgoyal.net> > On 8 Oct 2016, at 01:56, Kliphton Miller <kliph...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Okay, I downloaded the kindle app, and I think I downloaded my entire > collection. 1. I can’t find the kindle book library nowhere on my mac. 2. I > can not navigate books in the kindle app, let alone open them with command O. > I have tried with quick nav on and off, and either method does not work. > What am I doing wrong here? >> On Oct 7, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk >> <mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk>> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Yes that’s the tool I use. It removes the DRM and puts the stripped file in >> a subdirectory of your documents folder. >> >> ~/Documents/Ebook Converter/ >> >> As for opening your kindle book. Kindle for Mac does allow navigation of the >> library using VoiceOver. The hardest part is to register your app to your >> account. But once you’ve done that you can navigate it using VO keys. By >> interacting with the book list you can open a book by cmd + o, then closing >> it by cmd + w. Which pulls it down to the HD. You can see the commands on >> the pull down menus. I need to press return sometimes to get the focus on >> the book I want to open. >> >> As I said, it’s clunky! >> >> Gena >> >> >>> On 7 Oct 2016, at 11:34, Anouk Radix <radix.an...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:radix.an...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Sandi, I think i found the right tool www.ebook-converter.com >>> <http://www.ebook-converter.com/> it can strip drm AND convert the kindle >>> ebook to word or html. >>> For me still the problem remains how to get the books out of kindle htough? >>> Because the app seems wholly inaccessible with voiceover. I have somehow >>> been able to login but how to get all the kindle books FROM the lcoud TO >>> the mac… >>> Greetings, Anouk, >>>> On 7 Oct 2016, at 11:25, Sandi Jazmin Kruse <sandi1...@gmail.com >>>> <mailto:sandi1...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> that is how i would do it as well, did not know about the remover >>>> program, however, do you have a url for that ? >>>> >>>> On 10/6/16, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk <mailto:g...@gena-j.me.uk>> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hello David etc. >>>>> >>>>> It’s a very clunky experience and I’m probably making it harder for myself >>>>> than necessary. >>>>> >>>>> 1. Buy a book from Amazon >>>>> 2. Open Kindle for Mac and press enter on my new purchase so it is pulled >>>>> down on to the Mac’s HD. >>>>> 3. Open Kindle DRM removal and select the new book and remove it’s DRM. >>>>> 4. Then from the terminal use the calibre ebook-convert command to >>>>> generate >>>>> whatever format I require. For my recipe books I like to be able to search >>>>> so I convert to plain text. Others I use epubl >>>>> >>>>> That’s it in a nutshell. The DRM removal tool is an app that offers a free >>>>> demo period but then a licence has to be purchased. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Gena >>>>> >>>>>> On 6 Oct 2016, at 08:26, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com >>>>>> <mailto:daj.griff...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> The last time I tried I could get no Voiceover output book reading using >>>>>> the Kindle app and there appeared no MacOS Accessibility TTS plug in as >>>>>> available on Windows. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I believe some people use Calibre via command line interface to make the >>>>>> Kindle books accessible. I would welcome step by sep instructions here as >>>>>> well. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> David Griffith >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> MOn 06/10/2016 01:12, Ryan Mann wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On the PC, there is a program called Codex that can be used to convert >>>>>>> Kindle books to other formats such as Word or HTML. Is there a program >>>>>>> like this for Mac OS? If not, is there at least a way to read Kindle >>>>>>> books with VoiceOver? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>>>> Visionaries list. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>>>> >>>>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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