Kindle readers have long been able to read book purchases online, on tablets and on a PC or Mac for a while. But how does one go about reading Kindle books on a Chromebook?
Amazon positions Kindle as a platform-agnostic service, one that can be accessed from virtually any device. There are official first-party apps for iOS, Android, Windows 8 and, of course, its own Kindle Fire line of devices.
But that’s not all.
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Th e-tailing giant also offers a browser-based app called Kindle Cloud Reader (hosted at read.amazon.com) that works incredibly well on a Chromebook — including offline.
Logging into the cloud app with your Kindle/Amazon account lets you to access, download and read purchased items in your library, view bookmarks, notes and more.
- Apr 28, 2016 Kindle’s popularity has grown more after the success of kindle paperwhite. Just like kindle paperwhite kindle app is built to make your reading experience better. With the kindle library, you can access to the thousands of your favourite books. I’m sure there are many Chromebook users who want to try kindle app on their Chromebooks.
- To copy a book to your Kindle, just drag the file into the Documents folder, eject the Kindle from your Mac, and unplug the USB cable. The book should automatically appear in the list of books on.
And thanks to Amazon’s Whispersync technology you can even pick up on your Chromebook where you left off on another device!
How to Read Kindle Books on Chromebook
1. Kindle Cloud Reader app
The “app” — a bookmark to the https://read.amazon.com website — is available to install from the Chrome Web Store for free: –
Once installed you can choose how it runs: in a new tab, as a pinned tab or in a standalone window. Since this app works well offline I like running it separate from Chrome. To do the same:
- Open the Chrome App Launcher
- Right-click on the Kindle Cloud Reader icon
- Select ‘Open as window’
Next step is to go ahead and launch the app.
You’ll be asked to log in with your Amazon credentials. Do so to get to the main home screen. By default this opens on the ‘cloud’ tab, showing you all of your purchased titles.
To read an Amazon Kindle book offline on a Chromebook you need to ‘pin’ it in the app:-
- Open Kindle Cloud Reader
- Click the ‘Cloud’ button
- Right-click on a book and select ‘Download & Pin Book’
The item will proceed to download. If it’s a particularly lengthy title this might take some time.
Once completed you can switch to the ‘Download’ section of the reader app and click on the cover to open it. Don’t expect to see the contents page if you’ve been reading it on another device; it opens on the page you were last on.
Moving through pages is as simple as hitting the up or down arrows on your keyboard (or clicking/tapping the pagination arrows on screen).
The reading experience, such as font size, background colour, columns and margins can be customised. In the reader view simply mouse over the screen to reveal the toolbar, click the ‘Aa‘ icon, and configure away.
Once you’ve finished reading (or to free up space) you can unpin the book to remove it from your device (but not your account).
Kindle Cloud reader may be an old-school web-app, but in supporting offline reading, Whispersync and the ability to run windowed, it brings a reading experience to Chrome OS that’s just as seamless as that on other devices.
2. Kindle Android app
If your Chromebook supports Android apps —most do— you can use the full-featured Amazon Kindle app for Android.
Now, do note that Kindle Android app is not optimised for Chromebooks (or laptop screens in general). The UI feels clunky, even with touch — but hey, it works okay and has more features than the web-based reader, including notes and annotations.
Better still, all Kindle books can be “downloaded” to read offline using this app — and it’s automatic! Just start reading a title to have a copy stored for offline access.
Tip: if your Chromebook has a folding display you may prefer to “read” your books with the screen folded back and the device held in portrait mode.
For someone who is new to the Kindle, finding the downloaded Kindle books is not an easy job. Even if you have purchased many kindle books already, I guess many of you have various difficulties in finding your downloaded kindle books on PC, Mac or Android devices. Where are Kindle books stored on PC, Mac, or Android? You will get a complete answer in this article.
Before reading the following part, you need to make sure your kindle books have been downloaded to your devices already.
Video Guide First
Where are Kindle Books Stored on PC?
Usually, you will find your downloaded Kindle books stored on your pc here if you are using kindle for PC to download your books on Windows:
C:Usersyour computer user nameDocumentsMy Kindle Content
Q: Can I change the location of Kindle books on PC?
A: Sure, you can change the Kindle book location. Run Kindle for PC-->Tools-->Options-->Content. Here you will see your current content folder for Kindle books. Click on “Change folder” and select the folder you want to stored kindle books and then click on “Save” button. Your default kindle content path has been changed successfully.
Where are Kindle Books Stored on Mac?
If you are a mac user, you need to know where did you get your Kindle for Mac app? Two situations need to be considered.
Situation 1. If you get your Kindle for Mac from App store and have not changed the default path of your Kindle file location, you will find your Kindle books stored on Mac here:
/Users/Mac user name/Library/Containers/com.amazon.Kindle/Data/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content
Situation 2. For kindle for Mac installation you downloaded beyond the App stores, such as from Amazon website, or software download websites, you will find the path of 'My kindle content' folder will be totally different.
/Users/Mac user name/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content
Q: Can I change the location of Kindle books on Mac?
A: Sure, you can choose where to store your downloaded kindle books on Mac. Run Kindle for Mac, Click on “Kindle”-->Preference-->General. Then you will find “Content Folder” option, just click on “Change” to change the location of Kindle books on Mac.
Where are Kindle Books Stored on Android?
If you read a lot on your Android smart phone, here are steps to find Kindle books stored on Android device.
Step 1. Connect your Android device to your computer.
Step 2. Your downloaded Kindle titles will be stored at two different places depends on how did you get these Kindle books.
For books purchased from your own Kindle account, the default path is:
This PCAndroid deviceInternal storageAndroiddatacom.amazon.kindlefcfiles
For documents or files you send to your Kindle for Android, when these books has been downloaded, it should be stored here:
Where are Kindle Books Stored on Google Chrome?
If you are a Kindle Clouder Reader user, you may have downloaded your Kindle books from your Kindle Cloud Reader library. So where are your Kindle Cloud Reader books stored at your computer if you are using Google Chrome to download them? Here is the default path:
Windows:C:UsersUsernameAppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefaultdatabaseshttps_read.amazon.com_0
Mac:/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases/https_read.amazon.com_0
Pro tip: To find the kindle cloud reader books on mac, you can just open the 'Terminal', then enter the command open '~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases' and then click on 'enter', the databases folder will pop up.
Where are Kindle Books Stored on Microsoft Edge Browser?
If you are using Microsoft Edge to read Kindle Clouder Reader user, your Kindle books will download to your computer automatcially. So where are your Kindle Cloud Reader books stored at your computer if you are using Microsoft Edge Chromium browser to download them? Here is the default path:
File LocationKindle cloud reader downloaded via Microsoft Edge browser:
- Windows:C:UsersusernameAppDataLocalMicrosoftEdgeUser DataDefaultdatabaseshttps_read.amazon.com_0
- Mac:/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft Edge/Default/databases/https_read.amazon.com_0
However, the files you find at these paths are not readable because they are not normal file type. Are these files useless to us. Definitely no! With the help of Epubor KCR Converter, you can easily convert Kindle Cloud Reader books to DRM-FREE epub/azw3/mobi file. This way can be assumed the ultimate way to remove DRM from Kindle books in 2019.
The Right Way to Backup Kindle Books
May I ask you one question: why do you want to find the file location of download Kindle books? Here is my guess--most of you may want to find the downloaded kindle books for backing up. If this is the real purpose for finding your downloaded kindle content, just copying Kindle books from the original folder to another place is not the right method for backing up Kindle ebooks. Since all Kindle books have been protected by Kindle DRM, you need to remove Kindle DRM to get the DRM free books for backing up. If you have the DRM-free Kindle books, you do not have to worry about computer crash, Amazon account banned issues, books disappeared from Amazon account etc.
Below are two methods to remove Kindle DRM.
Situation 1 Kindle books downloaded via Kindle for PC/Mac
To remove DRM from books downloaded via Kindle for PC/MAC, Epubor Ultimate can be the most powerful tool I want to introduce today. With it, you can remove Kindle DRM and convert kindle books to any other formats.
Please follow the guidehow to remove DRM from Kindle books downloaded via Kindle for PC/Mac.
Situation 2 Kindle books downloaded from Kindle Cloud Reader via Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge
Although you can find the files downloaded from Kindle Cloud Reader, the files are not readable because they are not normal file type. Are these files useless to us? Definitely no! With the help of Epubor KCR Converter, you can easily convert Kindle Cloud Reader books to DRM-FREE mobi file. This way can be assumed the ultimate way to back up your Kindle books.
- You can also follow the guidehow to export Kindle Cloud Reader books to DRM-free EPUB/MOBI/AZW3 file.
Here are all tips and tricks I want to share with you today. If you have any better tips, please share with us in the comments to benefit more users.
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Iris Yan joined Epubor since 2017. She always wants to share everything related to ebook reading and improve your reading journey.