Earlier this year Amazon updated their Kindle for PC and Mac programs to add more accessibility features and support for enhanced formatting.
Kindle for PC is a free software by Amazon Digital Services. It’s basically used to read Kindle Books from Amazon. However, using the latest version of Kindle for PC (which can be found in the official Amazon link), we were unable to convert Kindle Books to PDF using calibre, thus, this is the older version (1.17 Version) which worked very well with Calibre for the conversion (Kindle Books. But it still doesn’t work in some cases. Version 1.17 is recommended. The steps are similar for macOS users. Kindle 1.17 Install. What does Epubor Ultimate do? Remove DRM protection from Kindle books; Support Kindle for PC/Mac and different Kindle models; Support 13 input formats such as AZW, AZW3, KFX, EPUB, MOBI, etc.
In order to add the new features, they changed the format the programs support from AZW to KFX.
This behind-the-scenes change doesn’t mean anything for most people, but for those that prefer to remove DRM from Kindle ebooks, then getting KFX ebooks is a big problem.
There’s currently no way to remove DRM from KFX ebooks, so Calibre can’t convert ebooks that are in KFX format (although it can convert to KFX for the added features), but there are ways to get AZW ebooks instead.
The change started with version 1.19, so you can still download and install an older version of Kindle for Mac or PC. In fact Amazon still hosts the files if you know where to find them:
Kindle for PC 1.17 (links no longer active)
Kindle for Mac 1.17
Kindle For Mac 1.17
Appium Server and Inspector in Desktop GUIs for Mac, Windows, and Linux - appium/appium-desktop. Free amazon kindle for pc v1.17 download. Office Tools downloads - Amazon Kindle For PC by Amazon.com, Inc and many more programs are available for instant and free download. Kindle for PC 1.17.1 Build 44183 Released: 17th Apr 2021 (a few seconds ago) Kindle for PC 1.17.0 Build 44170 Released: 17th Apr 2021 (a few seconds ago) Kindle for PC 1.16.0 Build 44025 Released: 17th Apr 2021 (a few seconds ago).
First thing, make sure to go to Tools > Options and turn off automatic updates!
Kindle 1.17 Mac Download
Another way to get AZW files instead of KFX is to use the “Download & transfer via USB” option from the Manage Your Content and Device page at Amazon, but this only works if you have an E Ink Kindle registered to your account.
Kindle For Pc 1.17 Mac
There’s also a way to get the newer versions of Kindle for PC and Mac to download AZW files instead of KFX. It works with versions 1.19 and 1.20. See Method 2 on this post at MobileRead for detailed directions. All you have to do is copy and paste a line of code into the command/terminal window to block the program from using KFX files so it will download AZW instead.