During a meeting, a colleague asked me how to download and print a Kindle eBook (don't question it, just go with the flow). I started gushing about Calibre and, after a few minutes, my colleagues asked me to write down what I was saying because it was too much. Way too much. So that led to this presentation. I was looking for a reason to purchase a new eBook, so I nobly sacrificed my pocketbook money to buy an eBook and demonstrate this procedure.

1. Software for the eBook obsessed

2. I was in a meeting recently and a colleague asked
how to download and print a Kindle eBook. (Don’t
question it, just go with the flow.)
When I started to explain the procedure, the group
members clutched their heads in collective agony
and asked me to put it in writing. That initiative
became this presentation.
I use Windows 7 so if you are working in an
awesome Mac or Windows 8 environment, these
steps might not work for you.

3. There are three things you need to do this
procedure:
 Amazon Kindle software for your PC.
 Calibre software.
 An eBook
I’m assuming you’ve already downloaded and
installed the software. I’m looking for an excuse
to buy a new eBook, so I’ll show how you can
purchase one.

4. Be sure you have the book sent to your Kindle
for PC. Sometimes (especially if the book has
multi-media elements in it) this option won’t be
available. If it is not available, that means the
Kindlebook can only be viewed on an iOS or
Android device. Sorry. 

5. My
book!

6. It should be in the My
Kindle Content folder.
 The file name will be a
gobbeldygook
alphabet soup name.
 Look for an .azw file
and sort by date to see
when you downloaded
it.


9. Notice that in the thumbnail for the eBook
there is a Formats listing. Notice that it only has
AZW3 listed in the Format section. This is the
Amazon format.
We want it in .pdf format for printing, right?
Right!

10. Make sure the appropriate
eBook file is selected and click
Convert individually from the
sub-menu.

11. As you can see,
there are a lot of
supported formats.
I suggest selecting
the .pdf file format
because that’s
easiest to print.
Click OK and you
are good to go.

12. The new formats are now listed. Click the
Click to open option by the Path heading,
and it opens a folder where the eBook files
are stored.
There is your .pdf ready for printing!