how to DOWNLOAD YOUR KINDLE books (& NetGalley books!) and put them on your KOBO in 2025

If you missed the February deadline, there is still a way to download your Kindle books! In this video I'll show you how, and how you can move your NetGalley books over to Kobo!

✨ technical steps ✨

1. Download Calibre: https://calibre-ebook.com/
2. Download deDRM plugin: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/...
3. Install the deDRM plugin in Calibre (Preferences - Plugins - Load Plugin from File).
4. You'll need your Kindle device serial number, you can find it on Amazon under Account - Devices - Kindle - click on your device - copy the serial number.
5. Go to Preferences - Plugins - File Type - deDRM - Kindle eink ebooks - paste the serial number in.
6. You'll need to get these plugins from Calibre (Preferences - Plugins - Get New Plugins):
Kobo touch extended
Kepub metadata reader
Kepub metadata writer
Kepub input
Kepub output

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✨ timestamps ✨
00:00 - moving Kindle & NetGalley books over
02:10 - a few things to note
03:50 - technical things
05:00 - pre-steps
07:30 - transfering books
09:00 - changing format & more transfers
11:00 - moving over to Kobo

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