How to Back Up Amazon Kindle E-Books

If you own a Kindle and accidentally delete an e-book that you purchased from Amazon.com, you can download the book again by using the Kindle's "archive" feature. Thus, it's not necessary to back up your book collection to guard against loss. With the archive feature, you can reload your purchased e-books one at a time from the Kindle store. Unfortunately, this is not very convenient and may take some time. Backing up your Kindle and restoring all of your e-books at once when needed is a better strategy.

Things You'll Need

• Kindle USB cable

Instructions

1. Connect the Kindle to your computer using the USB cable provided with the device.

2. Click "Open Folder to View Files" in the pop-up menu.

3. Click the "Documents" folder. Drag and drop the folder to your Windows desktop or any location on your computer's hard drive to copy its contents.

4. Close the Kindle folder when Windows finishes copying the files. Eject the Kindle from your computer.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also open the Kindle's documents folder if you only want backups of certain e-books. The file names correspond to the book titles.

References

• Amazon.com: Your Kindle Library Content