Lastly, if you're planning on selling your old Kindle or passing it on to someone else, you need to deregister it so it's no longer connected to your Amazon account. The email address is pre-determined, but if you'd like to modify it, go to /myk, select your new Kindle, and edit the email address on file to something more memorable. Every Kindle has one that you can use to send the device ebooks and other documents. The next thing you should do is modify your new Kindle's unique email address. On this page, you can select the Devices tab and pick the newest Kindle as your default device. You can also do this through the Amazon mobile app by tapping the profile icon at the bottom edge of the screen, going to Your Account, and selecting 'Manage content and devices' under the 'Account settings' section.

Tap Kindle to pull up all existing Kindles linked to your account and select the newest one.

Go to Content & Devices and select the Devices tab.

It will take a while for the transferred books to be appropriately processed for easier searching, so make sure you charge your new Kindle after transferring ebooks. Once the transfer is done, you should be able to see new ebooks in your newer Kindle.

Confirm any file conversions needed to finalize the process.

Choose 'Send to device,' then 'Send to main memory.'.

Once all duplicates have been removed, sort the list according to what's already On Device and highlight books that aren't marked as such.

If there are, delete the copy that isn't marked as On Device so you don't transfer a duplicate copy.

Go through the list and make sure there aren't any duplicate ebooks.

To transfer new books into the device, do these steps:

Any book that's already on the new Kindle should have a green checkmark next to it. Safely eject your old Kindle then plug in your new one.Ĭalibre's library list should re-populate and reflect the new Kindle's contents.Highlight all the books you'd like to transfer, right-click on the selection, and choose 'Add to library.' This will create a copy of any ebook in a transferable format onto Calibre's library, which is saved on your computer.Tap the On Device column header to arrange the list according to what's saved on the old Kindle.Calibre should automatically detect which ebooks are on the device and display them in a list.

Kindle transfer books between accounts