Steps: Connect Kindle to your computer through USB cable. After connecting it, you will see. Download the free Kindle app for your PC, tablet or phone. To receive an app download link enter your email or phone number. You can easily download and install the latest version of the Kindle for Mac from our download page on Amazon. You can check the Kindle version number by choosing 'Kindle' from the menu of your app and then selecting 'About Kindle.' Please see our troubleshooting pages for Kindle for Mac if you have any other questions.

I want to copy a favorite quote from one of my Kindle books instead of retyping the whole thing. Is it possible to copy text from a kindle book?

While you are reading a Kindle book, there is a strong possibility that you come across a section you want to back up or share with others. To help you out, here I would like to introduce 4 methods of copying text from a Kindle book.

1. Copy Text from Kindle for PC/Mac

It's easy to copy text from a Kindle book in Kindle for PC/Mac desktop. Here are the simple steps you should take.

Step 1Download and run Kindle for PC/Mac on your computer and sign in with your Amazon Kindle account.

Step 2In the library, double-click a book cover to download the book to the computer. Once it has been downloaded, the book will be automatically opened in the Kindle for PC/Mac.

Step 3Select the text that you want to copy by clicking and dragging the cursor until the text is highlighted, and then release the click. Next, choose 'Copy' from the menu that pops up. You can also use the usual keyboard shortcut:

Windows: Ctrl+C. Mac: Command+C.

Step 4Paste the copied Kindle text elsewhere. When you paste the text, you'll see that Kindle has appended a citation to the end of your selection, including the author, book title, and page number or location.

Notice:There exists a copy limit of 10% for most Kindle books in Kindle for PC/Mac. After this copy limit, it may not allow you to copy by telling you 'your copy limit for this book has been exceeded.' In this case, I'd like to share with you the most powerful Kindle DRM Removal and Kindle Converter--Epubor Ultimate. With this tool, you can export the complete Kindle books from Kindle for PC/Mac without limitation.

Detailed Guide: How to Convert Kindle Books via Kindle for PC/Mac to TXT/PDF/EPUB/AZW3/Mobi.

2. Copy Text from Kindle Cloud Reader

Kindle Cloud Reader is a web app that allows you to read Kindle books online/offline in any compatible web browser. However, if you have ever tried to copy text from a Kindle book in Kindle Cloud Reader, you may find that there is no 'Copy' option for you to do that. What you see are only 'Highlight' and 'Note'. Yes, it is true. Kindle Cloud Reader does not allow you to copy text from a book.

Thanks to an open-source project in GitHub, we can make copying text from Kindle Cloud Reader possible.

Step 1Visit your Kindle Cloud Reader read.amazon.com and sign in with your Amazon account.

Step 2Create a new bookmark in your browser. You should be able to edit the name and URL.

Here I take my Google Chrome as an example. On the top bookmarks bar, right-click the mouse and a menu will pop up. Then choose 'Add page'.

Next. Give it a decent name (e.g. 'KCR Plaintext') and paste the following as the URL (make it all one line):

Step 3Click a book cover to open a Kindle book to read. If you find the text that you want to copy while reading, just click the bookmark which has been added in Step 2.

Then a new page 'Untitled -- about:blank' will be opened showing you the texts on that page which you were reading just now. Now you can successfully copy the text.

3. Copy Text from Kindle App for Android/iOS

Copying text from Kindle app for Android/iOS is rather easy. Open a book in the Kindle app on your Android/iOS device and find the text you want to copy. Long-tap a word to select it, and drag the set of bounding handles to highlight all the text you want to copy. Then tap 'Copy' in the toolbar that appears. All that's left is to tap and hold on the field where you want to paste the text.

4. Copy Text from Kindle Highlights

This method, I think, is a rather convenient way to copy text from a Kindle book. Actually, whenever you highlight a Kindle book in Kindle devices including Kindle app for PC/Mac/Android/iOS, Kindle E-ink device, Kindle Fire tablets, and Kindle Cloud Reader, the highlights you've created are automatically synced to your Amazon notebook where you can review and copy the texts.

Step 1Highlight texts in a Kindle book on your Kindle devices.

Step 2Go to your Amazon notebook read.amazon.com/notebook and sign in with your Amazon account.

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Step 3In the left column, all your Kindle books that have been highlighted are visible. Choose a book to check your highlight. Select the text that you want to copy.

Pro TipHow to Export Kindle Notes and Highlights.

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For those of you that use an older version of the Kindle for PC or Mac application on your computer to avoid ebooks in KFX format, Amazon has started forcing an update to the latest version even if you have automatic updates turned off.

There are a number of reports of this happening at MobileRead and it appears to affect both the PC and Mac versions of the app.

Even if you choose to ignore the update when the prompt appears, it will still update the program to version 1.30 whether you like it or not.

Some folks have tried reverting back to an earlier version multiple times just to have the forced update take over again.

I’ve also been having the same exact problem with Amazon’s Music app for PC. I don’t like the newer version since they got rid of the mini player so I keep reverting to an older version and it keeps automatically updating to the new version.

There’s a great write-up over at MobileRead that outlines all the ways to deal with Kindle for PC/Mac when it comes to ebooks in KFX format. If you own a Kindle e-reader you can still use the download option on Amazon’s website to get non-KFX ebooks, but if you rely on the Kindle app you might encounter this forced update problem.

For those of you that are confused by all of this, it all comes down to being able to remove DRM from KFX ebooks to convert them to other formats using Calibre. Removal of KFX DRM isn’t yet possible with newer versions of Kindle for PC. The last version to support it was 1.26. Some use version 1.17 to avoid KFX ebooks altogether but now that Amazon is forcing this update it’s going to cause issues for those that still use older versions of Kindle for PC/Mac.

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If anyone has a solution on how to keep the Kindle for PC/Mac app from updating, please share.

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Update: Here’s a post at MobileRead describing a way to stop the update from downloading by creating a file with the same name. This works with Kindle for PC. For Macs, see Ingo’s comment below.