How to Transfer Kindle Books to Another Account

"I have a fair amount of Kindle books purchased on the Kindle app on my phone under my parents' Amazon account. Now I'm getting a Kindle Paperwhite and I'd like to make a personal account to register it to. Would I be able to transfer the books to this new account from my parents' account? Thanks!"

If you often buy Kindle books, you must know the books that you purchase for your Kindle are locked to your Amazon account – your email address. You can transfer a Kindle to someone else any time, but you cannot transfer your books easily. If you are a regular visitor of our site, you will know we will always find a way to help you solve all kinds of ebook reading problems, of course including the methods of transferring Kindle books from one account to another.

Method 1. Amazon household Sharing

Amazon Household Sharing is a feature that allows you to share your Amazon's contents (including eBooks, audiobooks, apps, and games) with another account in your household while still maintaining your own account's security and privacy. Two adults and up to four teens and four child profiles may link in a Household.

Step 1. Visit amazon.com and log in. On the top menu, click Account & Lists.

Step 2. On the account page, scroll down, find and click on Amazon Household under the title Shopping programs and rentals.

Step 3. On the Amazon Household page, tap Add Adult.

Step 4. Invite someone to your Amazon household. Enter his/her name and email address.

Then you will be asked to share your wallet with the member, click Agree and continue.

Next, choose what you'd like to share with the member, like ebooks, audiobooks, apps/games, and then tap Continue.

At last, you will be asked to enter the name and email of the member you want to share with. Send Invite. Now your Amazon Household has been created.

Step 5. Receive the invitation to join the Amazon household in another account. 

Anyone who receives the invitation will get a notification as the below picture shows. Just click Get started to join the family library.

When another account has joined the Amazon Household, your Amazon contents will be shared with each other. In Manage Your Content and Devices page, you can see all the Kindle books shared among your family library.

Here are some important notes (drawbacks) you should know about Amazon Household Sharing:

• The member whom you invite to your Amazon household must be in the same region as you.
• Your payment info will also be shared to the member in your Amazon Household account.
• Your Amazon Household has a maximum of 10 members, 2 adults(including yourself), 4 teens (ages 13 through 17) and 4 children.

Method 2. Remove DRM from Kindle Books - The ultimate Way to Transfer Kindle Books to Another Account

Here comes the ultimate way to transfer Kindle books to another account without limitations— remove Kindle DRM.

As long as you can remove DRM from your Kindle books, you will be able to transfer your Kindle books to any other account or Kindle device/app without limitations.  After you decrypt your Kindle books, all that's left to do is to just transfer the DRM-free Kindle books to your other devices by connecting the Kindle to the computer, or open the DRM-free Kindle books with Kindle for PC/Mac desktop app without the authorization of Kindle account. What's better, you can also send the DRM-free Kindle books to your friends via email, Google Drive, Dropbox and etc. Your friends who receive your DRM-free Kindle books will be able to read them freely with their Kindle devices or Kindle apps.

Here I’ve already found the best Kindle DRM Removal for you, that is, Epubor Ultimate. With this tool, it’s very easy to remove Kindle DRM and convert Kindle books to AZW3/Mobi/ePub/PDF format. In this way, no matter how many Kindle books you want to transfer to another account, you can do it without any limits for free. Aren’t you attracted to it? Never miss out on this tool. 

Here is the detailed guide for you.

3 Methods to Remove DRM from Kindle KFX eBooks in 2020 [Video]

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Friendly Tips: If you want to transfer Amazon Kindle books to non-Kindle devices like iPad, Kobo, Remarkable, Nook, Sony, and other eReaders which don't accept Kindle format, you need to remove the DRM first then convert those ebooks to ePub format, which are suitable for other eReader devices.

How to Convert Nook Books to Kindle Formats

Barnes & Noble is one of the top four largest ebook distributors in the world along with Amazon, Google Play Books, and Kobo. 

Many users prefer to purchase ebooks from Barnes & Noble because of the lower price and many big promotion sales around the year. However, due to Barnes & Noble stop their support for the desktop reader, reading on the computer becomes more and more inconvenient. So is it possible to convert Nook books to Kindle formats in order to read Nook books on Kindle app or reader? Of Course, you can follow the below guide to convert Nook books to Kindle formats.

Step 1, request a Nook key from Epubor customer support.

Epubor software is the only workable tool on the market to help you remove Nook DRM and convert to other formats effortlessly. In order to remove Nook DRM with Epubor software, first, you need to request a nook decryption key by sending your nook account and password to Epubor customer support(support@epubor.com).

Step 2, download and install the Nook app on your computer. 

The Nook app can only be downloaded from the Microsoft Store on Windows 8 and Windows 10 computers. 

Step 3, download Nook books via the Nook app.

Run the Nook app and input your Nook account and password to log in to your nook library. Then click the book cover to download the Nook book to your computer.

Step 4, download Epubor Ultimate to your computer.

Epubor Ultimate is a powerful DRM removal and ebook converter that can help you remove DRM from Kindle/Kobo/Google Play/Nook books and convert ebooks to other formats easily. The supported output formats are epub, azw3, Mobi, txt, and pdf. 

Step 5, remove Nook DRM

Launch Epubor Ultimate, drag and drop the nook key to the key folder by going to Settings >> Tools >> Generate keys >> Open. 

Then restart Epubor Ultimate, you will notice that all of your Nook books are displayed under the Nook tab in the left sidebar. All you need to do is to add your Nook books to the right main window to remove Nook DRM.

Step 6, convert DRM free books to Kindle formats.

When the decryption complete, choose azw3/Mobi in the drop-down menu which is located at the bottom of the software, then click the convert button to start the conversion. It will say Succeeded to the right of the book title. And you will find the converted file by clicking Succeeded.

Convert DRM ePub to PDF - The Definitive Guide

It's quite troublesome when we find that we are constrained to read our purchased ebooks on one type of device because of the DRM protection. As a general rule, we should keep ownership of our purchases and also have the right to read them on any device according to our needs. However, there are lots of ePub books we purchased that are protected with DRM. 

So here I'd like to share you with a simple way to convert DRM ePub to the most common file format - PDF.

Why Do We Need to Convert DRM ePub to PDF?

1. DRM ePub books can only be opened on selected devices. We need to convert DRM ePub to PDF - the most common-used file format, in order to read ebooks freely with our favorite PDF reader.
2. We need to convert DRM ePub to PDF to back up our ebook titles so that even one day the ebook provider abandoned it we can still enjoy them permanently. I believe all of us want our purchases 100% owned by ourselves.
3. We have the necessity of printing the ebooks to paper books. To finish the goal, converting DRM ePub to PDF is a prerequisite step. 
4. PDFs are much more convenient to share with our family and friends. 

What ePub books are protected with DRM?

The ePub books purchased and downloaded from Kobo, Google Play Books, Nook, and online libraries are all protected with DRM. 

How to Convert DRM ePub to PDF?

Epubor Ultimate is not only a professional eBook DRM Removal that can remove DRM from Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and Google Play Books, but also a powerful eBook Converter that can convert ebooks to PDF, ePub, Mobi, AZW3, TXT at fast conversion speed. The following is a detailed guide on how to convert DRM ePub to PDF by using the multifunctional Epubor Ultimate. 

Now, get the tool ready first. Download and install Epubor Ultimate on your Windows or Mac computer.

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Step 1. Get your ePub books ready and download your ePub books to your computer.

Notice:  

• The DRM ePub books supported by Epubor Ultimate include the ebooks encrypted with Adobe DRM and Nook DRM. 

• For Nook-DRM-protected Nook ePub books, please follow the detailed guide on How to Remove Nook DRM (2020 Updated). The following steps will be focused on converting Adobe DRM ePub to PDF. 

Step 2. Download and Run Adobe Digital Editions, and authorize the Adobe Digital Editions with an Adobe ID, and then add your ePub books to Adobe Digital Editions to make sure you can read them with this program. 

This is a must step to ensure 100% success in converting the Adobe DRM ePub to PDF. 

Step 3. Run Epubor Ultimate to convert DRM ePub to PDF.

Just drag and drop your ePub files to the main interface of Epubor Ultimate, choose the output format as PDF format.

Pro Tips: If you have opened your ePub files with ADE previously, Epubor Ultimate will automatically detect and display them on the left side under the "Adobe" tab. So you can also just drag and drop the books from the left column to the right side. 

Notice: When we download ebooks online, it's probable for us to encounter ACSM files even if we choose ePub as the downloaded format. For converting such ACSM files, please follow this guide carefully: 

ACSM Converter Download, Convert ACSM to PDF/Epub/Mobi Free

How to Read Google Play Books on Kindle Fire Effortlessly

Compared to the Kindle e ink device, Kindle Fire is more budget-friendly. Besides this, Kindle Fire is built for entertainment. You can use it to enjoy millions of movies, TV episodes, eBooks, songs, games, and apps, and manage everything in one place. However, one shortage of Kindle Fire tablets is that the apps in the App store are very limited. So it will be hard for you to read Google Play books on Kindle Fire. 

If you are tech-savvy, you can install third-party apps, like Google Play Books app. 

If you are not tech-savvy, this guide can help you read Google Play books on Kindle Fire effortlessly.

1. Download Adobe Digital Editions to your computer and authorize it with an Adobe ID.

If you already have an Adobe ID, you can skip this step. First, you need to download Adobe Digital Editions to your computer and authorize it with an Adobe ID. 

Run Adobe Digital Editions, click menu Help > Authorize Computer with Adobe ID. If you have an Adobe ID already, you can just input your Adobe ID and password to authorize it. If you don't have one, then you need to create an Adobe ID to authorize it.

2. Download Google Play Books via ADE. 

Go to the Google Play Books store, click My books on the top-left of the webpage. Then find the ebook title you want to download, click the three dots icon on the bottom-right corner of the ebook cover. Next select Export > Export as EPUB or Export as PDF from the popup menu. 

You will get a .acsm file instead of an EPUB or PDF file. Next, you need to double click the .acsm file to start downloading the actual book via ADE. When it’s done, you can read it in Adobe Digital Editions.

3. Download and install DRM Removal – Epubor Ultimate to your computer.

4. Remove DRM from Google Play Books

Launch Epubor Ultimate, click the Adobe tab in the left panel. Then all of your Google Play books will show up under the Adobe tab.  And all you need to do is add Google Play books to the right main window to remove DRM. 

5. Convert Google Play Books to Mobi

After the decryption, select Mobi as the output format in the drop-down menu. Then click Convert to Mobi to start the conversion. 

6. Transfer Converted Files to Kindle Fire for Reading

Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer with the USB cable. Open the Kindle Fire folder on your computer, and then open the Internal storage folder. Next, drag and drop the Mobi file you want to transfer into the books folder.

Disconnect your Kindle Fire from your computer. From your Kindle Fire, tap a content library in the top navigation, and then tap the Device tab to view your Google Play books on Kindle Fire.