

The AZW files are the books you have bought from Amazon, but you'll likely have about four files for each of the books you have read on your Kindle.
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If you plug your Kindle into a PC and explore this folder, you'll find all of your books there, plus dozens of tiny files with unusual extensions. This is where the e-reader looks for all books and metadata. OK, sob story aside if you find yourself in the same situation with a dead Kindle housing your entire literary life, including bookmarks, annotations and more, the process to get these from one Kindle to the next is surprisingly simple.īoth Kindles will have a "Documents" folder. I very nearly choose a Kobo Touch instead, but, after some thought, I went with the non-touch Kindle 4. After examining my options online, I decided there was no way to repair it cheaply, and that I'd bite the bullet and buy a new one. I get to play with all manner of awesome gadgets, but my Kindle was one of the few tech toys I really loved. Seriously, I was crushed - no pun intended. The screen was ruined, with half of it unable to refresh, leaving a burnt in image, like an E Ink etching. I knew it was over before I shone the light from my mobile phone across the Kindle to inspect the damage.

So, I let the dog out, stumbled back through the dark and heard a heartbreaking sound as I reached the bed a faint crack as I pressed my foot down on the screen of my Kindle. Goodnight, sweet prince.(Credit: Joe Hanlon/CNET) Happily, it was just my dog, scratching at the door to be let out for number ones. It was a dark and stormy night when I was awoken by a scratching, as though the corpse I had recently buried in my basement had come back to life and was clawing its way free. No, I'm not talking about getting ripped off by Diablo 3 scammers - this was much worse.
