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rachel.osolen [Extract Images from Kindle Files]
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 ====== Extract Images from Kindle Files ====== ====== Extract Images from Kindle Files ======
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 +The accessible e-text version of a book needs to include the original ebook's images. To preserve the original image quality, we need to first extract the images from the original ebook and then insert them into the Word document.
  
 When you have a file that ends with ''.azw'' or ''.azw3'' it is a Kindle file.  To extract the images you will first have to convert the file to an EPUB. When you have a file that ends with ''.azw'' or ''.azw3'' it is a Kindle file.  To extract the images you will first have to convert the file to an EPUB.
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   - [[https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/dedrm-tools-6-5-5-released/|Download]] and [[https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/calibre-plugins-the-simplest-option-for-removing-most-ebook-drm/|install]] the De-DRM plugin-in for Calibre   - [[https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/dedrm-tools-6-5-5-released/|Download]] and [[https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/calibre-plugins-the-simplest-option-for-removing-most-ebook-drm/|install]] the De-DRM plugin-in for Calibre
   - Open Calibre   - Open Calibre
-  - Select ''Add books''. You'll need to locate the Kindle file on your computer.  +  - Select ''Add books''. You'll need to locate the Kindle file on your computer. {{:public:nnels:etext:screen_shot_2019-08-28_at_1.51.35_pm.png?200|}}
   - Once the book is in Calibre, select ''Convert books''   - Once the book is in Calibre, select ''Convert books''
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   - Check that the input format states ''AZW3''   - Check that the input format states ''AZW3''
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   - Select ''EPUB'' as the output format   - Select ''EPUB'' as the output format
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   - Click ''OK''   - Click ''OK''
   - Once the conversion job is complete, you can access the files by highlighting the book in Calibre, right-clicking and selecting ''Open containing folder''   - Once the conversion job is complete, you can access the files by highlighting the book in Calibre, right-clicking and selecting ''Open containing folder''
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   - You should see an AZW file, a EPUB file, and a metadata file in the folder   - You should see an AZW file, a EPUB file, and a metadata file in the folder
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   - Now you can extract the images from the [[public:nnels:etext:extract-images|EPUB]].   - Now you can extract the images from the [[public:nnels:etext:extract-images|EPUB]].
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 +Here is a [[https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cqjuF3tr2t|video tutorial]] on how to use Calibre to convert Kindle to EPUB.
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