The first two contain your audiobooks and MP3s, the third, 'documents', holds pretty much everything else, including downloaded books, text files, PDFs and screen grabs. It consists of three key folders called audible, music and documents. Kindle's filing system isn't particularly tidy.

As the icons on each end suggest, this is a regular USB cable, which once detached from the plug can be used to connect your Kindle to a Mac or PC.Ĭonnected this way, its internal storage mounts as an external drive, appearing as 'Kindle' on a Mac's Finder sidebar, and assigned a drive letter when hooked up to a Windows PC. Your Kindle's charging cable is key to backing it up. Here we'll show you how to save yourself the hassle of resurrecting your digital library by backing up your purchases to your computer, explain what digital rights measures Amazon has in place, and reveal how even those without a wireless network can save money by buying a Wi-Fi-only Kindle. The process is free, but it can be time-consuming. The trouble is, if anything catastrophic should happen, you'd be forced to download them all again - unless you have a backup. Amazon's Whispernet service does a very good job of delivering books directly to any registered Kindle.