How Do You Convert AZW3 to PDF?
You convert AZW3 to PDF by adding the Kindle file to QuickCatPDF's AZW3 to PDF converter, choosing a page size, and clicking Convert to PDF. Books without DRM come back as a PDF with selectable text, pictures, chapter bookmarks, a cover page and page numbers.
The converter also takes older AZW files. It's free, with no sign-up and no watermark.
How to Convert an AZW3 File to PDF With QuickCatPDF
Converting a Kindle file takes four steps.
- Click Select AZW3 files or drop your books on the page (up to 10 files).
- Choose the Page size and Text size, and whether to include the cover and page numbers.
- For several books, choose Separate PDFs or One combined PDF.
- Click Convert to PDF and download the PDF, or click Save as PDF on this device to print it from your browser without uploading.
Which Kindle Files Can Be Converted?
AZW3 and AZW files without DRM convert. That includes books you wrote and exported yourself, free books distributed without DRM, documents you sent to your own Kindle as files, and books from publishers that sell without DRM.
Books bought from the Kindle store are almost always protected with DRM, which locks them to your account. Those can't be converted, and the tool tells you a file is protected instead of producing an empty PDF. Newer KFX files aren't supported either.
To get a DRM-free copy of a book you bought, check whether the publisher or the store offers a DRM-free download; some publishers do. For your own writing, export an EPUB or a DOCX from your writing software and convert that with EPUB to PDF or Word to PDF.
Why Use QuickCatPDF for Kindle Books?
QuickCatPDF reads the Kindle format's own structure, so the PDF follows the book's chapters rather than the screens of a reading app. In our test, a small Kindle sample with two chapters and two subchapters converted into a 3-page A5 PDF with every chapter and subchapter heading kept and the text selectable.
Your file is sent over HTTPS, converted in a sandboxed service with no internet access, and deleted right after conversion. Nothing is kept for more than 1 hour.
How Is AZW3 Different From MOBI?
AZW3 (also called KF8) is the newer Kindle format. It supports stylesheets, embedded fonts and better layout, while MOBI is the older, simpler format. Both are read by the same converter, and each has its own page; older files ending in .mobi or .prc convert on MOBI to PDF.
Frequently asked questions
Is AZW3 to PDF free?
Yes, free with no sign-up and no watermark, with a fair-use limit of 60 files an hour.
Can I convert AZW files as well?
Yes, AZW files without DRM convert the same way as AZW3. Add them with the same button.
Do you remove DRM?
No, we don't remove DRM and the tool can't convert protected books. Only books without DRM can be converted.
Can I convert without uploading the book?
Yes, add one book and click Save as PDF on this device. The book is laid out in your browser and you save it from the print window.
Will the PDF look like the book on my Kindle?
The text, headings, pictures and styles are kept, but pages differ, because a Kindle reflows text to its screen. The PDF has fixed pages in the size you choose.
What about other e-book formats?
Every supported format, from EPUB to FB2 and DjVu, converts on the eBook to PDF page. To make an AZW3 Kindle book from a PDF, use PDF to AZW3.
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