How to find ASINs in Kindle ebooks

[[deleted user]]

I wasn't sure where to put this, so move as needed.

It was suggested that a new thread be started to help people find ASINs without using Amazon's site.

Kindle books have their ASIN in their file name, formatted as ASIN_EBOK.azw. The easiest way to get this is with Kindle for... apps. I will post instructions for Kindle for PC because that is what I use.

If you have whispersync turned on, K4PC will sync your archive. This can take a few minutes after you start K4PC the first time.

(If you don't have whispersync turned on in your account, you'll have to go the the Amazon "Manage My Kindle" page and "deliver to my..." to K4PC for that book.)

Once the books show up in your archive, double click the archive book to download it. Then, go to "My Documents" > "My Kindle Content" in Windows explorer. There you'll find the file and can get the ASIN from the name.

If someone can post instructions on where the files are located on Kindle for Mac or other Kindle apps, please do so.

[[deleted user]]

A tip if you already have a bunch of books in K4PC - you can remove it from your downloaded library, then re-add it from the archive. This will re-download the book so you can find it by looking at the most recent file timestamp on the list in Explorer.