When you find it, open its App Store page by clicking on it.

The first time you fire up the Kindle app on your Mac, youll see aRegister Kindlewindow.

Havent gotten any Kindle books yet?

A woman uses a MacBook on a table

Well go over how to download and start reading your ebooks in the next section.

How to Read Kindle Books on a Mac

ebooks arrive in your Kindle library via cloud syncing.

Once a Kindle ebook is in your Kindle app library, you must download it to read it.

The Kindle Mac app page in the Mac App Store

To download an ebook in the Kindle for Mac app, just double-hit it.

A progress bar will appear, but not for long: ebooks download quickly.

They will also appear in theDownloadedsection of the Library list.

Apple ID sign in prompt on the Mac App Store

To read an ebook on Kindle for Mac, double-tap on it to open it.

From here, hit whichever chapter or header you want to start reading from.

Want to hear your ebook read out loud?

Kindle app in Applications folder on a MacBook Pro

HitCmd + Tagain orTools > Stop Text-to-Speechto stop it.

Bookmarks let you save where you are, or save pages you may frequently visit again, like maps.

To navigate back to a bookmark, press it within the Notebook Bookmark list.

Register Kindle screen and Amazon sign in in Kindle app for Mac

you’ve got the option to only highlight word by word.

Just clickSavewhen youre done typing in the text window that appears.

you could export all your notes and highlights by hitting theExportbutton in Notebook.

Kindle for Mac main Library view with some ebooks downloaded to it

Need to delete some highlights or notes in your ebook?

hit thethree doticon to the right of their entries in the Notebook, and selectDelete noteorDelete highlight.

you could also create flashcards out of your notes and highlights by hitting the+ Flashcardsbutton in the Notebook.

The Reading view of the Kindle for Mac app

it’s possible for you to hit theShow Notebookbutton to bring the Notebook back at any time.

Table of Contents of an ebook open on Kindle for Mac

Kindle app search function being used on ebook

Start Text-to-Speech menu option selected in Kindle for Mac app

Remove From Device selected from ebook right click menu on Kindle for Mac

The menu for changing font, font size, and more on Kindle for Mac

Notebook open on Kindle for Mac

Add note text window in Kindle for Mac

Adding note to a highlight in Notebook on Kindle for Mac

Export Notes initial window in Kindle for Mac

Delete note and Delete highlight options in Kindle for Mac Notebook

Kindle for Mac app flashcards being used