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The Quick Guide on Playing iTunes Audiobooks on Kindle

By Harper North

Updated on: August 11, 2025

iTunes audiobooks are popular for their rich content and high-quality audio, but many users find it difficult to play them directly on their Amazon Kindle devices. This is primarily due to the proprietary DRM protection used by iTunes audiobooks, which is incompatible with the Kindle's playback environment. This article will detail how to play iTunes audiobooks on your Kindle, allowing you to easily enjoy your listening experience anytime, anywhere.

Play iTunes audiobooks on Kindel devices

Part 1: Why iTunes Audiobooks Can Not Be Played on Amazon Kindle
Part 2: How to Download and Transfer iTunes Audiobooks to Kindle Devices

Part 1: Why iTunes Audiobooks Can Not Be Played on Amazon Kindle

Each series of Amazon Kindle has its own way to get the audiobooks for playback on its machine, but this excludes iTunes purchased audiobooks. iTunes identifies audiobook files versus music files by the name suffix .m4b which are restricted, that’s why you are out of luck to transfer them to Amazon Kindle devices. But if you can make your purchased iTunes audiobooks come to another format of files, you will get them to work with Amazon Kindle devices.

Exactly, with Sidify Apple Music Converter, you just need few simple steps to get rid of the protection from iTunes audiobooks and convert iTunes audiobooks like M4A, M4B, AA, AAX files to unprotected M4A or M4B with the lossless sound quality kept.

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Part 2: How to Download and Transfer iTunes Audiobooks to Kindle Devices

Now, let’s show you simple steps to convert iTunes audiobooks to plain M4A, thus you can import these converted audiobooks to your Kindle devices for playback freely.

Step 1Launch Sidify Apple Music Converter

Run Sidify Apple Music Converter, you will access the modern interface of the program.

Step 2 Add iTunes Audiobooks

Click Add icon to add audiobooks you want to downloaded to Kindle. After you select the audiobooks you want to convert, and click OK to check the files.

Tips: iTunes M4P music and Apple Music songs also can be accepted and converted to MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, or AIFF by Sidify Apple Music Converter.

Step 3 Choose the Output Format.

Click Settings button to customize the output settings including output format, output path, output quality and output file name. Here you can choose M4A or M4B as the output format.

Step 4Start Conversion

Now, just click Convert to start conversion. After a sip of coffee, the conversion is completed, and you can click History to find the converted iTunes audiobooks from specified folder.

Step 5Transfer the Converted Audiobooks to Kindle Devices

Connect your devices like Kindle Fire to your computer with the USB cable, then open the Kindle Fire folder (titled "Kindle") on your computer, and then open the Internal storage folder. And you can locate the converted iTunes audiobooks on your computer, and then drag and drop the file into the applicable folder.

Video Tutorial: How to Transfer Apple Music/iTunes Audiobooks to USB

Just feel free to enjoy iTunes audiobooks on your Kindle while reading or doing other tasks!

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Conclusion

After understanding the reasons why iTunes audiobooks cannot be played directly on Kindle, you can use Sidify Apple Music to convert iTunes audiobooks to a Kindle-compatible format and then successfully import the converted iTunes audiobooks into your Kindle device for a convenient offline listening experience.

Harper North | Staff Writer

Harper is a content writer with a profound understanding of the streaming music landscape and a specialization in music converters. She creates informative content on tools, techniques, and trends in music conversion, providing expert advice, detailed reviews, and guides.