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Available for Windows and Macs, it can reformat almost any kind of ebook for most ebook readers, although cracking the copy protection on books purchased from Amazon or certain other stores is forbidden.

#CALIBRE PDF TO EPUB BEST SETTINGS SOFTWARE#
The key is a free piece of software called Calibre (Opens in a new window). epub files to Mobi files for the Kindle to read. EPUB FormatĮPUB is a common ebook format around the web, but the Kindle can't read it natively. The graphics will still be in there as well, but you'll lose the layout of the original PDF. Send it to your Kindle email address and your PDF will be converted into a Mobi file, where you can control the font size and formatting. Your other option is to attach the PDF file to an email, and make the subject line "convert"-just that word.
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If you're okay with this kind of formatting, you can also drag and drop the file onto your Kindle if you attach the device to your PC with a USB cable. That will maintain the formatting and graphics, but the font size may be too small to read. pdf file to your Kindle's address without a subject line. If you want your Kindle to display every page in the PDF as if it were a graphic, just email the. PDF FormatĪmazon can automatically convert PDFs into the Kindle format, but you get two formatting choices. You can also drag and drop the file onto your Kindle if you attach the device to your PC with a USB cable. Attach the file to an email, send it to your Kindle's email address (with any subject, and nothing in the body of the email), and it should appear on your Kindle shortly. While Amazon no longer (Opens in a new window) supports the Mobi format for new and updated reflowable (Opens in a new window) (aka, where you can customize fonts, etc.) ebooks in the Mobi format, existing ebooks in the Mobi format are still readable by the Kindle.
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Now you know how to email an e-book to your Kindle, the next step is to figure out your e-book's format, which will determine how best to send it. *Deals are selected by our partner, TechBargains (Opens in a new window) Choose Your E-Book Format Remember, your Kindle needs to be attached to a Wi-Fi or 3G network for this to work. To use a different email, click Add a new approved e-mail address and enter the address you want to use. If that's the email address you'll be using to send e-books to your Kindle, you're all set. The email attached to your Amazon account should be listed here. Click the down arrow on the right and scroll to Approved Personal Document E-mail List. (It's set to a default address, but you can change it by clicking Edit.)īack up top, click the Preferences tab and scroll down to Personal Document Settings. On the next page, you'll see a Device Summary that lists your email address. In the list below, find the relevant Kindle device and click it. Make sure the Devices tab up top is selected. The easiest way to put books on your Kindle is to do it via email.To get your Kindle's email address, go to /myk (Opens in a new window)using your PC's web browser (or Account > Your devices and content > Manage devices).


Using a bit of free software, you can take ebooks in the EPUB, Mobi, and PDF formats and zap them over to your Kindle lickety-split.
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If you have a Fire tablet or a smartphone, you can download other e-reading apps to beef up your library, but with the E Ink Kindles (including the Paperwhite (Opens in a new window) and Oasis (Opens in a new window))you're pretty much tied to getting your content directly from Amazon.
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No more messing around with collections and plugboards to rename my books to get the proper series order etc.The Amazon Kindle is a great ebook reader, but it's tightly tied to Amazon's ecosystem.

The Kobo actually uses the series column in Calibre and with some plugin magic, my tags in Calibre work as collections on my Kobo. I switched to a Kobo Libra 2 during a sale in July and haven’t regretted a thing. Honestly, I read a lot of books that are in a series and was tried of trying to mess around with plugboards and collections while side loading to keep my covers (I don’t need/use sync). But if you reconnect to USB with Calibre open, the covers will come back.īottom line, if you want to keep using send-to-kindle via email to be able to sync across devices, covers will likely never work again (presumably by design to force you to buy from Amazon store). Side loading via USB with the wrong ASIN will cause Amazon to overwrite the cover with generic text. Side loading via USB will keep covers if you have the matching ASIN in the book meta data. So sending via email will result in no covers.
