03-16-2012, 06:58 AM | #1 |
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Loading eBooks on the Kindle 3 with Calibre
I've promised to help a member of our seniors computer club to load eBooks from his computer onto his brand new Kindle three
His Kindle is the one with a keyboard and 3G, not a Touch I'm the bloke who sorts out members computer problems, both software and hardware, so I'm supposed to know what I'm doing With my Kobo Touch I connect to the computer then open Calibre, after a minute two new icons pop up on the Calibre toolbar One icon (Device) shows me which books I have in the eReader and I can delete books I've read, the other icon (Send to device) loads books I select onto the eReader Will this method load eBooks onto the Kindle 3 eReader or is it a little different ? |
03-16-2012, 07:31 AM | #2 |
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Calibre works fine with Kindle. The method you describe should work in the same way for all devices supported by Calibre.
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03-16-2012, 08:14 AM | #3 |
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Using Calibre just to copy books is overkill, since the Kindle 3 will show up as an USB drive if you connect it to the computer. Simply copy the books to the Kindle documents folder with the explorer.
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Most of the eBooks the club member has available are ePub, I need to show him how to convert them to mobi using Calibre, the club member is elderly so small steps In a couple of weeks I'll show him how to download eBooks from Amazon using 3G After you've all explained to me how to do it |
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Loading eBooks on the Kindle 3 with Calibre
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03-18-2012, 02:35 PM | #11 |
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You don't have to use Calibre to send books to the Kindle, though. If they are already in a format that the Kindle can read. I never use Calibre to send books to my Kindle, only for the occasional conversion. Just drag and drop books into the "documents" folder of the Kindle.
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