11-07-2011, 07:42 PM | #1 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 93
Karma: 14
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Illinois - USA
Device: none
|
Will I be able to download my own books on the Fire?
Or will I have to buy only Amazon books? I currently have a Kindle 1 (I know..old) and have pre-ordered a Fire. I have always purchased pdf books & converted them to .awz files and put them on my Kindle. Will I still be able to do this with the Fire?
|
11-07-2011, 07:58 PM | #2 |
Fat Guy
Posts: 408
Karma: 24165
Join Date: Jun 2010
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
Yes. Get Calibre. It'll make your life much, much easier.
|
Advert | |
|
11-08-2011, 08:07 AM | #3 |
Connoisseur
Posts: 93
Karma: 14
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Illinois - USA
Device: none
|
Thanks for the reply. I have both Calibre and Stanza. I have used both and have converted lots of books. It is just so darned easy on the Kindle 1 and I was worried that I either wouldn't be able to do it or it would be really hard. Guess I will just have to figure it out when I get it in a couple of weeks. I am a little nervous about being too dumb to use it. I keep telling myself that I have an iphone so surely I can figure out the fire.
|
11-08-2011, 01:43 PM | #4 |
Kindler of the Flame
Posts: 582
Karma: 646016
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: US of A
Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus
|
Not one device that I know of (at least the ones that I have) prevents you from sideloading your own ebooks. iPad initially made it difficult but then updated iTunes and now it's easy. Kindle never prevented sideloading; it even provided more than one way to get your ebook on the Kindle (USB, email to the Kindle, download from the browser). From what I've read, Kindle Fire will not only allow sideloading of books and other content (music, movies), you will also be able to sideload Android apps without rooting:
"Yes, you can sideload Android apps using a USB cable and mass storage." Also, "Amazon isn't doing anything special to prevent techies from "rooting" and rewriting the software on its powerful yet inexpensive new tablet, Jon Jenkins, director of Amazon's Silk browser project said." If Amazon is not preventing rooting, a fortiori, they won't prevent sideloading of content. Last edited by osnova; 11-08-2011 at 01:51 PM. |
11-09-2011, 10:09 PM | #5 |
Member
Posts: 12
Karma: 10
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: New England
Device: sony ebook touch
|
OK, I'm a newbie. I have Calibre but never figured out how to use it. So I have a baby question. I currently have a Sony e-reader but am considering a Kindle of some sort, probably the Fire. Does all of the above mean that I can put the books I already own onto the Kindle? Without conversion?
|
Advert | |
|
11-09-2011, 10:16 PM | #6 | |
Groupie
Posts: 199
Karma: 24918
Join Date: May 2009
Device: PRS-505,nook,Nook Color,Android
|
Quote:
Scratch that. You could install Aldiko and read using that application, but it won't be the integrated Amazon experience with anything but Amazon books or books you convert to the Amazon format. |
|
11-09-2011, 10:35 PM | #7 | |
Treasure Seeker
Posts: 18,708
Karma: 26026435
Join Date: Mar 2010
Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices
|
Quote:
A normal eInk Kindle wont read epubs and you will need to convert them to mobi for them to work but the Kindle Fire is a Android tablet so it will work if Amazon allows those apps. |
|
11-13-2011, 10:39 AM | #8 | ||
Member
Posts: 12
Karma: 10
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: New England
Device: sony ebook touch
|
Quote:
Quote:
|
||
11-13-2011, 11:18 AM | #9 |
Fat Guy
Posts: 408
Karma: 24165
Join Date: Jun 2010
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
Calibre is everything you need to manipulate or convert any ebook format to any other, start to finish. It'll even do it on the fly if, say, you try to send an epub to a kindle device.
|
11-13-2011, 11:29 AM | #10 |
Zealot
Posts: 107
Karma: 11204
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Canada
Device: Sony 700, Kindle 3Wi-Fi, Skytex Primer 7", Kindle Fire
|
Clerky96:
I use Aldiko for my epubs (which your Sony books are). And if you can, try to put a little time into learning a bit about "Calibre" - I know it's scary at first, but if you keep it a separate library, you won't accidentally scrap any of your own books when you're starting off. Hi Blossom: Does Mantano do a good job with "Collections" (for lack of a better name)? This is the main reason I love Aldiko ... Especially if you have a lot of books and can't find anything with the (pretty, but kind of useless) "shelf" feature. If it does, I'll give it a try ... |
11-13-2011, 12:22 PM | #11 | |
Wizard
Posts: 2,426
Karma: 6561538
Join Date: Nov 2007
Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014
|
Calibre conversions?
Quote:
I do know I can copy any parts of books I can read on my PC and paste them into Word. From Word I can send them to my Kindle to a special email address where they are automatically converted to Kindle format for my own personal use. I've only done this for Bible reference material for use in Bible Studies at my Church. It would be nice if all the eBook publishers used a standard, protected format so we could read them on any brand of eReader. Then we could buy eBooks anywhere no matter what eReaders we own and interchange the eReaders as we feel. When we buy a pBook, the publisher and author receive their fees. When we buy an eBook they also receive their fees. We should have a license to read an eBook anywhere once we pay those fees. Right now my wife uses the Sony reader and I use the Amazon Kindle. If we want to read the same book, I have to buy TWO copies. That does not seem equitable to me. To fix that, she will have to start using an Amazon Kindle as well. Since Amazon has the best eReaders around, in my opinion the present arrangement will result in Amazon eventually getting a monopoly on ALL eBooks published and will end all it's competition in eReaders and eBooks. Last edited by sirmaru; 11-13-2011 at 12:31 PM. |
|
11-13-2011, 12:27 PM | #12 |
Member
Posts: 12
Karma: 10
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: New England
Device: sony ebook touch
|
Understood. I just have to figure out how to do it! If anyone can link me to a step by step tutorial (Calibre for Dummies?), I'd be eternally grateful!
|
11-13-2011, 12:48 PM | #13 | |
Treasure Seeker
Posts: 18,708
Karma: 26026435
Join Date: Mar 2010
Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices
|
Quote:
|
|
11-13-2011, 02:19 PM | #14 |
Fat Guy
Posts: 408
Karma: 24165
Join Date: Jun 2010
Device: Kindle Voyage
|
You can. DRM Removal discussion isn't allowed here on Mobile Read, but google 'apprentice alf' and you'll find what you need.
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Jeff Bezos on Kindle Fire presentation : Physical books vs. Kindle Books sold | Kris777 | General Discussions | 1 | 09-30-2011 01:15 AM |
Can't download books | NancyKR | Sony Reader | 2 | 11-30-2010 12:30 AM |
Desert island books and need for fire.. | AprilHare | Lounge | 14 | 10-09-2009 10:02 AM |
Sony and google books, anyway to bulk download all free books? | Student1 | Calibre | 18 | 05-28-2009 09:29 PM |
Could DC Library fire serve as a wake-up call for e-books? | Steven Lyle Jordan | Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) | 12 | 05-06-2007 08:19 AM |