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chilady1 · 07-07-2011, 09:43 AM

@kasch18

Ok - your timing couldn't be any better as I just did this for my hubby who has an HTC EVO and iPad2. First, you don't need to do anything related to the ASIN and EBOK. If you convert the book to mobi using Calibre, it will provide the book with an ASIN. I did a complete mobi to mobi conversion of my ENTIRE library so this identifier would be added to all my books.

1. After ensuring conversion has been done. Plug phone in and you want to get to the root directory of the phone. As you say, manually transfer the mobi file to the kindle folder on your phone.

2. On the iPad, same thing...you need to get to the root directory of the iPad. There is a great app out there called DiskAid ($9.99) that allows you to get to the root directory of the iPad. Once you have the root available via DiskAid or other program look for KindleApp\Library\ebooks folder. Drop the books into this folder. Close out of application. MAKE SURE KINDLE FOR IPHONE APP IS CLOSED BEFORE ADDING ANY BOOKS.

3. Open up Kindle for iPad app - books should be there. Read and then hit HOME upon closing out. What this does is saves the book to the furthest location. Open Kindle for Droid app on phone and go into same book, it should automatically sync - if not, hit the sync button and then it should ask you if you want to go to the furthest page read and list what that is.

This works great on hubby's phone and he LOVES this! Let us know if it works.

07-07-2011, 09:43 AM	#58
chilady1 I devour books! Posts: 789 Karma: 1285226 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad Air, Kindle 3/Kobo Aura HD, iPhone 6	@kasch18 Ok - your timing couldn't be any better as I just did this for my hubby who has an HTC EVO and iPad2. First, you don't need to do anything related to the ASIN and EBOK. If you convert the book to mobi using Calibre, it will provide the book with an ASIN. I did a complete mobi to mobi conversion of my ENTIRE library so this identifier would be added to all my books. 1. After ensuring conversion has been done. Plug phone in and you want to get to the root directory of the phone. As you say, manually transfer the mobi file to the kindle folder on your phone. 2. On the iPad, same thing...you need to get to the root directory of the iPad. There is a great app out there called DiskAid ($9.99) that allows you to get to the root directory of the iPad. Once you have the root available via DiskAid or other program look for KindleApp\Library\ebooks folder. Drop the books into this folder. Close out of application. MAKE SURE KINDLE FOR IPHONE APP IS CLOSED BEFORE ADDING ANY BOOKS. 3. Open up Kindle for iPad app - books should be there. Read and then hit HOME upon closing out. What this does is saves the book to the furthest location. Open Kindle for Droid app on phone and go into same book, it should automatically sync - if not, hit the sync button and then it should ask you if you want to go to the furthest page read and list what that is. This works great on hubby's phone and he LOVES this! Let us know if it works.