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Originally Posted by arctic guy
I thought this will be easy - NOT!
1. I downloaded a couple of books from Kobo site and they are stored on my laptop as URLLink.acsm, I have been able to read them off line thus they must be in the computer stored in a usable format for that. What on earth do I need to do to copy these books to Sony and Kindle ereaders?
I already downloaded and started calibre but it does not even see the books in my laptop.
2. How do I best keep myself free to download to my laptop and then be able to copy to my reader and my spouses reader files from a multitude of sources?
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Are you familiar with book formats?
If not you may find the following link useful:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_formats
In short, as you've purchased from Kobo then you probably have an EPUB formatted book.
But your Kindle uses AZW formatted ebooks.
Plus, any ebook you buy is likely to have Digital Rights Management (DRM) controls on it, that attempt to prevent you from copying the book, changing the format or reading your purchase on a device of choice.
However - there are ways and means to remove DRM and the previous post has referred you to Alf, check it out.
Then, in order to read any books on your Kindle you must first change the format to AZW - or only buy books from the Amazon store front because they're AZW formatted books. You can do that in Calibre.
Yep .... you need a roadmap in order to get from A to Z if you want to read your ebooks on a device of your choice!!