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Old 08-14-2012, 02:23 AM   #21
chaley
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Originally Posted by Xyo View Post
I'm having trouble with my .mobi files.

The kindle app for android does support them, if you put them in /sdcard/kindle. However, CC tells me I don't have any compatible apps and won't give me any way to open them.

EDIT: I should point out I synced calibre to the default directory, not to the kindle folder.
See FAQ entry #13 (new entry).

Bottom line: Kindle for Android does not publish that it can open .mobi files (or any other kind of file), so Calibre Companion does not know that it exists, and it is unable pass books to it. Your choices are to use a different reader app to read mobi files (there are several) or to change CC's storage folder to the Kindle folder. If you take the latter route then you will need to open Kindle for Android yourself. K4A will automatically import any books it finds.

We recognize that storing all your books in the kindle folder is not optimal. This is one reason that we will be implementing book "format" routing, a feature that will let you select a different storage folder per book type. The feature will help when someone uses multiple reader apps.
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