Thread: Not yet a beginner questions for Nexus 7
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Old 12-06-2013, 01:43 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by AlexBell View Post
I don't even have a Nexus 7 yet, but I expect to get one in 19 days and would like to get ready.

I expect to be using ebooks and music (mp3 files) that I already have, rather than buy from Google Play, but wonder how I can side load them, and whether what app I use to read or hear them.

On an iPad2 if I want to see how one of the ebooks I have designed looks in iPad, Bluefire, and Marvin I have to load the ebook three times, once through each app. So far as I know once it's in the iBooks 'folder' there is no way to get to that ebook with one of the other apps without loading it through that app - in which case I have three copies of the same ebook on my iPad2.

Is it the same with a Nexus 7? If I want to check how an ebook looks on the Sony Android reader and with Moon+ and with the native Google ereader, and so on, will I have to load them through each individual reader? Or is there a way of loading an ebook into one 'folder' and then accessing that one ebook with any of the ereader apps I have on the Nexus?

Will I be able to set up folders myself on the Nexus? If so, how do I do that?

How does one side load ones own ebooks to a Nexus anyway?

Thanks in advance for any advice, or pointers to where I can get the information. I'll probably have more questions still, so thanks in advance for your patience.
this is the beauty of Android.
You can set your own folder for e-books, and access it from any reader of your choice. No need to upload ebooks repeatedly for each app.

To sideload your ebooks, you can do it in several ways:
  1. Connect your Nexus to computer via cable. It will appear as folder in your computer and you create a new folder in Nexus and do the usual copy and paste for your ebooks.
  2. If you use Calibre, you can use Calibre Companion app and connect your Nexus to PC wirelessly via WiFi.
  3. This is my favourite: Use dropsync app for android. It will sync a specific folder in your Dropbox (PC) with one specific folder in your Nexus.
My setting is to create a folder in my android tablet named 'ebooks', and to create a subfolder in my Dropbox folder in PC, named 'ebooks-sync'. When I want to upload books to my tablet(s), I just use Calibre's 'connect to folder' facility, and choose 'ebooks-sync' folder. All books that I sync to this folder will automatically be synced to all my android tablet. No need to upload same books for each tablet.
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