MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Transfer Amazon DRM books from Calibre to Kindle App on iPad

MaverickRK · 09-01-2019, 04:34 PM

I was able to get a MOBI file sent across to my iPad using Calibre by doing a conversion to MOBI, and then when doing Send to Device (with the iPad through Calibre Companion as the current device), I chose "Send specific format to", and then double clicked on the MOBI choice. When I tried to read that from Calibre Companion on the iPad, I get two choices for Kindle. One is just the Kindle App, and the other is Copy to Kindle. The first one gives me that wrong format error. But the Copy to Kindle option works.

The only problem I have found is that for books with images, like my "Mastering the Nikon D810", it removes all the beautiful color images. I have tried other formats and gotten the same thing.

So at this point, the best thing I can do is use that technique for all my other books, but first download any books with images to my iPad from my old Amazon account before I lose control of it, and just hopefully never have to delete it. Not sure if it will come across if I buy a new iPad and do some kind of copy over.

Anyone else have any ideas about the books with images? And thank you all for your help and these solutions. Removing the DRM using DeDRM and using Calibre Companion worked for all the other kinds of books.

Thanks.

09-01-2019, 04:34 PM	#25
MaverickRK Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: Kindle App on iPad	I was able to get a MOBI file sent across to my iPad using Calibre by doing a conversion to MOBI, and then when doing Send to Device (with the iPad through Calibre Companion as the current device), I chose "Send specific format to", and then double clicked on the MOBI choice. When I tried to read that from Calibre Companion on the iPad, I get two choices for Kindle. One is just the Kindle App, and the other is Copy to Kindle. The first one gives me that wrong format error. But the Copy to Kindle option works. The only problem I have found is that for books with images, like my "Mastering the Nikon D810", it removes all the beautiful color images. I have tried other formats and gotten the same thing. So at this point, the best thing I can do is use that technique for all my other books, but first download any books with images to my iPad from my old Amazon account before I lose control of it, and just hopefully never have to delete it. Not sure if it will come across if I buy a new iPad and do some kind of copy over. Anyone else have any ideas about the books with images? And thank you all for your help and these solutions. Removing the DRM using DeDRM and using Calibre Companion worked for all the other kinds of books. Thanks.