While I wait the arrival of my new Kindle

mollie38 · 02-12-2011, 01:56 PM

Hi

I am patiently awaiting the arrival of my new Kindle. I have the Sony prs505 at the moment I know that takes the epub format what will the kindle be, also I want to try and convert the rest of my books that I haven't read ready to use on the Kindle is it a complicated job. I have Calibre but it is not the latest version, so would like to know what I have to convert them to

Thanks

GoSharks · 02-12-2011, 02:15 PM

Welcome! We are unable to provide direct links on this topic, but just google 'Apprentice Alf's' blog and search on plug-ins for Calibre and follow the directions (I believe the latest tools version is v3.4). It is very straight forward. Once you have installed the proper plug-in, you have Calibre convert to the MOBI output.
Good Luck!

DMSmillie · 02-12-2011, 02:46 PM

Hi Mollie. If your EPUB books are DRM free, you can just go ahead and use Calibre to convert them to MOBI format to read on your Kindle. If any of them are encrypted with DRM, though, you'd need to remove the DRM first before you can convert them, and that's where GoSharks' advice comes in.

Good luck!

mollie38 · 02-12-2011, 04:17 PM

Thanks will have a go now and try converting them any problems I will be back

02-12-2011, 01:56 PM	#1
mollie38 Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: England Device: sony prs505 Kindle 3gwifi	While I wait the arrival of my new Kindle Hi I am patiently awaiting the arrival of my new Kindle. I have the Sony prs505 at the moment I know that takes the epub format what will the kindle be, also I want to try and convert the rest of my books that I haven't read ready to use on the Kindle is it a complicated job. I have Calibre but it is not the latest version, so would like to know what I have to convert them to Thanks

02-12-2011, 02:46 PM	#3
DMSmillie Enquiring Mind Posts: 562 Karma: 42350 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: London, UK Device: Kindle 3 (WiFi)	Hi Mollie. If your EPUB books are DRM free, you can just go ahead and use Calibre to convert them to MOBI format to read on your Kindle. If any of them are encrypted with DRM, though, you'd need to remove the DRM first before you can convert them, and that's where GoSharks' advice comes in. Good luck! Last edited by DMSmillie; 02-12-2011 at 04:37 PM. Reason: correcting position of apostrophe :)

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02-12-2011, 02:15 PM	#2
GoSharks SQUIRREL!! Posts: 1,636 Karma: 8400000 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: California Device: K-Fire, PW2, PW3	Welcome! We are unable to provide direct links on this topic, but just google 'Apprentice Alf's' blog and search on plug-ins for Calibre and follow the directions (I believe the latest tools version is v3.4). It is very straight forward. Once you have installed the proper plug-in, you have Calibre convert to the MOBI output. Good Luck!

02-12-2011, 04:17 PM	#4
mollie38 Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: England Device: sony prs505 Kindle 3gwifi	Thanks will have a go now and try converting them any problems I will be back

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