Emailing Large ebooks to Kindle

raptor13 · 11-05-2013, 03:10 PM

Hello

i am trying to email a large ebook (approx. 50MB) to my Kindle Paperwhite from Calibre. Smaller books seem to transfer via email fine. Was wondering if this were due to the email size limitation in Gmail and if so, is there a way to work around this short of doing a usb cable transfer.

Thanks.

AnotherCat · 11-05-2013, 04:01 PM

GMail's maximum attachment size is currently, I believe, 25MB.

I think the only solution is to use a cloud based method (outside of Calibre I would think, but I have no experience with Calibre and the cloud). Given you are using GMail, among those is if you compose an email from the GMail webpage for your Gmail account it gives the option for attachments to be made from Drive up to a limit of, I believe, 25GB or the size of one's account whichever is the lesser.

However, how you get to that from a Kindle I have no idea, but it would seem to me that as long as the cable is long enough to go between the PC and wherever the Kindle is then that would seem by far the easiest to me.

AnemicOak · 11-05-2013, 04:05 PM

Probably have to use one of the desktop or browser options instead...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle

poohbear_nc · 11-05-2013, 07:01 PM

The sendtoKindle for desktop or browser has a 50 MB size limit as well

AnotherCat · 11-05-2013, 07:50 PM

I have never had anything whatsoever to do with Kindles, so am just asking. Can I infer from the responses that one cannot just drag and drop books directly into the Kindle's memory within Windows Explorer?

AnemicOak · 11-05-2013, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnotherCat

I have never had anything whatsoever to do with Kindles, so am just asking. Can I infer from the responses that one cannot just drag and drop books directly into the Kindle's memory within Windows Explorer?

Yes you can, but the OP asked for alternates to a USB connection.

theducks · 11-05-2013, 07:59 PM

WiFi Kindles have an 'Experimental Browser'.
It will work with the Content server.
All you need is Local (LAN) WiFi

raptor13 · 11-06-2013, 12:09 AM

Thanks for the replies. Most of my books are very small and this is not normally an issue but i recently purchased the Mother Earth News Archive (1970-2012) in mobi format and some of the years are over 50MB as one file. Sounds like USB or the content server may be my best bet for now. Alternatively, as one poster alluded to, you can copy the mobi file to the My Kindle Content folder under My Documents to add to the Kindle. The link for doing this is here

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13169/

For some reason, it doesn't appear that Kindle for PC will let you just drag and drop the mobi file directly to the program. Thanks again for the suggestions.

11-05-2013, 03:10 PM	#1
raptor13 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Emailing Large ebooks to Kindle Hello i am trying to email a large ebook (approx. 50MB) to my Kindle Paperwhite from Calibre. Smaller books seem to transfer via email fine. Was wondering if this were due to the email size limitation in Gmail and if so, is there a way to work around this short of doing a usb cable transfer. Thanks.

11-05-2013, 04:01 PM	#2
AnotherCat .... Posts: 1,547 Karma: 18068960 Join Date: May 2012 Device: ....	GMail's maximum attachment size is currently, I believe, 25MB. I think the only solution is to use a cloud based method (outside of Calibre I would think, but I have no experience with Calibre and the cloud). Given you are using GMail, among those is if you compose an email from the GMail webpage for your Gmail account it gives the option for attachments to be made from Drive up to a limit of, I believe, 25GB or the size of one's account whichever is the lesser. However, how you get to that from a Kindle I have no idea, but it would seem to me that as long as the cable is long enough to go between the PC and wherever the Kindle is then that would seem by far the easiest to me. Last edited by AnotherCat; 11-05-2013 at 04:06 PM.

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AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Probably have to use one of the desktop or browser options instead... http://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle

11-05-2013, 07:01 PM	#4
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 62,873 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	The sendtoKindle for desktop or browser has a 50 MB size limit as well

11-05-2013, 07:50 PM	#5
AnotherCat .... Posts: 1,547 Karma: 18068960 Join Date: May 2012 Device: ....	I have never had anything whatsoever to do with Kindles, so am just asking. Can I infer from the responses that one cannot just drag and drop books directly into the Kindle's memory within Windows Explorer?

11-05-2013, 07:59 PM	#7
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,914 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	WiFi Kindles have an 'Experimental Browser'. It will work with the Content server. All you need is Local (LAN) WiFi

11-06-2013, 12:09 AM	#8
raptor13 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks for the replies. Most of my books are very small and this is not normally an issue but i recently purchased the Mother Earth News Archive (1970-2012) in mobi format and some of the years are over 50MB as one file. Sounds like USB or the content server may be my best bet for now. Alternatively, as one poster alluded to, you can copy the mobi file to the My Kindle Content folder under My Documents to add to the Kindle. The link for doing this is here http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13169/ For some reason, it doesn't appear that Kindle for PC will let you just drag and drop the mobi file directly to the program. Thanks again for the suggestions.

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