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Old 12-30-2011, 05:44 PM   #1
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Question How do I download e-books to my kindle that are not Amazon content
I received an Amazon kindle for Christmas, I am a complete novice with e -readers and I need help figuring out how to download non amazon books from my computer files to my kindle . I have purchased books from amazon with no probs but I want to put some of the free e-books I have downloaded on my kindle , or can I only download content from Amazon . Please help !!!!
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Old 12-30-2011, 05:45 PM   #2
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Connect the Kindle via USB. The Kindle should show up on your pc as a drive. Drag and drop the ebooks (.mobi format) into the "documents" folder. Safely eject. Done.
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Old 12-30-2011, 06:47 PM   #3
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Susan's directions are absolutely correct. And if you want to take the whole thing to the next level, may I suggest taking a look at Calibre. Many of us here use it to manage our libraries and couldn't live withouit it.
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Old 12-30-2011, 07:07 PM   #4
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Calibre is a godsend for managing your non-Amazon content. It comes with high recommendations.

But, for other .mobi files, you're a-ok with just plugging into the PC and doing a little drag-n-drop.
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Old 12-30-2011, 09:15 PM   #5
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Thanks Susan ,you have made my day . All works great now !! You can teach an old dog new tricks after all !!!! thanks again Pat
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3 ways,

1) Via USB cable
2) Email (your Kindle email address)
3) Download directly from some websites using the browser

Certain sites/services can also email you books/magazines directly themselves.

Calibre can be helpful.
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Old 01-01-2012, 06:25 PM   #7
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3 ways,

1) Via USB cable
2) Email (your Kindle email address)
3) Download directly from some websites using the browser

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Examples of 3) would be BaenEbooks.com (was Webscription.net) or Smashwords.com

And the Magic Catalogs for Gutenberg and for Mobileread.com itself - see 'Wireless downloads' sticky
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Old 01-01-2012, 06:33 PM   #8
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Or, indeed, MR.
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If you're into the public domain check this out,

http://freekindlebooks.org/MagicCata...iccatalog.html
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Old 01-02-2012, 08:19 PM   #10
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If you're into the public domain check this out,

http://freekindlebooks.org/MagicCata...iccatalog.html
Unhappily that Magic catalog (of Gutenberg), unlike the MR one has never been updated.

So anything added to Gutenberg since 2009 isn't listed.

Happily Gutenberg.org has been enhanced, especially for mobile devices.
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Old 01-03-2012, 03:31 AM   #11
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PG now has direct download links for both Mobi and ePub versions of every book. The Mobi download link works just fine in the Kindle's web browser.
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