Ebooks in Swedish for my Kindle

brijoeire · 09-08-2010, 06:49 AM

Hi there,

I'm just wondering if any of the Nordic members could advise me as to how I can purchase and download books pa svenska into my new Kindle once it arrives.

I've looked at a few sites, but they all seem to want a Swedish address attached to the bank card. I'm in Ireland these days, so I need a site that will sell to me here.

Once I've purchased a book, how do I go about getting it into my Kindle? I'm guessing that Calibre is the way to go, but I hate to assume anything.

Tack!!

Scott Nielsen · 09-09-2010, 02:44 AM

If you buy from Adlibris, it's true you need to provide a Swedish address but this is not linked to your credit card in any way so any Swedish address will do.

Adlibris uses a watermark as DRM so all you need to do is plug in the Epub file you just bought into Calibre and then convert it to Mobi and you're good to go.

brijoeire · 09-09-2010, 04:27 AM

Thanks for the tip Scott. I'll get back on the site and look for some books now...

shakey__ · 09-09-2010, 12:06 PM

Do you still have a library card at a swedish library? Some swedish libraries loan out ebooks as well. You just need the library card number to get a book so maybe you have a swedish friend who don't do ebooks have one that you can use.

http://www.elib.se/bibliotek/

brijoeire · 09-09-2010, 04:12 PM

Tack for tipset Shakey__

Fetoveraxeln · 07-26-2013, 04:42 AM

You probalby already have found the answers to this question. I just stumbled upon it looking for Swedish Kindle Fiction. Although Amazon doesn't officially distribute e-books in swedish, I found out they have a few titles - by adding swedish or svenska to my search in the Kindle store. Here is one example (available to lend for free if you are a Amazon Prime member).

owly · 07-26-2013, 07:11 AM

Unfortunately Elib's books won't work on a Kindle since they're mostly DRMd epubs. You can convert epubs to what a Kindle uses with the program Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/ I don't know if it will work with the DRM. There are also some free books in Swedish for Kindle in the Gutenberg Project http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/sv I also found that the Swedish ebookstore Bokon https://bokon.se/kindle/ sells ebooks in Swedish that they format for a Kindle.

Doitsu · 07-26-2013, 04:38 PM

@brijoeire: If you're not a native Swedish speaker, you might find my simple Swedish-English Kindle dictionary (with partial inflection support) useful.

09-08-2010, 06:49 AM	#1
brijoeire Newbie Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle 3 3G/WiFi White	Ebooks in Swedish for my Kindle Hi there, I'm just wondering if any of the Nordic members could advise me as to how I can purchase and download books pa svenska into my new Kindle once it arrives. I've looked at a few sites, but they all seem to want a Swedish address attached to the bank card. I'm in Ireland these days, so I need a site that will sell to me here. Once I've purchased a book, how do I go about getting it into my Kindle? I'm guessing that Calibre is the way to go, but I hate to assume anything. Tack!!

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09-09-2010, 02:44 AM	#2
Scott Nielsen Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 112134 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kuala Lumpur Device: iPad, K3, K4, T1	If you buy from Adlibris, it's true you need to provide a Swedish address but this is not linked to your credit card in any way so any Swedish address will do. Adlibris uses a watermark as DRM so all you need to do is plug in the Epub file you just bought into Calibre and then convert it to Mobi and you're good to go.

09-09-2010, 04:27 AM	#3
brijoeire Newbie Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle 3 3G/WiFi White	Thanks for the tip Scott. I'll get back on the site and look for some books now...

09-09-2010, 12:06 PM	#4
shakey__ Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 - android/fbreader	Do you still have a library card at a swedish library? Some swedish libraries loan out ebooks as well. You just need the library card number to get a book so maybe you have a swedish friend who don't do ebooks have one that you can use. http://www.elib.se/bibliotek/

09-09-2010, 04:12 PM	#5
brijoeire Newbie Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Kindle 3 3G/WiFi White	Tack for tipset Shakey__

07-26-2013, 04:42 AM	#6
Fetoveraxeln Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: iPhone	You probalby already have found the answers to this question. I just stumbled upon it looking for Swedish Kindle Fiction. Although Amazon doesn't officially distribute e-books in swedish, I found out they have a few titles - by adding swedish or svenska to my search in the Kindle store. Here is one example (available to lend for free if you are a Amazon Prime member).

07-26-2013, 07:11 AM	#7
owly Guru Posts: 729 Karma: 3822612 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sweden Device: Paperwhite 2, Kobo Aura H2O	Unfortunately Elib's books won't work on a Kindle since they're mostly DRMd epubs. You can convert epubs to what a Kindle uses with the program Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/ I don't know if it will work with the DRM. There are also some free books in Swedish for Kindle in the Gutenberg Project http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/sv I also found that the Swedish ebookstore Bokon https://bokon.se/kindle/ sells ebooks in Swedish that they format for a Kindle.

07-26-2013, 04:38 PM	#8
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,584 Karma: 22735033 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	@brijoeire: If you're not a native Swedish speaker, you might find my simple Swedish-English Kindle dictionary (with partial inflection support) useful.

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