Request Calibre to download EPUBs to Kindle Fire tablet

haertig · 07-16-2021, 09:53 PM

Calibre wants to download AZW3's to my Kindle Fire HD8 tablet. Reasonable, since it's an Amazon device and has the Kindle app installed. But I would rather download EPUB's and read those in the Moon+ Reader Pro app that I have installed.

In my Calibre instance on my desktop computer, I maintain all of my books in book AZW3 and EPUB format. No conversion needed later (I do the conversions at import time). I know it requires twice the disk space to hold two copies of each book, but I don't care.

How do I configure Calibre to send EPUB's to my Fire tablet (1) preferable by default, or (2) at least allow it per user choice at download time?

Something with plugboards I would guess. I tried to stumble my way through that. But I chose format=EPUB and device=Kindle_Fire and it complained that the Fire does not support EPUB's. Well it does ... if you have Moon+ Reader installed. Anyway, I didn't get very far trying to stumble my way through plugboards.

kovidgoyal · 07-16-2021, 10:32 PM

right click the device icon in calibre and choose "configure this device"

haertig · 07-16-2021, 10:49 PM

Well, that was certainly trivially easy.

Thanks!

07-16-2021, 09:53 PM	#1
haertig Wizard Posts: 1,738 Karma: 26006874 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26	Request Calibre to download EPUBs to Kindle Fire tablet Calibre wants to download AZW3's to my Kindle Fire HD8 tablet. Reasonable, since it's an Amazon device and has the Kindle app installed. But I would rather download EPUB's and read those in the Moon+ Reader Pro app that I have installed. In my Calibre instance on my desktop computer, I maintain all of my books in book AZW3 and EPUB format. No conversion needed later (I do the conversions at import time). I know it requires twice the disk space to hold two copies of each book, but I don't care. How do I configure Calibre to send EPUB's to my Fire tablet (1) preferable by default, or (2) at least allow it per user choice at download time? Something with plugboards I would guess. I tried to stumble my way through that. But I chose format=EPUB and device=Kindle_Fire and it complained that the Fire does not support EPUB's. Well it does ... if you have Moon+ Reader installed. Anyway, I didn't get very far trying to stumble my way through plugboards.

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07-16-2021, 10:32 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,866 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	right click the device icon in calibre and choose "configure this device"

07-16-2021, 10:49 PM	#3
haertig Wizard Posts: 1,738 Karma: 26006874 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26	Well, that was certainly trivially easy. Thanks!

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