New to Calibre with a ?

5steve5 · 10-17-2011, 10:03 AM

I have Calibre loaded on my mac mini and I also have a iPad but wanting to get some kind of Kindle for my wife who is a tech illiterate and I'm not very savvy myself. I am really wanting to get one other than the Fire due to ease of reading plus I do get some eye strain on my iPad. Thinking of the Touch. At this time I have no device. But back to my question, I have tried to put some of the free books into my Calibre library from Amazon with no joy. When I go to my downloads on my mac I see the 3 books I downloaded but when I go to my downloads in Calibre they are grayed out so I can't load them into Calibre. Again I'm not very good on this puter so I need simple answers.

speakingtohe · 10-17-2011, 04:28 PM

Try dragging and dropping them to calibre
Helen

5steve5 · 10-17-2011, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

Try dragging and dropping them to calibre
Helen

Thanks, they did show up in the Calibre library doing the drag and drop. Now I just need to get me a Kindle of some sort and see if they will read.

alansplace · 10-17-2011, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5steve5

Thanks, they did show up in the Calibre library doing the drag and drop. Now I just need to get me a Kindle of some sort and see if they will read.

free aps, Kindle for PC or Kindle Previewer

10-17-2011, 10:03 AM	#1
5steve5 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: none	New to Calibre with a ? I have Calibre loaded on my mac mini and I also have a iPad but wanting to get some kind of Kindle for my wife who is a tech illiterate and I'm not very savvy myself. I am really wanting to get one other than the Fire due to ease of reading plus I do get some eye strain on my iPad. Thinking of the Touch. At this time I have no device. But back to my question, I have tried to put some of the free books into my Calibre library from Amazon with no joy. When I go to my downloads on my mac I see the 3 books I downloaded but when I go to my downloads in Calibre they are grayed out so I can't load them into Calibre. Again I'm not very good on this puter so I need simple answers.

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10-17-2011, 04:28 PM	#2
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	Try dragging and dropping them to calibre Helen