Transfer ePub to Kindle?

Baldrake · 11-15-2010, 09:50 AM

So my CyBook Opus has given up the ghost. I'm considering a Kindle this time around (the convenience of Whispernet is seducing me). Before I click the buy button, I'd like to make sure that I can indeed move my current ePub collection over to the Kindle. I'm assuming that I just convert to Mobi in Calibre and transfer over? How does the transfer work - USB? (And yes, all my books are liberated ePub.

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curstpriest · 11-15-2010, 09:59 AM

You can xfer them all over via usb, or if you get wifi version (k3) you can have it email them with calibre, and they will deliver free wirelessly. You just have to mail them to your @free.kindle or set your data rate limit to 0$

montalex · 11-15-2010, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Baldrake

So my CyBook Opus has given up the ghost. I'm considering a Kindle this time around (the convenience of Whispernet is seducing me). Before I click the buy button, I'd like to make sure that I can indeed move my current ePub collection over to the Kindle. I'm assuming that I just convert to Mobi in Calibre and transfer over? How does the transfer work - USB? (And yes, all my books are liberated ePub.

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You can drag and drop the converted books in the documents folder on your Kindle, or, plug in your Kindle when Calibre is open, and it will recognize your Kindle. A blue transfer to device icon will appear in the toolbar, and you can just select which books you want to sent to your Kindle. It takes longer to transfer this way, but you will then have a nice list of books in Calibre which will have check marks next to them if they are in your Kindle.

I love Calibre. Donate, if you can. I did.

Baldrake · 11-15-2010, 10:28 AM

Thanks, this looks great. Yes, I'm also a big Calibre fan - been using it for a year now. Pretty psyched about the Kindle 3.

By the way, I assume the easy way to get new books *into* Calibre is to download them using Kindle for PC, liberate them, and then import them into Calibre?

whitearrow · 11-15-2010, 02:26 PM

Check out the calibre plug-in for Kindle4PC. You may find no pre-liberation is needed.

Baldrake · 11-15-2010, 04:31 PM

JeremyR · 11-15-2010, 05:22 PM

The downside of Calibre is that some epubs won't convert correctly as is, the left margin gets fouled up.

See:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=330

For an example. Apparently happens if the person who made the epub set a left margin, so you have to edit the CSS file in the epub to set it to zero (or just delete the CSS, which is what I do)

11-15-2010, 09:50 AM	#1
Baldrake Connoisseur Posts: 90 Karma: 1792 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 3, HTC Mozart	Transfer ePub to Kindle? So my CyBook Opus has given up the ghost. I'm considering a Kindle this time around (the convenience of Whispernet is seducing me). Before I click the buy button, I'd like to make sure that I can indeed move my current ePub collection over to the Kindle. I'm assuming that I just convert to Mobi in Calibre and transfer over? How does the transfer work - USB? (And yes, all my books are liberated ePub. )

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11-15-2010, 09:59 AM	#2
curstpriest Confused Posts: 402 Karma: 5538 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Bay Area Device: Kindle DXG	You can xfer them all over via usb, or if you get wifi version (k3) you can have it email them with calibre, and they will deliver free wirelessly. You just have to mail them to your @free.kindle or set your data rate limit to 0$

11-15-2010, 10:28 AM	#4
Baldrake Connoisseur Posts: 90 Karma: 1792 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 3, HTC Mozart	Thanks, this looks great. Yes, I'm also a big Calibre fan - been using it for a year now. Pretty psyched about the Kindle 3. By the way, I assume the easy way to get new books into Calibre is to download them using Kindle for PC, liberate them, and then import them into Calibre?

11-15-2010, 02:26 PM	#5
whitearrow Guru Posts: 808 Karma: 2260766 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	Check out the calibre plug-in for Kindle4PC. You may find no pre-liberation is needed.

11-15-2010, 04:31 PM	#6
Baldrake Connoisseur Posts: 90 Karma: 1792 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 3, HTC Mozart

11-15-2010, 05:22 PM	#7
JeremyR Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 2458402 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: St. Louis Device: Kindle Keyboard, Nook HD+	The downside of Calibre is that some epubs won't convert correctly as is, the left margin gets fouled up. See: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=330 For an example. Apparently happens if the person who made the epub set a left margin, so you have to edit the CSS file in the epub to set it to zero (or just delete the CSS, which is what I do)

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