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Old 05-01-2011, 10:23 AM   #1
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Viewing .mobi files on Android phone
I've got a few .mobi and .epub books that I would like to read on my Android phone. The .mobi files don't work with Kindle 4 Android.

Any recommendations for a app that will allow me to view them?
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The .mobi files don't work with Kindle 4 Android.
Why won't they work with the Kindle app?
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Old 05-01-2011, 02:53 PM   #3
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The Kindle app only allows you to read books that are in your Amazon account. Documents you send via the Kindle e-mail address to your Kindle are not viewable via the Android app.

These are fanfics that I have downloaded and converted to .mobi and wish to read on my phone.
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My personal favorite is fbreader which reads both mobi and epub but this is the list you want http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/sh...ad.php?t=70921
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The Kindle app only allows you to read books that are in your Amazon account. Documents you send via the Kindle e-mail address to your Kindle are not viewable via the Android app.

These are fanfics that I have downloaded and converted to .mobi and wish to read on my phone.
You can place them in the Kindle folder on your phone via USB or using Dropbox and a file manager app and the Kindle app should read them just fine.
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AnemicOak: Thanks I didn't realise you could directly access the folder via USB.

AnemicOak and peegee: Thanks, I will play around with both and see which suits me.
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Thanks guys, I tried both Kindle and Cool Reader and couldn't seem to get the files to appear (I'm not tech savy when it comes to smartphones), but I did get FB reader working, using dropbox to transfer the files.

All sorted, thanks again everyone!
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Thanks guys, I tried both Kindle and Cool Reader and couldn't seem to get the files to appear (I'm not tech savy when it comes to smartphones), but I did get FB reader working, using dropbox to transfer the files.

All sorted, thanks again everyone!
Glad you got something working. Haven't ever used Cool Reader, but I have read many non-Amazon mobi files with the Kindle app, simply by placing them in the /Kindle folder on my Android device's SD card. They then appear upon the next startup of the app.
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