|  10-27-2011, 10:41 AM | #1 | 
| Zealot            Posts: 112 Karma: 861762 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: London Device: Kindle 3 | 
				
				wants to convert before adding book
			 
			
			hello every time i want to send a book to my Kindle 3 it says should it auto convert before sending,if i say no it does not send so i have to say yes,is there any way of stopping it convert before sending please ? thank you. | 
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|  10-27-2011, 10:47 AM | #2 | |
| Wizard            Posts: 2,086 Karma: 14079267 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Almere, The Netherlands Device: Kobo Sage | Quote: 
  Calibre will ask that when it has no format available that's compatible with your reader. So I assume the books you want to send are not Mobis or PDFs. | |
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|  10-27-2011, 12:03 PM | #3 | 
| Zealot            Posts: 112 Karma: 861762 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: London Device: Kindle 3 | 
			
			i was using mobi but i have converted all my books to epub as in some cases they are half the size ?
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|  10-27-2011, 12:32 PM | #4 | 
| Wizard            Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading) | 
			
			ePub won't work on a Kindle.
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|  10-27-2011, 12:48 PM | #5 | 
| Zealot            Posts: 112 Karma: 861762 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: London Device: Kindle 3 | 
			
			i used Calibre to convert to epub and i am reading the Hobbit at the moment and it seems ok ?
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|  10-27-2011, 01:06 PM | #6 | |
| Wizard            Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader) | Quote: 
 It is only possible to read epub on a Kindle if you are using third party firmware on it in place of the Amazon firmware. If by any chance you ARE doing that then you should customize the Calibre Kindle Device Interface plugin to say that epub is a supported format for the device to suppress the auto-conversion. | |
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|  10-27-2011, 01:18 PM | #7 | 
| Zealot            Posts: 112 Karma: 861762 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: London Device: Kindle 3 | 
			
			on Calibre it says they are all epub and i am not using a 3rd party firmware,how can i find out if my format is epub or mobi on the Kindle? because if i am using mobi on the Kindle i will reconvert back to mobi on Calibre. thank you. | 
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|  10-27-2011, 01:21 PM | #8 | |
| Resident Curmudgeon            Posts: 80,700 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3 | Quote: 
 But it is a bit silly to convert mobi to ePub only to convert back when you send to your Kindle. Best just leave them in mobi. | |
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|  10-27-2011, 01:42 PM | #9 | 
| Zealot            Posts: 112 Karma: 861762 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: London Device: Kindle 3 | 
			
			thank you i will convert them all so they say mobi in Calibre.
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