iPad Reading mobi eBook on iPad

Quelch · 11-26-2014, 03:40 PM

I loaded a mobi eBook on the iPad using Dropbox but it was 'unable to access these files' or similar words

Is there an eReader app for the iPad that can read mobi files ?

Cesca · 11-26-2014, 07:36 PM

The Kindle app.

Quelch · 11-26-2014, 07:38 PM

I put the 'Kindle for iPad' app on the iPad but the mobi eBook still wouldn't open

Then I said to myself: if all else fails, read the directions

I know it's abhorrent to all males to read the directions but I was getting nowhere fast !

So, following the directions, I clicked the little square with an arrow coming out of it and then clicked on the three little circles that said 'open in'
Clicked on Kindle and voila my eBook happily opened

I know my way around Windows and Android but I'm finding the iPad a bit of a learning curve
Just upgraded to i.o.s.8 successfully, so I must be getting better, though I think the iPad did most of that !

leebase · 12-07-2014, 12:19 AM

I'm not a huge fan of the Amazon Kindle reading app. I do read kindle books on it, but if you have mobi files you are opening from Dropbox....then perhaps you can use Calibre to convert the files to epub. Then use the much better Marvin ebook app

11-26-2014, 03:40 PM	#1
Quelch Groupie Posts: 177 Karma: 1656608 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: Kobo Touch and iPad 4 hers, Samsung Galaxy S 8.4 mine !	Reading mobi eBook on iPad I loaded a mobi eBook on the iPad using Dropbox but it was 'unable to access these files' or similar words Is there an eReader app for the iPad that can read mobi files ?

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11-26-2014, 07:36 PM	#2
Cesca Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 1106620 Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Home of the Maple Leaf Device: Kobos, iPads, Sonys	The Kindle app.

11-26-2014, 07:38 PM	#3
Quelch Groupie Posts: 177 Karma: 1656608 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: Kobo Touch and iPad 4 hers, Samsung Galaxy S 8.4 mine !	I put the 'Kindle for iPad' app on the iPad but the mobi eBook still wouldn't open Then I said to myself: if all else fails, read the directions I know it's abhorrent to all males to read the directions but I was getting nowhere fast ! So, following the directions, I clicked the little square with an arrow coming out of it and then clicked on the three little circles that said 'open in' Clicked on Kindle and voila my eBook happily opened I know my way around Windows and Android but I'm finding the iPad a bit of a learning curve Just upgraded to i.o.s.8 successfully, so I must be getting better, though I think the iPad did most of that !

12-07-2014, 12:19 AM	#4
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,976 Karma: 26738313 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	I'm not a huge fan of the Amazon Kindle reading app. I do read kindle books on it, but if you have mobi files you are opening from Dropbox....then perhaps you can use Calibre to convert the files to epub. Then use the much better Marvin ebook app

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