Best way to side load books and have them sync to Android Kindle

ould · 09-15-2016, 04:35 PM

Hi All,

I recently picked up a Kindle PW2 device which is how I do most of my reading but there are times when I don't have the device with me and find some time to read a few pages. This is where my phone comes in, I would like to also be able to read and sync the same book(s) on Kindle for Android. Just wondering what the best way to do this is as I recently loaded a few books I had converted from epub to azw3. I sent them to the PW2 over USB and that all worked ok but I found they didn't get sent out to my other devices. I guess I wrongly assumed that once they were on the PW2 device they would get synced to my account and would eventually appear on my Android device but this doesn't seem to be the case unless I am missing something.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

Kevin

Cinisajoy · 09-15-2016, 04:38 PM

You can email to one kindle and it will be available to download to the K4A app.

soulfuldog · 09-16-2016, 06:22 AM

The book has to be available in the Amazon cloud before it can by synced to other devices. So if you've bought a book from Amazon you will automatically be able available to read and by synced with both your PW and via the Kindle app on your phone.

If you buy a book from elsewhere, you need to put in the Amazon cloud before you'll be able to read/sync on other devices. As Cinisajoy says, email it to your Kindle's email address to do this.

09-15-2016, 04:35 PM	#1
ould Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 1000399 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario Device: Sony PRS-500	Best way to side load books and have them sync to Android Kindle Hi All, I recently picked up a Kindle PW2 device which is how I do most of my reading but there are times when I don't have the device with me and find some time to read a few pages. This is where my phone comes in, I would like to also be able to read and sync the same book(s) on Kindle for Android. Just wondering what the best way to do this is as I recently loaded a few books I had converted from epub to azw3. I sent them to the PW2 over USB and that all worked ok but I found they didn't get sent out to my other devices. I guess I wrongly assumed that once they were on the PW2 device they would get synced to my account and would eventually appear on my Android device but this doesn't seem to be the case unless I am missing something. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance. Kevin

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Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	You can email to one kindle and it will be available to download to the K4A app.

09-16-2016, 06:22 AM	#3
soulfuldog I ♥ Calibre Posts: 2,073 Karma: 5678911 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Voyage, Sony PRS-350, Hudl2	The book has to be available in the Amazon cloud before it can by synced to other devices. So if you've bought a book from Amazon you will automatically be able available to read and by synced with both your PW and via the Kindle app on your phone. If you buy a book from elsewhere, you need to put in the Amazon cloud before you'll be able to read/sync on other devices. As Cinisajoy says, email it to your Kindle's email address to do this.

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