Kindle and MOBI ebooks

Cromulent · 2 Jan 2022 at 14:13

I have many ebooks I bought on Humble Bundle over the years. I usually keep them in EPUB format, but I bought myself a Kindle Fire HD ebook reader and wondered if there was a way to upload my ebooks in MOBI format to read them like standard Kindle ebooks?

If not, how would you read them on a Kindle Fire HD?

tom_e · 2 Jan 2022 at 14:19

Plenty of convertors online, then you can email them to your Kindle using it's Kindle email address. This is how I used to do it to my paperwhite.

Cromulent · 2 Jan 2022 at 14:26

tom_e said:
Plenty of convertors online, then you can email them to your Kindle using it's Kindle email address. This is how I used to do it to my paperwhite.

Thank you. I'll have to look up how to configure an email address for the Kindle Fire HD in that case.

dowie · 2 Jan 2022 at 15:44

Cromulent said:
Thank you. I'll have to look up how to configure an email address for the Kindle Fire HD in that case.

It's not specific to Kindle Fire HD, sending a pdf (say) to your kindle e-mail address has been something they've offered on the original Kindles etc.. too.

You don't need to configure anything; just go to the amazon website -> "manage your content and devices" -> "preferences"

then look at the e-mail associated with your device under "personal document settings"

you should see an email address along the lines of [your name]_[few numbers and/or letters]@kindle.com

if you want to send a pdf to your kindle then just send it to that address via an email attachment with "Covert" in the subject line.

If you want to send an epub file to your kindle then rename it as .txt and do the same as pdf.

Alternatively, you can also download the 'send to kindle' app for windows or mac and use that.

edit - also note if you have a prime subscription there are some free e-books available on Amazon (or at least free for the duration of your prime subscription AFAIK). Further to that if you take out an additional subscription (kindle unlimited) there is a wider selection from which you can "borrow" a bunch at a time.

Cromulent · 2 Jan 2022 at 19:29

dowie said:
It's not specific to Kindle Fire HD, sending a pdf (say) to your kindle e-mail address has been something they've offered on the original Kindles etc.. too.

You don't need to configure anything; just go to the amazon website -> "manage your content and devices" -> "preferences"

then look at the e-mail associated with your device under "personal document settings"

you should see an email address along the lines of [your name]_[few numbers and/or letters]@kindle.com

if you want to send a pdf to your kindle then just send it to that address via an email attachment with "Covert" in the subject line.

If you want to send an epub file to your kindle then rename it as .txt and do the same as pdf.

Alternatively, you can also download the 'send to kindle' app for windows or mac and use that.

edit - also note if you have a prime subscription there are some free e-books available on Amazon (or at least free for the duration of your prime subscription AFAIK). Further to that if you take out an additional subscription (kindle unlimited) there is a wider selection from which you can "borrow" a bunch at a time.

Ah, thank you. I see what you mean about the email address. I'll start sending some when I have my fixed line broadband back.

Steampunk · 2 Jan 2022 at 20:47

Cromulent said:
I have many ebooks I bought on Humble Bundle over the years. I usually keep them in EPUB format, but I bought myself a Kindle Fire HD ebook reader and wondered if there was a way to upload my ebooks in MOBI format to read them like standard Kindle ebooks?

If not, how would you read them on a Kindle Fire HD?

Check out Calibre. It's a management/converter/library/reader for ebooks. It should be able to convert and sideload to most ereaders. As MOBI is a subset of EPUB, it shouldn't be a problem.

hood1971 · 4 Jan 2022 at 13:35

Steampunk said:
Check out Calibre. It's a management/converter/library/reader for ebooks. It should be able to convert and sideload to most ereaders. As MOBI is a subset of EPUB, it shouldn't be a problem.

Calibre is definitely the best option for book management. It overcomes the Kindles horrible file storage system.

j.col · 7 Jan 2022 at 23:10

Another vote for Calibre, very easy to use, can edit titles and can even convert encrypted books to work on a Kobo

mrgubby · 8 Jan 2022 at 09:42

j.col said:
Another vote for Calibre, very easy to use, can edit titles and can even convert encrypted books to work on a Kobo

I've been using Kobo readers for years, with Calibre you can pretty much buy any book format from anywhere

Cromulent · 8 Jan 2022 at 10:01

j.col said:
Another vote for Calibre, very easy to use, can edit titles and can even convert encrypted books to work on a Kobo

How do you decrypt Kindle ebooks?

j.col · 8 Jan 2022 at 21:28

Cromulent said:
How do you decrypt Kindle ebooks?

not sure if i am allowed to say on here, but a quick google search (remove drm on kindle) will find it, basically you just download an plug in for calibre

El Pew · 10 Jan 2022 at 09:04

Calibre also has a "send via email" feature that allows you to right-click on a book and auto-send it to your Kindle via email. It will even automatically convert it to mobi format if it's in another format, or you can have it auto-convert when you add the book.