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alfreda89 ([personal profile] alfreda89) wrote2012-03-23 09:57 am
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Good News:

I've inherited a Kindle!

Bad News:

Most of my ebooks are in EPUB format!
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lagilman: coffee or die (Default)

[personal profile] lagilman 2012-03-23 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
download Calibre. It's relatively intuitive, and easy to use.

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I have Calibre -- that's what I read on my desktop. They have a Kindle app?
lagilman: coffee or die (Default)

[personal profile] lagilman 2012-03-23 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You should be able to use it to create a mobi file from an epub....

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Doh!

Of course! Thanks for the reminder --

[identity profile] originalkitsune.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
i think you will <3 your Kindle!

[identity profile] desperance.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Good news: Calibre!

(Ah, I see the meerkat was ahead of me. As so often. Skittery whiskery little thing...)
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[identity profile] estara.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
How about using Calibre to convert them?

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
It's clearly the default program!

I just feel lousy and was disappointed I don't get to sit and read right away.

Calibre it is!
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[identity profile] estara.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
But if you are a happy compulsive you can now even add descriptions to the front of the book or get the real cover (in the case of the big six publishers) OR increase font size - and do it all in batch conversion, too. ^^

Actually I've been using Calibre the other way round - if an author only sells on Amazon.com I can buy the book, get it send to Kindle for PC, rip the DRM if necessary and convert it to .epub in Calibre, then upload to my Sony.

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
You are a happy geek in your element!
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[identity profile] estara.livejournal.com 2012-03-23 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreed ^^
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