Comments on: How to download books to your Kindle from your computer

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:28:25 +0000

Hi, I have a problem transfering Books from my PC to Kindle, It has worked previously, I drag and drop from PC to Kindle, and they appear to have transfered over OK, however, when I go to find them in my Kindle they do not appear to be there.
I plug my Kindle back into my PC, open the file, and the books are there, but not in my home page on the Kindle.
Can you help?
Bob

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:52:44 +0000

@ Moren -
The .azw file format is proprietary to Amazon. The Kindle is the ONLY e Reader that can recognize this format.
The .mobi format is compatible with the Kindle, as well as other e Readers.

The Calibre software is capable of converting an .azw file into .mobi ( as well as other formats ), however, it is not able to convert any other format into the proprietary .azw format.

As the .azw format is “native” to the Kindle, I’m guessing that if you have the option of obtaining an e Book in this format, that would be the best for use on the Kindle.
( I have found that the .mobi format also works very well on the Kindle )

Hope this helps.

By: Moren

Moren — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:07:17 +0000

What’s the best ebook format for Kindle, .mobi or .azw ? i can use freeware Calibre to convert ebooks to these formats, i am not sure which one works better on Kindle.

By: Felix Torres

Felix Torres — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:55:26 +0000

@Glenny Trinidad: The subscription you are looking at is to Amazon Prime, Amazon’s premium shipping which lets you access a private library Amazon hosts for those subscribers. It is a Prime bonus unrelated to normal Kindle use.
For normal Kindle use you can buy books from the Kindle website or get books from public libraries, and from other websites that support DRM-free mobi. No added charges.
There are plenty of free ebooks both in the Kindle store and other sites you can ask here or at mobileread.com as well as the Kindle forum at Amazon.
Good luck!

By: glenny trinidad

glenny trinidad — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:51:39 +0000

i want to buy a kindle for my daughter but in amazon it says i have to have a year suscribtion, i want to know if she can download free books from any web site apart from amazon..thanks

By: Felix Torres

Felix Torres — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:55:22 +0000

@Janet: what is the full name of the file you are trying to copy over?
Does it end in “.prc”, “.mobi”, or “.pdf”?
Does the Kindle list it but fail to open?
What computer and OS are you using? Windows XP/Vista/7, MacOS, somethng else?
Usually it is litle details that get in the way, but rest assured it is doable.

By: Janet

Janet — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:09:05 +0000

I have just purchased a 5-way special offer Kindle. Am have a terrible time trying to down the Bible to my Kindle. Please help. I have tried several suggestions and still do have the Bible on my Kindle.

By: kate s

kate s — Sat, 28 May 2011 12:41:23 +0000

thankyou …have been very frustrated trying to download books especially as i bought the kindle because i have broken my wrist! thank goodness i can now get reading, your instructions were so straightforward!

By: book master

book master — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:58:58 +0000

You can read any kindle books or download from PDF books, article and tutorials from http://findpdf.net more than 200 million available. Read, share and store easy. Works with new version of kindle

By: frank wallace

frank wallace — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:23:15 +0000

I am a writer. I have two books on Amazon that I have just readied for KIndle. A third book is not yet finished and I wanted to download it to my kindle as well. I dropped the pdf file into the Kindle, got a + sign. Looked good. But it’s not there. Am I tying something that can’t be done?

Thanks

By: kaylin

kaylin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:14:04 +0000

how about if it’s kindle pc to kindle?

By: Lauren Stanley

Lauren Stanley — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:43:53 +0000

Thanks for helping me to transfer the books. Easy-peasy!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:40:07 +0000

It’s definitely being charged now – I sent a 50 MB PDF to my kindle email address and received a $4 charge.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:04:46 +0000

You can also just email it to your kindle’s address. Although there is mention of a 10 cent charge per email, no one has ever been charged and Kindle support says there are no plans to do so, at this time.