Can the Kindle Fire read epub without conversion? Or is there an app in their App Store that can do it? I have a lot of epub books, and it would be nice if I didn't have to convert them even though I know it's pretty easy with Calibre.
If you can sideload the Nook app, you will have no problem.
scratchfury said:
Can the Kindle Fire read epub without conversion? Or is there an app in their App Store that can do it? I have a lot of epub books, and it would be nice if I didn't have to convert them even though I know it's pretty easy with Calibre.
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If you have any other type of Kindle device (Android app, e-ink, etc.) it's worth it to convert as you can get bookmark syncs going. Otherwise Baldbear is right, Nook and Aldiko both support epub and there are many others I am sure.
Just install Mantano Reader.
Does epub.
Or sideload the nook app. Or as you said, use Calibre to convert the files and send them to your kindle.
subtex said:
Just installMantano Reader.
Does epub.
Or sideload the nook app. Or as you said, use Calibre to convert the files and send them to your kindle.
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Oh god, why would you pay that? Go grab a copy of FBReader (sideload) or Aldiko (Amazon market) and use that.
Taedirk said:
Oh god, why would you pay that?
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Maybe because you like the app better than the others. It's not insane to pay for an app that works better for you.
I'm just offering options. To each his own.
subtex said:
...use Calibre to convert the files and send them to your kindle.
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This!
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Taedirk said:
Oh god, why would you pay that? Go grab a copy of FBReader (sideload) or Aldiko (Amazon market) and use that.
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Amazon blocks Aldiko installs on the Fire from their AppStore -> lame move Amazon.
Side-loading still works though.
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I just want to know a few thinks:
1.- Can I put kindle books (mobi) from my computer to KF?...
2.- Same before but with apk files, can I send .apks from my computer to KF and then install those apps?..
Please if someone know this answer me, and sry about my basic english
1. The Kindle for PC, Kindle for Android, and e-ink Kindle all allow this so the odds are good that it will work. I use Calibre to convert my stuff to .mobi and add the Amazon ID so whispersync works.
2. Yes, sideloading is possible and there is an app called easy installer that makes it....."Easy"
sgood1971 said:
1. The Kindle for PC, Kindle for Android, and e-ink Kindle all allow this so the odds are good that it will work. I use Calibre to convert my stuff to .mobi and add the Amazon ID so whispersync works.
2. Yes, sideloading is possible and there is an app called easy installer that makes it....."Easy"
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thx, I ll buy this device then.
Mine is supposed to be here tomorrow, I am pretty excited. Been watching package tracker all day.
sgood1971 said:
1. The Kindle for PC, Kindle for Android, and e-ink Kindle all allow this so the odds are good that it will work. I use Calibre to convert my stuff to .mobi and add the Amazon ID so whispersync works.
2. Yes, sideloading is possible and there is an app called easy installer that makes it....."Easy"
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I'm new to this, but how do you add the Amazon ID as you described above so that Whispersync works? I've been searching on the web and I can't seem to find anything.
Thanks!
Just tried it on my kf and it works =)
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thisisepic0727 said:
I'm new to this, but how do you add the Amazon ID as you described above so that Whispersync works? I've been searching on the web and I can't seem to find anything.
Thanks!
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It's a plugin for the Calibre ebook manager it's called the Amazon Metadata Download Plugin.
From within Calibre, there is an edit MetaData button. You can choose to search lots of places, make sure Amazon is checked, but leaving the others checked as well doesn't hurt if you are having cover problems, it still gets Amazon ID.
Hope this helps.
jasonvieira said:
Just tried it on my kf and it works =)
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Was it sideloading .apk's or copying .mobi that you tried. Grats on getting your Fire already.
i just uploaded the .mobi directly into the books folder that is on the fk mount
Hey,
I installed CM7 on my KF according to the dev section. I installed the kindle app from the market as I obviously lost it in the process, sadly I can't seem to be able to load my own books on the fire (I am trying to read .mobi and .epub files).
Has anyone been able to accomplish this?
gloos said:
Hey,
I installed CM7 on my KF according to the dev section. I installed the kindle app from the market as I obviously lost it in the process, sadly I can't seem to be able to load my own books on the fire (I am trying to read .mobi and .epub files).
Has anyone been able to accomplish this?
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Sort of a glitchy workaround, but the Kindle app running in your launcher (CM7) seems to be pointing to an active read in your authentic KindleFire launcher. I was frustrated to see that the app was unresponsive until adding a link to the Fire launcher, selecting the literature of choice from that interface, and (if you so choose) only then would the Kindle app within CM7 activate within that book.
For now, the hot-route back to the Fire launcher works very well for accessing all of the books, etc; as well as the Prime video library.
Cheers!
I guess I answered my own question. You have to side-load the books to Android/data/com.amazon.kindle
However the app doesn't read epub files, but reads .mobi.
This kindle app version is not even close to be as good as the stock one.
I tried to install KindleForOtter from the 6.2 update but the kindle app won't even load then.
Although Aldiko is decent I don't really want to use it because it's not as good.
Any idea?
Also, does anyone know what kind of Fonts the stock kindle app uses?
THanks
ReverseWolf said:
Sort of a glitchy workaround, but the Kindle app running in your launcher (CM7) seems to be pointing to an active read in your authentic KindleFire launcher. I was frustrated to see that the app was unresponsive until adding a link to the Fire launcher, selecting the literature of choice from that interface, and (if you so choose) only then would the Kindle app within CM7 activate within that book.
For now, the hot-route back to the Fire launcher works very well for accessing all of the books, etc; as well as the Prime video library.
Cheers!
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That's pretty amazing.
How does you add that link?
Cheers
gloos said:
That's pretty amazing.
How does you add that link?
Cheers
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I guess link may be a little misleading; I simply added the Amazon launcher to my taskbar for quickly getting back & forth between the two environments (stock & ADW).
HE is not on CM7. HE is stock, using an alternate launcher.
I am having the same issue. on CM7, I can not get the kindle app to even run.
Yeah that's what I figured.
Could someone please post the kindle stock apk? If its not called KindleForOtter.apk
http://www.mediafire.com/?az8obq77c7a7z39 this one?
Yeah so I guess this is the one and only. Sadly it doesnt work.
I just tested the method above with a stock/alternate launcher as you mentioned above. After exiting the alt launcher and using stock to first open a book; it was then accessible in the alt launcher via the Kindle Reader App... it loses the functionality of perusing multiple books, but as I said, seems to be a temporary workaround.
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I just tested the method above with a stock/alternate launcher as you mentioned above. After exiting the alt launcher and using stock to first open a book; it was then accessible in the alt launcher via the Kindle Reader App... it loses the functionality of perusing multiple books, but as I said, seems to be a temporary workaround.
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I believe you're still talking about an alternative launcher side-loaded with the stock fire.
I was talking about CM7 which I installed and wiped the stock fire launcher. Since it doesn't exist anymore, I can't side load it.
I was unable to get the Kindle Fire Kindle app to work. It would display the splash screen, and then go back to CM7 launcher....
I just went back to stock. If I cant use the Prime Amazon Video, use the Kindle App and get my loaner books, or get netflix to run smoothly with decent quality and synced Video and sound, I will wait until it can...
MayfairDROID said:
I was unable to get the Kindle Fire Kindle app to work. It would display the splash screen, and then go back to CM7 launcher....
I just went back to stock. If I cant use the Prime Amazon Video, use the Kindle App and get my loaner books, or get netflix to run smoothly with decent quality and synced Video and sound, I will wait until it can...
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Yeah I understood you.
Could you please pull it out com.amazon.kindle.otter and upload it? Also tell me which folder it was in (full path).
Cheers
KindleforOtter.apk is located in the /system/app with permissions set to RW-R--R--. The ATVAndroidClient.ap is also in the /system/app directory with permissions set to RW-R--R--
The KindleforOtter.apk can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/?az8obq77c7a7z39
MayfairDROID said:
KindleforOtter.apk is located in the /system/app with permissions set to RW-R--R--. The ATVAndroidClient.ap is also in the /system/app directory with permissions set to RW-R--R--
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Well thats progress at least. If I tried to launch my kindle app before, it wouldn't do anything, now it launches and crashes immediately. The amazon video app works but when I start watching a video com.amazon.avod crashes.
I'm not a coder so I'm not sure how to deal with processes and I couldn't find a folder for that but it seems that if I can side load com.amazon.avod and com.amazon.kindle.otter I could get further. I just don't know how to do it.
I think that version of kindle is a stripped down version without a library browser to complement the kindle fire launcher interface. The book selection was all done in the stock launcher. I remember once i had a book open I didnt need to use the stock launcher to open the kindle app.
Hello guys, I have a Nexus 7 with several books downloaded from Google Play. However, a friend just sent me a .rar with about 200 books and I want to add them to Google Play Book.
I've been trying to look for the folder where the downloaded books are but couldn't find it; as you probably know there is no option to manually add books within the application...so I have 2 choices, either force the .pdf into the app or read them with another app, but I really like PlayBook and as I already have quite a library there, I want to use it for the new books that my friend sent me.
Is there any way to do this?
In case there is no way: How can I export my PlayBook books so I can add them to another app and have everything in one place?
Easiest way is just to download a PDF reader from Google Play.
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Easiest way is just to download a PDF reader from Google Play.
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That's exactly what I want to avoid, I'm some kind of organization freak and I like to have everything in one place and enjoy the features of the app with everything that can be done with it...so I would REALLY prefer to find a way to add the .pdf books to the Google Play Book app
Not possible
Nanopane said:
That's exactly what I want to avoid, I'm some kind of organization freak and I like to have everything in one place and enjoy the features of the app with everything that can be done with it...so I would REALLY prefer to find a way to add the .pdf books to the Google Play Book app
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Even i have search a lot for it ...But its not possible ...try different pdf reader like
Moon reader pro
aldiko
hello guys
i have google books in my nook and download 2 books , how i get them from nook???
thx
speedman2202 said:
hello guys
i have google books in my nook and download 2 books , how i get them from nook???
thx
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You wan't to download and copy a book from Google Books to your nook?
There's a Google Books store, you can try with that.
https://play.google.com/store/books
no , i wanna extract them from nook and move them to my computer
that i am talk about
Sent from my NOOK using xda app-developers app
speedman2202 said:
no , i wanna extract them from nook and move them to my computer
that i am talk about
Sent from my NOOK using xda app-developers app
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Well, then download an app like ES File Explorer and look for the book. Must be in
Media, My Files, Books
The Opposite Needed
The Google books app on the play store isn't available in my country.
Is there any other way, i.e, any third part app which allows me to download them from the google books store to my nook?
Hello, so managed to bag a Nook Read Touch Simple for GBP30 and have got it rooted and market installed etc.
Also have been able to successfully install the Kobo app and download a book from it. However when I try to read a book from the kobo app, I get the swirly Kobo thing, the screen goes black and then it pops back to the Kobo app menu.
Anything I can do to get it to work?
Thanks in advance!!
browngeek said:
Hello, so managed to bag a Nook Read Touch Simple for GBP30 and have got it rooted and market installed etc.
Also have been able to successfully install the Kobo app and download a book from it. However when I try to read a book from the kobo app, I get the swirly Kobo thing, the screen goes black and then it pops back to the Kobo app menu.
Anything I can do to get it to work?
Thanks in advance!!
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You need an older version of the Kobo app. I'm successfully using 2.7.617 from an old personal backup from one of my previous Android phones.
cowbutt said:
You need an older version of the Kobo app. I'm successfully using 2.7.617 from an old personal backup from one of my previous Android phones.
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Hey there, thanks for that, found an old Kobo app and now its working on my Nook!! Now to try an figure out getting Google Play books to work, which seems to be a bit of a problem.
browngeek said:
Hey there, thanks for that, found an old Kobo app and now its working on my Nook!! Now to try an figure out getting Google Play books to work, which seems to be a bit of a problem.
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You need an old version of Google Play Books too; 1.5.4 is working for me, and, IIRC, the latest version that works.
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You need an old version of Google Play Books too; 1.5.4 is working for me, and, IIRC, the latest version that works.
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Thanks again, tried that version and an earlier version, however I just keep on getting the swirly wheel on the books. Some book so work if I enable "original content" or something like that, but the quality of text isn't the best.
browngeek said:
Hello, so managed to bag a Nook Read Touch Simple for GBP30 and have got it rooted and market installed etc.
Also have been able to successfully install the Kobo app and download a book from it. However when I try to read a book from the kobo app, I get the swirly Kobo thing, the screen goes black and then it pops back to the Kobo app menu.
Anything I can do to get it to work?
Thanks in advance!!
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I can't post URLs because I'm too new, but if you do a Youtube search for "Updated Kobo App Now Works on Nook Simple Touch March 2012" there is a video with a working Kobo app link. You may have to expand the first comment to see it. I've installed it on my Nook Touch and it works fine. I don't think it's a modded apk, just an earlier version, so you may be able to get it elsewhere.