How to add mobi books to my amazon library Pc#
You can also drag and drop the file onto your Kindle if you attach the device to your PC with a USB cable. Attach the file to an email, send it to your Kindle's email address (with any subject, and nothing in the body of the email), and it should appear on your Kindle shortly. While Amazon no longer supports the Mobi format for new and updated reflowable (aka, where you can customize fonts, etc.) ebooks in the Mobi format, existing ebooks in the Mobi format are still readable by the Kindle.
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Now you know how to email an e-book to your Kindle, the next step is to figure out your e-book's format, which will determine how best to send it. Remember, your Kindle needs to be attached to a Wi-Fi or 3G network for this to work. To use a different email, click Add a new approved e-mail address and enter the address you want to use. If that's the email address you'll be using to send e-books to your Kindle, you're all set. The email attached to your Amazon account should be listed here. Click the down arrow on the right and scroll to Approved Personal Document E-mail List. (It's set to a default address, but you can change it by clicking Edit.)īack up top, click the Preferences tab and scroll down to Personal Document Settings. On the next page, you'll see a Device Summary that lists your email address. In the list below, find the relevant Kindle device and click it. Make sure the Devices tab up top is selected. Amazon doesn't want to show a low resolution image on the home screen.The easiest way to put books on your Kindle is to do it via email. To get your Kindle's email address, go to /myk using your PC's web browser (or Account > Your devices and content > Manage devices). Q: Why there is no cover in home carousel?Ī: You need to make sure the cover image is higher than 1000PX in width. Amazon thinks a Mobi file is a document rather than a book. In fact you can paste the Mobi file to any of them, but the "Books" folder is the 100% existing one, so I recommend it in the steps above.Ī: By default the Mobi books won't show up in "Books" tab, you can find the book in "Docs" tab. Notice: On a Kindle Fire tablet, you might see "Books", "Documents", sometimes even "Kindle" folders under the root path. Copy the Mobi file and paste it to "Books" folder, which is under Kindle's root path. If you are using Kindle Fire tablet, no matter which generation it is, you can follow the steps below.ģ. (By manually uploading a thumbnail image to Kindle you can fix this) Transfer Mobi Files to Kindle Fire 1/2/HD/HDX Q: Why the book doesn't show up in my Kindle after being transferred?Ī: It takes time for Kindle to react, and it depends on the storage usage situation and Kindle generation.Ī: This is how Kindle works. Copy the Mobi file and paste it to "documents" folder, which is under Kindle's root path. Plug Kindle to computer with USB cable.ģ. No matter which generation you are using, the steps are the same.Ģ. Transfer Mobi Books to Kindle eReaderīy talking about Kindle eReader, I mean E-Ink Kindle, including Kindle 2 (I doubt if anyone is still using this one), Kindle DX, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle 5-Way Controller, Kindle Touch, Kindle Paperwhite 1/2, and Kindle Voyage. This article will only cover how to transfer Mobi files with USB cable, if you want to transfer other Kindle books, like AZW3, PRC, and use alternative methods other than USB, you can learn more Kindle transfer methods in this article. Why Mobi? It's accepted by all generation of Kindle eReader and Kindle Fire tablet. If you buy books from Amazon store, the books will be downloaded to your Kindle automatically, you needn't to know its format, its saving folder, just tap on the book then you can read it.īut for a book not bought from Amazon store, how can you transfer it to Kindle / Kindle Fire and read it?īefore transferring a book to Kindle, you need to make sure it's Mobi format.