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How to Add a MOBI File to Your Kindle Library

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Recently, I have included a Kindle-friendly formatted file of the RCV on the Download page. This page will be a guide to assist you in putting a MOBI file in your Kindle Library to read on your Kindle or using your Kindle software. I will break this guide up into six sections: Email, The Kindle, Kindle for the Desktop, Kindle for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, Kindle for Android, and Other. (Directory names are in italics.)

Kindle's filing system isn't particularly tidy. It consists of three key folders called audible, music and documents. The first two contain your audiobooks and MP3s, the third, 'documents', holds. Just connect your Kindle device to the Mac computer with the USB cable and it will be listed under the 'Devices' tab on the 'Finder'. Then just copy and paste the books to 'documents' folder. Note: Some Kindle Fire tablets cannot be recognized as USB drive by the Mac computer, so you'll fail to send books from Mac to Kindle via this method. It took me an hour to figure out how to view the files on my new Kindle Fire 8. I looked online and nothing seemed to solve it. I downloaded the Android Fi.

Email

The simplest way to add a book to your Kindle library is to email the book to your Kindle device. This works with the Kindle and the Kindle Apps. Go to the settings of your Kindle device or app and look for the Kindle email address. You can also find this email address on the Kindle setup page on the Amazon.com website. The page is called, 'Manage Your Kindle.' There you will find a list of email addresses for each of your Kindle devices. Once you identify the email address you wish to use, log in to your email account, compose an email to the Kindle email address, attach the MOBI or PDF file to the email, and then send the email. It may take a little time, but before long, you will see the book appear in your Kindle library.

The Kindle

To add a MOBI file to your Kindle device, follow these steps:

  1. Connect your Kindle to your computer.
  2. Copy the MOBI file from your computer to the Documents directory on your Kindle (the Kindle connects to your computer as if it were a USB flash drive).
  3. Properly disconnect the Kindle from your computer (i.e., eject the device).

Kindle for the Desktop

To add a MOBI file to your Kindle desktop software library, follow these steps:

  1. Copy or move the MOBI file to the appropriate Kindle directory on your hard drive.
    • Windows XP/Vista/7/8: The Kindle directory is called My Kindle Content and is located in the My Documents folder.
      • If I'm not mistaken, the Kindle app downloaded in the Windows 8 App Store stores the files in a completely different directory. If you can't find the My Kindle Content folder, try looking for this folder: C:Users<userid>AppDataLocalAmazonKindleapplicationcontent.
    • Mac OS X: The Kindle Content directory is located in your Documents directory.
      • It looks like the more recent versions of the Kindle App for Mac OS X puts the book files in a different location. If that is the case with your version, try looking for this directory: ~/Library/Containers/com.amazon.Kindle/Data/Library/Application Support/Kindle/My Kindle Content.
  2. Launch the Kindle desktop application.

Kindle for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch

To add a MOBI file to your Kindle app for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch (iOS Device), follow these steps:

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  1. Connect your iOS Device to your computer.
  2. Launch iTunes, if it doesn't automatically launch.
  3. Click on your iOS Device on the left sidebar.
  4. Click the Apps tab at the top of the iTunes window.
  5. Scroll down to the File Sharing section on the Apps tab.
  6. Click on Kindle in the Apps list.
  7. Click the 'Add...' button just below the Documents list to the right.
  8. Navigate to the MOBI file you wish to add to the Kindle app and click the Choose button.
  9. Sync your iOS Device.
  10. Disconnect your iOS Device from your computer.
  11. Launch the Kindle app on your iOS Device.

Kindle for Android

To add a MOBI file to your Kindle app for Android, follow these steps:

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  1. Connect your Android device to your computer via USB cable (there are many different ways to connect your Android device (e.g., FTP, file-sharing app), which accomplish the same thing as connecting your device via USB cable).
  2. If prompted, choose the option to 'Mount as disk drive' on your Android device.
  3. Navigate to the sdcard directory or the internal storage on your Android device—which should now show up as a disk drive on your computer—if it doesn't mount to that directory automatically.
  4. Copy your MOBI file to the kindle directory located on the SD card of your Android device. If you have trouble finding the Kindle directory, try looking for this folder: [Internal storage]/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle/files
  5. Disconnect your Android device from your computer.
  6. Launch the Kindle app on your Android device.

Other Devices

  • BlackBerry: At the time of this writing, only books available in the Kindle Store can be read on the Kindle for Blackberry app.
  • Windows Phone 7: At the time of this writing, only books available in the Kindle Store can be read on the Kindle for Windows Phone app.

Aug 13,2012 13:09 pm / Posted by Hall Paular to eBooks Topics
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Kindle books are AZW extension files and you can read them with multiple Kindle devices. If you want to read Kindle books on Mac and other portable devices like iPad, Nook, Kobo, Sony Reader, BlackBerry Playbook and other readers that not compatible with Kindle books, you need to extract Kindle book files from your Kindle device and make conversions on Mac.

Extract Kindle Files on Mac

Before you make conversions, you must transfer Kindle books from Kindle device to Mac. You can follow the steps to make data transfer.

Step 1. Hold the power switch on the top of device to turn off your Kindle device.

Step 2. Connect your Kindle device with Mac computer using a USB cable.

Step 3. Click the 'Finder' icon in your Dock to open a new Finder window icon on your Mac.

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Step 4. Highlight your Kindle name from the 'Devices' list on the left side of the window.

Step 5. Open the folder including all of your Kindle books by double-clicking on 'Documents'.

Step 6. Drag AZW files to any location of your Mac.

The Kindle book files now can be transferred from Kindle device to your Mac, you can convert them to other file formats with Kindle books converter.

Kindle Books Converter

When you transfer Kindle files to Mac, you can start to make conversions. For Kindle books are AZW/MOBI/PRC/TPZ format files, it's difficult to read Kindle books on iPad, Nook, Kobo, Sony Reader, BlackBerry Playbook and other readers. You can convert Kindle books to ePub for best reading in these devices.

Free Online Kindle Books Converter - 2EPUB

2EPUB is a free online ePub converter. This ePub converter enables you to convert pdf, doc and mobi format Kindle books to ePub format compatible with iPad, iPhone, iPod, Sony Reader, BeBook, Nook and more. Besides, It supports batch conversion. You can follow the guide in this website to make conversions. You just need three steps to finish the whole conversion.

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Best Kindle Books Converter - MOBI to ePub Converter for Mac

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MOBi to ePub Converter for Mac is a professional program designed to convert Mobi Kindle books to ePub format without any damage. You can easily read the converted Kindle books on Mac, iPad/iPad 2/iPad 3, iPhone, Sony Reader, etc with the help of this handy converter. This program also supports batch conversion. What's more, this software is easy to operate.

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