PearlsSwineEtcUse Kindle as an Epub Reader?
How about using Apple’s “Book” app on a Mac?
Oh you mean kindle software as opposed to the tablet.
In that case just use Calibre
He means what was formerly called iBooks.
As I’ve never been sure about that, I always used kindles without wifi access and copied the books onto the device with calibre. I recently read about people sending their pirated books to the email adress amazon hands you to automatically copy files to the kindle, using a burner account i suppose, still those people have some balls lol.
I've been doing this since I got the first kindle, some 7 years ago. Amazon doesn't really care and, unless DMCA comes, they won't ever.
Youre good! I use calibre to load ebooks from other sources to my kindle
Same here, never had any problem.
Yeah, amazon literally doesn’t care. The only thing that ever goes wrong when you use Someone Else’s epubs is it sometimes loses the cover art if you’re connected to wifi. Nothing else ever happens
I’ve been sending books to my Kindle email address for over a decade and never had an issue. Now that it supports epub it’s even easier.
I do this, I use Calibre to upload it, or occasionally I use my Amazon email to send it to my kindle.
legionCalibre is your friend.
Phone home for sure since I suffered from the minor nuisance:
blog.the-ebook-reader.com/…/kindles-how-to-fix-di…
Easy fix in Calibre since just reconnect after the sync.
The bottomline is Amazon does not block side loaded epub/mobi.
Kindles: How to Fix Disappearing Book Covers Issue | The eBook Reader Blog
Amazon recently changed how cover art works with sideloaded content on Kindle devices and it has caused an issue that makes book covers disappear. Basically if the book doesn't have a valid ASIN that corresponds with Amazon's server then the cover image will get overwritten with a generic thumbnail image. Some workarounds were discovered, like
I use koreader for my kindles and it works like charm, for every book and documents extensions
GitHub - koreader/koreader: An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices
An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices - koreader/koreader
There’s no real way for them to check even if they did care, there’s tons of places to get epubs legitimately that would show up just the same as any legitimate methods
You don’t even need to connect your Kindle to the internet. Just keep it in airplane mode permanently and save the battery.
Late to the thread, but it’s worth saying how convenient it can be to find a book online and just email it to the kindle, no cables or arcane software wrangling needed.
If you don’t mind having a generic cover and occasional janky formatting, it feels like a bit of wizardry every time I track down something I want to read and it’s there on my e-reader in a matter of minutes.
AphoticDevI’ve been pirating ebooks on my Kindle Oasis for a couple years now, and they’ve never said anything. How would they even know you didn’t buy it someplace else?
Historical_GeneralJust for clarity Kindles still don’t support epubs but if you use their service they get automatically converted to a compatible format and then pushed to your device iirc.