Reading the ePub Format on Kindle

How to Read EPub Books on your Kindle

Published by technicalguy on June 6th, 2011 - in Amazon Kindle, eBooks, How to, Small Business Technology

Here’s how to convert your collection of books... so that you can read those ePub files on your Kindle.  They will appear on your book menu and can be read just like any other Kindle eBook.

Yes, you can read an ePub book on your Amazon Kindle, but you must convert it first (see below). The Kindle definitely has the clearest screen and is currently the closest to actually reading a book. If you haven’t already got one, it’s worth getting a Kindle and converting the EPUB book files.

How to read EPub books on your Kindle

Can the Kindle read ePubs (like, my new eBooks "Ard Righ," "The Kingdom of Summer," "Reign of Fire," etc)? Well, technically no, you have to convert the ePub file to a format that Kindle does recognize first. This way is very, very simple:

To Start – Download Calibre for free from HERE

Calibre is an ebook management software program...it works with Windows, Mac, and Linux... it will automatically recognize your Kindle when you plug it in and will handle the necessary conversion when you add a EPub to your Kindle.

Installing Calibre is as simple as downloading it and running the setup program, accepting the license, and then clicking install. The last setup screen offers you the option to run Calibre right away. Leave it checked and Calibre will start up.

There is no real need to configure anything further. Click Add Books to add your EPub books to the Calibre management system. Browse to the folder where the books are located and select the books you want, then add them.

Now connect your Kindle device. Once it is recognized you will see a new icon at the top of Calibre called Send to Device. Click to highlight the EPub books you wish to send to your Kindle and click this button.

You will be prompted to Auto-convert the file(s), just click Yes.

You will notice in the bottom-right corner of Calibre it will tell you the status of the jobs being performed. When the number is back to zero you can disconnect your Kindle (you can also click here and follow the progress of the conversion/download).

You’re done!

It really is that easy and now you can read EPub books on your Kindle. These books will be backed up as the Kindle is backed up.