How Do You Buy Ebooks For Kindle Fire
Your Kindle Fire works great as an Amazon shopping device, but you need not be limited only to books you buy through Amazon. If you buy legal copies of books from other sellers, you can usually transfer them to your Kindle, such as single ebooks that you legally purchase and download from Tor or other bookstores that offer non-DRM-protected files.
File Formats for Kindle Fire
Kindle Fire also has a front and rear camera and it is priced to sell. Kindle Fire is the least expensive Kindle available. Cons – Kindle Fire has a shorter battery life than other Kindles. If you use it a lot, you’ll probably need to re-charge it daily. Kindle Fire is not as easy on the eyes as other Kindles. Its screen glares more in sunlight.
Amazon Kindle natively reads .mobi files. If you have a book in ePub format, you can still read it, but you'll either need to convert the file using a program like Calibre or install a separate reading app like Aldiko on your Fire.
Supported file types for Kindle books include:
- If you own the Kindle, and your significant other also likes to read ebooks, you probably share the same Amazon account and the same Kindle cloud library. You may buy the second Kindle (it makes sense when your current one needs a replacement).
- Now you have your Paperwhite, how do I browse, download a new book to read today? How to Buy and Download Kindle Books on Kindle Paperwhite. Fire HD 8: Under $60 only and Fire HD 10 (the Tablet of 2018) with $30. Here we will walk you through How-to buying and downloading books onto your Kindle device, so that you can get started reading.
- Kindle Format 8: Amazon's version of the EPUB3 standard
- MOBI
- AZW: A copy-protected version of MOBI
- PRC
Beyond books, your Fire supports nonbook documents that you can upload to your account and read as if they were books. Supported files for Kindle Fire personal documents include:
- TXT
- DOC
- DOCX
You can open and read books that are PDFs, but you cannot do so under the Books tab on your Kindle or the Kindle app on your mobile device. PDFs are under Docs, which explains why your Kindle Fire user guide is located in Docs instead of under Books.
Transferring Your Files by Email
You can email your Kindle files as attachments. The files must be in one of the supported formats, and they'll be added to the Docs section of your Kindle. To set this feature up, log into Amazon.com and then go to Manage Your Content and Devices: Personal Document Settings.
You'll need to set up the authorized email account and address. Generally, it will be something like 'your_name_here@kindle.com.' Only emails coming from approved email addresses will work.
Transferring Your Files by USB
If you use a micro-USB cable and connect it to your computer, you can transfer files to and from your Kindle as if it were an external hard drive. Place any .mobi files in the Books folder, and place .pdf and other formats in the Documents folder. After you've added your files, you may need to restart the Kindle to get it to recognize your new books.
Transferring Using Dropbox
Use Dropbox to transfer files, using these steps:
Find an ebook file in your Dropbox, then press the triple-dot menu icon to perform additional actions to it. Do not open the ebook file.
Next, tap Export.
Choose Save to Device, then Show SD Card, even if you don't have an SD card. This step gets you to the internal memory as well.
Tap on Internal Storage (your Fire) or Storage Device (your SD card), then tap the Save button.
After this step is complete, restart your Kindle Fire. Your books will appear after the reboot. If your book does not appear, double check that you waited for the book to fully copy to your Kindle's hard drive and double check that you chose the correct folder for the file format.
I'd like to know if it is possible to use a Kindle reader without having an Amazon account, but rather only uploading the reader's own files into the device.
6 Answers
I can't speak definitively about this, but my understanding is that you need a kindle account to register the device as new.
How Do I Use A Kindle Fire
The reason is that amazon.com wants to make sure you are able to spend money -- they lose money on the kindles and hope to make up for it with sales of ebooks and apps.
After it is registered, you can connect via USB to a laptop or computer and transfer as many files as you want, more or less (using Calibre, etc). You don't need to purchase one thing. You don't need to use kindle to do the transferring (unless you really want to). So you really only need to connect to amazon.com one time. You don't need to connect to wifi after that first time.
I'm guessing that you are dealing with a used device wiped clean with broken wifi or you are in a country where amazon doesn't have a store or you are buying it for a young person and don't want to give him access to your credit card.
If you are concerned about credit card use, you can give a functioning credit card when you register, and then change/remove the credit card later.
By the way, one advantage of being registered is that Kindle will automatically download updates.
See also this thread http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=TxFBK4BK0D6L9Y
See also this thread on setting parental controls to prevent kids from buying things http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201423070
I just got a new paperwhite, and am reading my own books on it without registering. It nags you to register, but if you open Calibre, and then connect via USB, you can put books on, and it all works just as normal. The only thing you can't do if you don't register is to 'buy' Amazon's drm books, or access the ones you've already 'bought.'
Although it is possible you may be able to transfer said books through your kindle desktop app, I haven't tried,don't really care.
How To Sell A Kindle Fire
Never register your kindle when you buy. Turn off wifi by putting into wifi mode. Then just use your kindle as a sort of usb stick with screen. Drag and drop pdf and mobi files (use the great free program Calibre to convert epub etc to these formats. This works for a kindle of a couple of years ago with the square button on the bottom.
How To Use The Kindle Fire
Yes, you can use a Kindle (at least Kindles that are several years old) without an Amazon account. I got a secondhand Kindle that is probably ~4-5 years old. I connected to wifi to deregister the prior owner. Then I turned wifi off, and connected to my pc with a microUSB cable and uploaded books using Calibre.
I just got a new paperwhite 09/2018 and you can use it without registering although it may not seem like it at first. You'll see the connect & register screen when first starting up and it won't let you do anything else. Pretend like you are going to, search for networks, but don't join anything. Cancel back out and it will then ask if you would like to continue setup later. Do that and then never register if that's what you prefer.
Yes, you can use a Kindle without an account, or without registering it. Contarex bullseye manual lymphatic drainage. You can copy MOBI or PDF or a few other data file formats into the 'Documents' directory using USB, and it'll display them just fine. There are four differences I've found that apply to all the Kindles I've tried this with.
- You can't buy books from Amazon Store directly from the device, obviously.
- You can't take an Amazon Kindle copy-protected-format file from one of your other Kindles, copy them onto your unregistered Kindle, and read them. (Not surprising.)
- You can't email a file to the Kindle using Amazon Whispernet's my-kindle-name@kindle.com address (also obvious.)
- The Collections feature doesn't work without registration (Not obvious, and annoying.) It's not a problem if you've only got a few dozen books on there at a time, but if you've downloaded half of Project Gutenberg onto your Kindle into one big flat directory mess, it's hard to keep track of stuff.