Transfer books from Kindle to Kobo e reader ??

pottersfolly

Can I transfer books from my Kindle onto my husbands Kobo, because my books go straight onto my kindle so I don't know where to start or even if its possible to transfer them to another reader.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

macman

Kindle uses a proprietary file format (AZW), unlike every other e-book reader which uses ePub.
So Kobo does not support Kindle.
You may be able to convert the files using Calbre, but it's not strictly legal if they have DRM. You need the correct licence for the platform you are using.
Go to the Kobo help pages for fuller info on how to transfer files.

paddyrg

This is why DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) is a BAD THING. You bought those ebooks, probably paid about the same as real books, but you can't change devices to another platform, lend them to friends easily, etc.

Uxb

.................which is precisely why the DRM is there.
to stop people like you endlessly digitally copying a book and "lending" the digital copy to lots of friends who never somehow quite delete their digital copy - while of course you continue to use your master copy as well.

...thereby depriving the author of royalties either though outright purchase of the book or royalties via the lending libraries scheme of books physical and 'e' lent out.

......which is why DRM is a GOOD THING.

JamesWMH88

Uxb wrote: »

.................which is precisely why the DRM is there.
to stop people like you endlessly digitally copying a book and "lending" the digital copy to lots of friends who never somehow quite delete their digital copy - while of course you continue to use your master copy as well.

...thereby depriving the author of royalties either though outright purchase of the book or royalties via the lending libraries scheme of books physical and 'e' lent out.

......which is why DRM is a GOOD THING.

I'm afraid you're wrong. DRM does not stop people pirating ebooks, it is extremely easy to break the DRM on an ebook if you know what you're doing. Just check online on the torrent sites and you'll see they're full of books that had DRM.

DRM is a very bad thing indeed, you should be able to know that if you pay for a book you'll still be able to read it in 10 years time without having to break the law by removing DRM. The publisher Tor UK has started selling all it's ebooks without DRM because the authors were kicking up a fuss and didn't want it there. The only people that DRM help are the companies that make the damn thing.

And if you have a problem with people lending a book to all of their friends do you also have a problem with librarians? They buy one copy of a book and lend it out time and time again. AND you can even borrow ebooks from libraries now too. And the royalty rates that libraries pay are tiny in comparison to what the author would get from a sale, AND they are capped at a very small amount. I am NOT in favour of piracy by the way, but I am in favour of being able to read your books on any platform you like once you've paid for them.

To the OP, if you want to get your Kindle ebooks to your Kobo you will need to use a program called Calibre, and a plugin for it called DeDRM (I think) or if you're lucky enough to have bought your books from Tor you can convert them straight to epub. You can just use your Kindle data cable to get your ebooks from your Kindle to your PC. You should easily be able to google a guide on how to do what you need.

debitcardmayhem

Uxb wrote: »

.................which is precisely why the DRM is there.
to stop people like you endlessly digitally copying a book and "lending" the digital copy to lots of friends who never somehow quite delete their digital copy - while of course you continue to use your master copy as well.

...thereby depriving the author of royalties either though outright purchase of the book or royalties via the lending libraries scheme of books physical and 'e' lent out.

......which is why DRM is a GOOD THING.

Absolute hogwash...
Say I buy a printed book for 6.99, lend it to my friend , I get it back and lend it to another friend, since I have only two friends I sell it in a car boot sale for £2.50 . The next person buys it lends it to his many friends, then sells it in a car boot sale for £1 etc until the fifth buyer thinks no point trying to sell it in a car boot sale I may as well give it to a charity shop, which sells it for 20p. The person who buys it reads it and sends it back until the book is no longer fit for purpose so the £6.99 book has changed hands for say £20,the author get none of the initial after sale proceeds.... how does that sound
....oh and eBooks attract VAT so the government gets 20% of the initial cost ....
with me thus far ......
Now the other side of the proprietary format argument , lets imagine that I buy said hardcopy book but I can only read it if I use Vision Express specs, but I went to Specsavers so I am out of luck....
and whilst on my high horse what about Apple and the six publishers who have been investigated for trying to force the price of eBooks up it's just like the Net Book Agreement but worse. which is why

......which is why DRM is a GOOD THING.

it is a a very bad thing.

MS1950

pottersfolly wrote: »

Can I transfer books from my Kindle onto my husbands Kobo, because my books go straight onto my kindle so I don't know where to start or even if its possible to transfer them to another reader.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

If all your books are on your Kindle only then you will need to download and install 'Kindle for PC' on your computer (and download your Kindle books from Amazon to it):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000423913&!!!!!googhydr-21&hvadid=12512271126&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=746766&hvnetw=g&hvrand=20052469642082310868&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_11v6qirqy2_b

Then, as explained on another thread:

Download and install Calibre on your PC:

http://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows

Then download the DeDRM 'tools_v6.05.zip' from here:

http://www1.datafilehost.com/d/e290f19f

Make sure you un-tick the box that says

"Use our download manager and get recommended downloads"

Then click on the smaller grey 'Download' box (not the large black 'Download Now' box) and you will get the tools with no virus warnings (the download manager that this host site is trying to include with the tools generates a virus warning).

'Unzip' the file - lots of freeware 'un-zippers' around like 7-zip if you haven't got one i.e:

http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

Then it's the 'DeDRM_calibre_plugin' folder that you need - just follow the instructions in the 'DeDRM_plugin_ReadMe' document; in particular when loading the plugin into Calibre:

"Do NOT select "Get plugins to enhance calibre" as this is reserved for 'official' calibre plugins, instead select "Change calibre behavior" to go to Calibre's Preferences page. Under "Advanced" click on the Plugins button. Use the "Load plugin from file" button to select the plugin's zip file (DeDRM_plugin.zip) and click the "Add" button. Click "Yes" in the the "Are you sure?" dialog. Click OK in the "Success" dialog".

You can then load the kindle books into Calibre and convert them to epub format for the Kobo.

Complicated - but it works.....

flashg67

I use the method above, having previously had a Kindle, and now a Kobo.

Once you've got used to the method, it's very quick - literally takes a couple of minutes.

I'm not into piracy either - my OH is a (struggling) author, but I don't see how Amazon can sell you just the rights to view a book (which is what their T&Cs actually state) - it just doesn't make sense in this day & age - we're too used to the concept that buying something also means owning it.

DRM failed with CDs and MP3s and IMO it will eventually fail with ebooks
too.

WilliamO

Sheila - Here, Stacey. Pssst. Just bought this £1 e-book. Fantastic read, you should buy a copy. It's really good.

Stacey - Can't I lend yours?

Sheila - Your not lending my tablet, it cost me more than £200.

Stacey - No, I didn't mean lend your tablet to view the e-book, I meant can't you just send me a copy of the e-book via email with the DRM removed? Nobody will know.

Sheila - oow, I don't know about that. Won't you be denying the author of another quid?

Stacey - F**k the author. They make plenty of money. Think about it. They have millions of customers on that e-book website.....millions buying the author's £1 e-book. They must be millions by now. One measly illegal-copy of their e-book isn't going to starve their children is it.

Sheila - Well put like that I suppose not......but what happens if those same millions of customers are just like you Stacey? Surely the author will be penniless? They have to pay bills and so on just like everyone else.

Stacey - Look Sheila, your starting to become a "goody-goody". Live a little. So what if the author loses a little after sales money, at least they got the original £1 right? Besides, lending gets the author famous if you think about it..........

:rotfl:

macman

paddyrg wrote: »

This is why DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) is a BAD THING. You bought those ebooks, probably paid about the same as real books, but you can't change devices to another platform, lend them to friends easily, etc.

So when your old vinyl LP's or CD's wore out, did you expect the publisher to give you a new copy, gratis, on MP3 or download? When your printed books eventually fall apart, do you expect a free replacement? You are buying a licence for a singe platform or copy.
There's a big difference between 'lending' a single copy of a printed book to friends, and copying an unrestricted ebook so that the author's royalty stream is potentially reduced zero.

macman

flashg67 wrote: »

I use the method above, having previously had a Kindle, and now a Kobo.

Once you've got used to the method, it's very quick - literally takes a couple of minutes.

I'm not into piracy either - my OH is a (struggling) author, but I don't see how Amazon can sell you just the rights to view a book (which is what their T&Cs actually state) - it just doesn't make sense in this day & age - we're too used to the concept that buying something also means owning it.

DRM failed with CDs and MP3s and IMO it will eventually fail with ebooks
too.

But that's exactly what you used to get with a printed book too-simply a licence to read it, and a one-off copy that enabled you to do so!
You may notice that all books carry a copyright symbol and the words 'All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by an means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book'.
The sole difference is that with printed books it is impossible to enforce this directly, as they can so easily copied. However it was still possible to enforce copyright by tracking down the printers and publishers who were breaching copyright. When ebooks came in it was essential to have some sort of DRM in place, because distribution by download would otherwise have made piracy impossible to control.