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Kindle App and moving books

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rmg1
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Hi all

My OH bought me a Kindle for Xmas and I've managed to get some books onto it.

On my Android phone, I've got the MoonReader app which has some books already attached to it (as far as I know they're in the same format, i.e. mobi).

Is there any way of telling the Kindle app that these books exist on my phone and where to find them?

I've googled as best I can but come up with nothing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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  • mwddrwg
    mwddrwg Posts: 521 Forumite
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    Your books need to be in AZW3 (I think) format and have copies stored in the folder that the Kindle app uses to store its books so you need to get into the file structure on the phone. This is much easier to do if you plug the phone into a PC and browse the folders from there.
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  • debitcardmayhem
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    If the books are not Drm protected, the use calibre to manage them https://calibre-ebook.com/download
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  • rmg1
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    @mwddrwg - thanks for that, I'#ll have a look on my phone's file structure later and have a dig around.

    @debitcardmayhem -I started using calibre and did a few books but it seemed to create duplicates copies for some reason. I might give that another go before I wander around the file structure.
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  • debitcardmayhem
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    rmg1 wrote: »
    @mwddrwg - thanks for that, I'#ll have a look on my phone's file structure later and have a dig around.

    @debitcardmayhem -I started using calibre and did a few books but it seemed to create duplicates copies for some reason. I might give that another go before I wander around the file structure.
    One will be mobi the other azw, delete if you want
    Oh and I forgot, you can use calibre tosend it to the kindle
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  • Syman
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    you can email .mobi files to your Kindle device. your kindle email address will be in the settings menu - send-to-kindle E-mail
    Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today!:mad:
    Cos if you do it today and like it...You can do it again tomorrow.. :p


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