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Calibre makes converting epubs and loading them onto Kindles. It handles a wide range of different ebook formats. I probably would work with your Kobo as well i

Calibre makes converting epubs and loading them onto Kindles. It handles a wide range of different ebook formats. I probably would work with your Kobo as well if you have some non-epub source documuments.

AlotOfReading 4y ago
You can use Calibre to convert with kindles, but some documents don't convert well without a lot of effort/tuning and you really shouldn't have to. Spend your money elsewhere. The biggest downside of Kobo for me has been Rakuten's update cadence. The system updates opt-out doesn't actually work from what I can tell and my device only comes out of airplane mode once every few months. Every damn time I do so it has to download an update, lagging out for a long time, and changing the UI in exciting new ways.
- bowsamic 4y ago
  I’ve never had any problem converting an epub to a mobi
  - AlotOfReading 4y ago
    You'd generally expect that to be the case as they're fairly similar formats internally. Nevertheless, I did probably thousands of conversions in a decade+ of owning various kindles and encountered issues more than a few times. When my last kindle finally kicked the bucket I simply switched to a kobo.
    - bowsamic 4y ago
      That's a pretty low failure rate then
- aaomidi 4y ago
  https://www.sendepubtokindle.com/ https://www.sendepubtokindle.com/ Works perfectly.
  - baisq 4y ago
    To do that you need to disable airplane mode on your kindle which means you have to see ads :(
    - jsjohnst 4y ago
      Or you could give up the subsidy Amazon provided by seeing ads and then ads are gone permanently.
    - Tagbert 4y ago
      I’ve had Kindles with ads. They are almost unnoticeable. If you are tight on your budget it is not unreasonable to choose the ad-supported model. Often the screen saver ads are offers for books that match your interests.
  - pxtail 4y ago
    Maybe it works but why someone would want to use 3rd party service with no privacy policy, TOS, owners etc.
    - Tenoke 4y ago
      Because all you give them is a (usually) public book and your kindle email. Most of us aren't afraid of anything that can be done with that information.
      - mkr-hn 4y ago
        There's a reason most states in the US have laws protecting library records. I don't know who runs this site or what privacy laws and policies (if any) they operate under, so I don't know how they might feel about certain books I might send through it and what they might do about it. I don't want to send a copy of "And the Band Played On" (for example) and start getting Chick Tracts.
- throw1230 4y ago
  Whenever I had a problem, the Epub book was not built right and had the exact same issues before conversion. PDF doesn't work well, but I don't know anyone does PDF well on e Reader space Calibre is king, set things right and you can just email books to your Kindle.
- MomoXenosaga 4y ago
  You can get a Kindle for 89 euro. Amazon, smartly, subsidises their products. The cheapest competitor is at least double that.
  - _fat_santa 4y ago
    A subsidized Kindle + Library Genesis is a potent combination.
  - kX4A8o4mVmX8aW 4y ago
    In the U.S. the cheapest Kobo is just under 100 USD: https://us.kobobooks.com/collections/ereaders https://us.kobobooks.com/collections/ereaders. They go on sale somewhat regularly.

AlotOfReading 4y ago

You can use Calibre to convert with kindles, but some documents don't convert well without a lot of effort/tuning and you really shouldn't have to. Spend your money elsewhere. The biggest downside of Kobo for me has been Rakuten's update cadence. The system updates opt-out doesn't actually work from what I can tell and my device only comes out of airplane mode once every few months. Every damn time I do so it has to download an update, lagging out for a long time, and changing the UI in exciting new ways.

bowsamic 4y ago
I’ve never had any problem converting an epub to a mobi
- AlotOfReading 4y ago
  You'd generally expect that to be the case as they're fairly similar formats internally. Nevertheless, I did probably thousands of conversions in a decade+ of owning various kindles and encountered issues more than a few times. When my last kindle finally kicked the bucket I simply switched to a kobo.
  - bowsamic 4y ago
    That's a pretty low failure rate then
aaomidi 4y ago
https://www.sendepubtokindle.com/ https://www.sendepubtokindle.com/ Works perfectly.
- baisq 4y ago
  To do that you need to disable airplane mode on your kindle which means you have to see ads :(
  - jsjohnst 4y ago
    Or you could give up the subsidy Amazon provided by seeing ads and then ads are gone permanently.
  - Tagbert 4y ago
    I’ve had Kindles with ads. They are almost unnoticeable. If you are tight on your budget it is not unreasonable to choose the ad-supported model. Often the screen saver ads are offers for books that match your interests.
- pxtail 4y ago
  Maybe it works but why someone would want to use 3rd party service with no privacy policy, TOS, owners etc.
  - Tenoke 4y ago
    Because all you give them is a (usually) public book and your kindle email. Most of us aren't afraid of anything that can be done with that information.
    - mkr-hn 4y ago
      There's a reason most states in the US have laws protecting library records. I don't know who runs this site or what privacy laws and policies (if any) they operate under, so I don't know how they might feel about certain books I might send through it and what they might do about it. I don't want to send a copy of "And the Band Played On" (for example) and start getting Chick Tracts.
throw1230 4y ago
Whenever I had a problem, the Epub book was not built right and had the exact same issues before conversion. PDF doesn't work well, but I don't know anyone does PDF well on e Reader space Calibre is king, set things right and you can just email books to your Kindle.
MomoXenosaga 4y ago
You can get a Kindle for 89 euro. Amazon, smartly, subsidises their products. The cheapest competitor is at least double that.
- _fat_santa 4y ago
  A subsidized Kindle + Library Genesis is a potent combination.
- kX4A8o4mVmX8aW 4y ago
  In the U.S. the cheapest Kobo is just under 100 USD: https://us.kobobooks.com/collections/ereaders https://us.kobobooks.com/collections/ereaders. They go on sale somewhat regularly.