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Title: Moving ebooks from PC to N7
Post by: corystes on April 09, 2013, 06:10:59 AM
Just got a nexus 7 and want to move a lot of epub files from my PC to the nexus.  Any quick instructions to save me trial & error and a lot of searching?  (I'm totally new to Android)
Title: Re: Moving ebooks from PC to N7
Post by: NordieBoy on April 09, 2013, 02:11:23 PM
If they're non-drm'd books, save them in the book reader folder and it will pick them up.
Title: Re: Moving ebooks from PC to N7
Post by: bjs229 on April 09, 2013, 02:41:23 PM
Sign into your Amazon Kindle app with amazon id. That will make a Kindle folder in your file system. Thru usb or an app like Airdroid move the files into the Kindle folder.
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Title: Re: Moving ebooks from PC to N7
Post by: NordieBoy on April 09, 2013, 02:59:26 PM
Quote from: bjs229 on April 09, 2013, 02:41:23 PM
Sign into your Amazon Kindle app with amazon id. That will make a Kindle folder in your file system. Thru usb or an app like Airdroid move the files into the Kindle folder.
Searching,reading and sharing experieces is how you learn.

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Kindle won't read epub books.

Moon+ will work if you just make a books folder anywhere and copy the books into it.
Title: Re: Moving ebooks from PC to N7
Post by: bjs229 on April 09, 2013, 03:13:20 PM
Nice catch. I only have azw and pdf files.

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Title: Re: Moving ebooks from PC to N7
Post by: S.Prime on April 09, 2013, 05:26:19 PM
Try Moon+Reader (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreader&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLmZseWVyc29mdC5tb29ucmVhZGVyIl0.) you can read Mobi, Epub, Pdf and more, along with the convenience of specifying multiple folders. I have the Pro version and it is well worth the cost and it even supports the "Personal Calibre eBook Server" and online libraries.
Title: Re: Moving ebooks from PC to N7
Post by: corystes on April 10, 2013, 02:37:27 AM
Thanks guys.  Useful stuff, now more Qs.
"If they're non-drm'd books, save them in the book reader folder and it will pick them up."  1 - 'non-drm'd' means?
2 - how to get files from pc to any given folder - not obvious what folders are available from pc or how to import on nexus.
Title: Re: Moving ebooks from PC to N7
Post by: S.Prime on April 10, 2013, 05:42:21 AM
DRM is Digital Rights Media in other words protected content. If you purchased your books from Amazon for a Kindle or from another source for another device, like a Nook, then they will have DRM. There are multiple ways to actually transfer the files to your Nexus 7, but DRM would be the key to your method.

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