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Read a Kindle Book
Bigtroutz:
--- Quote from: WilliamP on January 17, 2013, 10:15:52 AM ---I have 9 books downloaded to the Kindle App. I have downloaded Cool Reader. How do I get those books to Cool Reader?
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nothing is easy is it ? lol
depends on how you downloaded them. If you DL using the kindle app itself, it generally places them in a weird place like
/sdcard/Android/data/com.amazon.kindle /files/
and splits the file into components like cover, text, etc with godawful names like B003ODIZ blah blah blah so you cant even use search to find the Title or Author.
hopeless (and incredibly stupid by Amazon - what jerks trying to force you to only use the Kindle app!)
the best solution is to download from Amazon directly to your desktop or lappy (where it uses the usual Title and author) and then transfer the file(s) to the N7 \Books folder and subfolderss just as a general practice. I use the cable to transfer to the N7 but you can use a network share and wifi, or an APP like Airdroid as well or you can register your Nexus 7 with Amazon and direclly download into the N7 somehow (I think, not certain since I don't bother) . Your choice.
In any case, I always put my books on the N7 \Books and subfolders therein manually using the cable and WinExplorer and make the subfolders with X-plore or ES file manager. Airdroid is a worthy app too.
Once you get the method down, it all seems simple but until then, baffling. You can do it !
EDIT:
yeah, you will need to check the book formats. Fersure before you pick a eReader. Nothing is easy.
Kindle uses azw, mobi, prc, pdf, txt, others that you wont see much, so check Coolreader - I know it will read prc, mobi pdf txt but i dunno about azw.
You can use a freeware desktop app like Hamster or Calibre to convert between formats.
let me know if you need more info....
loociddreemr:
I noticed this with the last update. Go to the Google play store and look up Google Play Books. Read under the the "what's new" section.
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WilliamP:
I want to thank everyone for the help. I have determined that books downloaded from Google Play will read aloud without jumping through hoops. So that is the plan. Again thank you.
MrFound:
--- Quote from: WilliamP on January 18, 2013, 07:50:06 AM ---I want to thank everyone for the help. I have determined that books downloaded from Google Play will read aloud without jumping through hoops. So that is the plan. Again thank you.
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you are welcome Will :)
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bjs229:
Good call with Google Books. I just took mine out of the deepfreeze.
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