Hey all -
Got the Nook Color for the wife for mothers day, put the downloaded ZIP to upgrade the STOCK...
Is there a way to just add the Kindle app? wife has a metric ton of kindle books. she definitely needs to keep the kindle books...
Without rooting, I don't think you'll be able to get that app on there.
You could go get calibre and hunt around the internet and convert the kindle books to epub format.
Hi,
Two questions with one thread.
1- I have downloaded the Kindle application, but I cannot sideload .mobi format books. How can I do that?
2- I need a nook application for my NC CM7, but I cant find it on the market. How can I find it?
Thanks for answers
Can't help you on the Kindle - I just convert everything to epub with calibre. As far as the nook app, just search for nook in the market. If you have the new market, make sure and expand the results.
Topic, just wondering if there was a way to add additional storage to the kindle fire hd if its rooted?
I've rooted and put a new launcher on my Kindle Fire HD 7' and have gotten the Kindle App to work by placing it in the system/apps folder just fine. I can read my books and my library is in tact, however I can't seem to use my Prime Lending properly. There are books I've looked up on Amazon.com and it says it's available for the free Kindle lending program w/Prime, but am not sure how to utilize that with a rooted KFTT using the Apex Launcher, stock OS, and the Kindle App (from Google Play). Any suggestions?
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I've rooted and put a new launcher on my Kindle Fire HD 7' and have gotten the Kindle App to work by placing it in the system/apps folder just fine. I can read my books and my library is in tact, however I can't seem to use my Prime Lending properly. There are books I've looked up on Amazon.com and it says it's available for the free Kindle lending program w/Prime, but am not sure how to utilize that with a rooted KFTT using the Apex Launcher, stock OS, and the Kindle App (from Google Play). Any suggestions?
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Just rooting and adding Google Play will not effect things. When you put the custom launcher on your tablet, you hid the availability to use the Prime lending library. The reason is because you have to access this through your tablet to be able to borrow. You will have to remove the current launcher or switch to the stock launcher and enter the lending library from there.
I am planning on buying this (FIRE) tablet for reading books . But recently I came to know that kindle doesn't support epub format. As you know epub is probably the best extension for books. :laugh::laugh: I am now in a fix that if I can use moon+reader pro to read such formatted books or not.
can anyone assure me? :angel::angel:
Thanks in Advance.
If you are on 5.01 you can install the Google Play store and then will have access to install Fbreader which does work on the tablet for epub format books. I can't confirm about moon reader as I've never used it but fbreader does work. Amazon app store will say fbreader isn't compatible but it does work.
There is also Aldiko, which is the best book reader app for Android IMHO.
Along the same lines, has anybody had this problem?
I have Nova Launcher installed as my default launcher (not sure if this is part of the issue or not) and the book reader app (whatever variation of the Kindle App is installed) is unable to see any .mobi files that I have sideloaded into the kindle folder.
D97 said:
Along the same lines, has anybody had this problem?
I have Nova Launcher installed as my default launcher (not sure if this is part of the issue or not) and the book reader app (whatever variation of the Kindle App is installed) is unable to see any .mobi files that I have sideloaded into the kindle folder.
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It can if you put them in the kindle folder in the system memory, not on a card. All my books I can read.
Thanks for the reply - I have actually put them in the kindle folder ... they are just not being seen by the kindle app. I think that I am just going to have to restore / re-setup the tablet and see if it still happens. I might have tweaked something somewhere and can't remember what it is / was.
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D97 said:
Thanks for the reply - I have actually put them in the kindle folder ... they are just not being seen by the kindle app. I think that I am just going to have to restore / re-setup the tablet and see if it still happens. I might have tweaked something somewhere and can't remember what it is / was.
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I'm having the same problem. I have a bunch of mobi files and it's only showing 2 in the library.
If I open any of the other mobi files from a file viewer it opens the files just fine in the Kindle app. However it won't save reading position etc because the book is not in the library. Highly annoying!
The Kindle app in the Play store does not have this issue. I tried replacing the built in Kindle app with the one from the Play store but didn't manage to do it. Even when I delete the original Kindle app and sideload the APK it crashes and launch.
I use Calibre to convert them to mobi. So far, so good.
Moonreader
Moonreader supports all ebook formats. Is easy to use and has night mode.
I have moved on to the Cyanogenmod 5.1 and am using the official Kindle App now so I haven't had any problems recently - having said this, it started working at some point (registering my .mobi files in the app) but I can't explain why it happened.
+1 for Calibre (run on computer) to convert ebooks to/from different formats.