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[Q] .mobi

Does anyone know any apps that can open .mobi files? I have a bunch of ebooks but I'm not sure what app can open it
Thanks

utsmaster18 said:
Does anyone know any apps that can open .mobi files? I have a bunch of ebooks but I'm not sure what app can open it
Thanks
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MobiPocket Reader. Looks like it is right protected format so there is probably nothing that can read it.
See here: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/MOBI

Amazon Kindle app will read MOBI files.
After you install Kindle app, just drop ebboks into the kindle folder that is created on your SDCARD. You may need to close and reopen Kindle to see the ebooks.
Cheers
Stu

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Calibre, a free program on the PC, can also convert a mobi file into just about anything you want, such as epub. Then you can read them in your ebook reader of choice.
To make it easy to then move them onto your Android phone, many popular reader apps (like my fave, Moon+ Reader) access your Calibre library directly if you are on the same wifi network, and Calibre has their own app for accessing your library from an Android device.

Kindle Fire book transfer?

Is there any way to transfer your books out of the kindle to add them to another account? I really want to create a new Amazon account but of course I don't want to lose all my books. I am rooted if there is any method that way.

Try calibre library program for PC's. You may be able to transfer them off

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I was wondering if there is anyway to add shortcut to kindle app? not kindle books or newstand so that reading pdf's would be easier (for my grandma).
Right now I can send some books via email and they sow up on main screen but I would like to go into app and select which book to read like on regular android. Maybe there is some app to do that?
EDIT: ok found a way to have books in Books app but they need to be on internal anyway to make it work to read books from SD-CARD? internal has like 5gb space left and ext sd-card 32gb.. even if I send the books to the email they do still somehow get saved on internal sd.

patt2k said:
I was wondering if there is anyway to add shortcut to kindle app? not kindle books or newstand so that reading pdf's would be easier (for my grandma).
Right now I can send some books via email and they sow up on main screen but I would like to go into app and select which book to read like on regular android. Maybe there is some app to do that?
EDIT: ok found a way to have books in Books app but they need to be on internal anyway to make it work to read books from SD-CARD? internal has like 5gb space left and ext sd-card 32gb.. even if I send the books to the email they do still somehow get saved on internal sd.
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Please share how.
I've been putting PDF files on my device every which way I can, but they never show up under books.
They do on my older Kindle Fire HD, but not on the Amazon Fire under Fire OS 5.
The only way I can view them is to go to docs, which gives a fairly cluttered view.
I did email it with "convert" and it aappeared, but the conversion was dreadful and totally destroyed the document.
I also tried to convert to mobi with Calibre. Same poor conversion.
So if you know how to get a PDF into the Books section, please let me know.

Does fire support EPUB or other book extension?

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.

Viewing Photos On Amazon Fire Tablet

Please can some help me with a simple problem which I cannot solve. I have recently purchased a new Amazon Fire Tablet 16GB. I have used a USB lead to transfer a few folders of photos over to the main storage of my Fire Tablet. However, I am unable to view the photos on my device. There's a standard app on the device called Prime Photos. However, when I select Albums on that, I cannot see my photos. I contact Amazon several times but they want me to use the Cloud, even though I have specifically said I want to view my photos offline and want nothing to do with the Cloud. My photos are definitely on the device but I cannot see them.
Transferring and viewing photos on the old Kindle Fire Tablets was extremely easy. However, this is proving a struggle on my new Fire. There must be a simple solution.
Any help would be appreciated.