Dealing with Kindle ebooks in calibre

[meghane_e]

Thanks for input and feedback!

My follow up questions and comments:

I will add some notes that not all EPUBs require DRM-stripping but they may need to be reconfigured/finissed for upload to Kindle.

Side-note: I've been having trouble getting books to side-load onto my Kindle with any consistency lately. I guess I'll have to look into that too.

Barnes & Noble: I've never encountered a problem with downloading books from B&N. But I've only bought and transferred about about 40 books. How prevalent would this be, and do you think there's anyway to tell beforehand?

Google Play, ebooks.com: I'll work on finding and testing instructions for these (I usually avoid Google Play almost as much as Amazon).

Apple Books: I'll add a note that it exists, but someone else would have to provide instructions for that one.

ACSM plugin: When I checked a couple of years ago, it was pretty inconsistent. I'll revisit it.

Libby: I've run into problems a handful of times where some books weren't getting delivered to my Kindle. I had to download them to my PC directly.

Libby DRM: Libby books kind of fall into a DRM limbo. Authors do get paid some, but it's true, it's not the same as an individual purchase. Patrons are supposed to have physical cards to check out Libby books, which means libraries are receiving taxes. But even if not Kindle, they're supposed to be able to read the books on any digital platform.

I can certainly add to the title "or legitimate source".

Perhaps this should go in the Kindle forum? This thread is about getting Kindle ebooks into calibre, not about getting non-Kindle ebooks onto a Kindle.

Ultimately it's to read non-Amazon books on a Kindle. Calibre is the most centralized resource, that I am personally familiar with, for converting between formats, handling DRM, fixing EPUB book issues, re-converting, etc.

So wherever it might be most useful... ??

[Sirtel]

AFAIK Apple DRM cannot be removed as things stand now, so there's no point to add Apple Books.

Side-note: I've been having trouble getting books to side-load onto my Kindle with any consistency lately. I guess I'll have to look into that too.

You know you can just sideload AZW3 files directly via USB, don't you? No need to upload them to Amazon.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I believe only in the US.

Yes. Kindle library loans are only available in the US.

[meghane_e]

I certainly used to be able to. I'm not sure why, but none of them will show up on my Kindle anymore when I do it manually.

Sounds like a me-issue, which is good news and probably solveable! So I'll take that particular issue up in another thread.