ePubs

[Shem]

I bought all the fiction in epubs and then tried to read them on my Kindle. It seems like the first three novels that came out are a bit different the the newer epubs.

The older novels work find on my kindle but the new ones do not even show up.

Am I doing something wrong. I transferred the files to the documents folder on my kindle. This worked with those older novels but not with the latest novel or any of the other Pathfinder Fiction.

Help...

[Ross Byers]

Shem wrote:

I bought all the fiction in epubs and then tried to read them on my Kindle. It seems like the first three novels that came out are a bit different the the newer epubs.

The older novels work find on my kindle but the new ones do not even show up.

Am I doing something wrong. I transferred the files to the documents folder on my kindle. This worked with those older novels but not with the latest novel or any of the other Pathfinder Fiction.

Help...

ePubs are not entirely compatible with the Kindle: they usually require some conversion first. Calibre is free and we've gotten good feedback about its ability to convert our ePubs to the Kindle format.

We haven't changed anything in the way that we prepare ePubs, so the real question isn't really why the new files don't work: its why the old ones did.

[Elf_NFB]

Ross Byers wrote:

ePubs are not entirely compatible with the Kindle: they usually require some conversion first. Calibre is free and we've gotten good feedback about its ability to convert our ePubs to the Kindle format.

I'll second the use of Calibre. I use it all the time. The conversion process is VERY easy.

By the way, Calibre will not only convert the file, it will upload it to your Kindle if it's connected by USB or you can set it up to email it your Kindle.

[Shem]

Ross the old files are in a folder with other kinds of files. I move the whole folder over and it works. The new ones are just downloading as one file.

They are clearly different.

I will try calibre. Thanks...

[Chris Lambertz]

Hi Shem,

All of our current novel downloads are packaged as individual .epub documents. Are you unzipping them to put onto your Kindle? That would certainly make a difference. Let us know how Calibre treats the new ones.

[Shem]

I do not see where there is anything to unzip. I just have one file in a format that that my computer does not recognize.

I have not done anything else yet but transfer them over to the kindle. I will have to work on them and see if I can make them work and I will get back with you.

Thanks...

[Shem]

I used calibre and it worked great.

[Cpt_kirstov]

Shem wrote:

I do not see where there is anything to unzip. I just have one file in a format that that my computer does not recognize.

I have not done anything else yet but transfer them over to the kindle. I will have to work on them and see if I can make them work and I will get back with you.

Thanks...

Sometimes windows default unzip utility thinks that the epub file is an unzip-able file, which messes it up if you try to unzip it. I think that's what Chris meant