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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by trimmerfrost@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I usually download ebooks from Anna's Archive and transfer it to my Kindle through the service. But 1/10 times it fails, with no apparent reason. The particular ebook in question is https://annas-archive.org/md5/e310a253a9d85992129cc2b8dd351556. What's the way out?

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[-] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

It's more reliable to copy the file across to the kindle via usb connection. You will need to run the download through an epub -> mobi convertor first since it's in epub format. There are plenty of free ones online, e.g., https://convertio.co/epub-mobi/

[-] trimmerfrost@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I tried it before, but it didn't work. Didn't knew you had to convert into mobi. Sweet. Thanks

[-] zephyrvs@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

You don't have to convert to mobi anymore. The Kindle backend supports epub for a couple of months already. I've also read reports that Kindle's can now convert ePub by themselves if you copy ePub files via cable but I haven't verified that myself.

[-] Luvon@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

It supports attempting to convert them to their own format, it doesn’t natively actually read the file as is so sometimes still easier and less opaquely buggy to locally convert, where you can easily check the output then riffle through the depths of amazons website to find out why a auto conversion failed.

[-] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Oh that's good to know!

[-] AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

Kindle supports epub now, and if you try to send a mobi formated book through email to your kindle, then Amazon will send you an email telling you that that format has been depreciated.

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