My Kindle Ebook Management Workflow

Every Kindle user probably has their own routine for managing e-books: buying books, organizing them, sending them to the Kindle reader, and backing them up. Over time, you develop a routine you're used to. At first, like most people, I used Calibre to manage my e-book files. But once I got a second Kindle reader, I started to notice many inconveniences in relying only on Calibre and transferring files to the reader over USB, such as: ...

May 18, 2019 · 5 min

Calibre: Convert, Edit, and Read E-books in One Place, and Send Them to Your Kindle

If you read e-books, I’d like to recommend a program called Calibre. If you read on your computer, you probably don’t need to convert anything. But many people read on e-book readers like the Kindle or Nook, and for them, Calibre is essential. The Kindle doesn’t support the EPUB format. It only supports formats like AZW, MOBI, and PDF. If the book you have is in EPUB format, you can’t read it directly on a Kindle. Most books from the well-known e-book site Haodu are in EPUB format, and that’s where Calibre comes in to convert them for you. ...

January 26, 2012 · 4 min