Can I transfer e-books to a kindle?

Question

I'm thinking of buying a kindle. I have several e-books that were not purchased on Amazon but they are on .pdf format. Can I transfer them directly on a kindle or it has to be reformatted?

Also, would I be able to easily read my college e-books on a 7-inch screen?

Thanks for all the help!

Answer 1

1. Connect your Kindle to your computer with a USB cable. Your Kindle should appear on your computer in the same location you would normally find an external USB drive.



2. Use your computer's file browser to drag and drop ur PDF files to and from “documents” folder on kindle.



3. When finished, use your computer's undock, eject, or unmount feature to remove your Kindle.



Remember, Kindle will only recognize transferred files if:

1. File are transferred to the correct folder for their type.

2. Files are free of digital rights management software.

Answer 2

Yes you can. I did it two ways:



1. send you pdf file to your kindle email address for conversion.

2. install Calibre in your PC, convert the pdf to mobi format, and send to Kindle device via usb cable.



Depending on your pdf, if your pdf has a lots of diagrams, flowcharts, equations etc. Kindle might not be able to display them correctly. You might have font size resizing and image positing issue. But if the pdf contains mainly text, it should work.





Here is the taken from Amazon website on Personal Document Service

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Kindle personal document service supports multiple file types including;



* Microsoft Word (.DOC, .DOCX)

* HTML (.HTML, .HTM)

* RTF (.RTF)

* JPEG (.JPEG, .JPG)

* Kindle Format (.MOBI, .AZW , prc)

* GIF (.GIF)

* PNG (.PNG)

* BMP (.BMP)

* PDF (.PDF); is supported in our experimental category. See below for details.



The above file types can also be combined in a compressed ZIP (.ZIP) file. ZIP files are automatically opened up by the conversion service, converted to the Kindle format if needed, and sent to your Kindle and stored in your Kindle library. Some complex PDF files might not format correctly on your Kindle.



If you prefer to have your personal PDF documents converted to the Kindle format so you can take advantage of Kindle functionality such as variable font size, annotation, Text-to-Speech, etc., type "Convert" in the subject of the e-mail when you submit your personal document to your Send-to-Kindle e-mail address

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Answer 3

Una buena cantidad y calidad de dispositivos Kindle en Amazon, http://amzn.to/1GkMRUG aquí hay detalles.

Me gusta perderme en el mundo de los libros y que mejor y práctica manera de hacerlo con los aparatos Kindle, he comprado un Kindle muy práctico en Amazon, es fácil de emplear, pesa casi nado, es igual como si leería en libro pero en cualquier lugar sin interrupciones, un precio excepcional para un producto excepcional.