How I Manually Add Books to Kindle - Page 2

rtrip · 09/01/2011, 07:24 PM

Its much faster getting the samples of the books from amazon.com, refreshing your kindle app so they show up, then substituting your mobi files for the corresponding sample files.

UCLAKoolman · 09/02/2011, 12:11 AM

Or you all could just download pReader and load your entire eBook collection onto the Touchpad with Calibre

techiegirl · 09/02/2011, 01:17 PM

I tried this method and can see the entire book is there, but it still shows the location # of the sample book.

Re: Preader, I can't seem to figure out how to switch Preader to 2 page landscape mode.

Aston Martin · 09/02/2011, 01:25 PM

Store aside, which is the best reader?
Is Preader a better compromise?

Jawbox · 09/02/2011, 03:10 PM

I didn't care for the rendering on pReader, it's still setup for the screen on a Pre whereas the page views on the Kindle App are gorgeous. For now I'm hacking my books in with hopes of either a sideloading Kindle or a pReader HD update.

douche1337 · 09/06/2011, 06:00 PM

pReader is pretty horrible compared to the Kindle App on the Touchpad. This method works.

Only major problem for me is that the app still treats the book as a sample and so the scroll bar on the bottom does not work. Scrolling to 100% seems to scroll only to the last page of the demo sized file before the copy/paste. I have to individually tap the page afterwards to go to further pages, exceeding 100% on the scroll bar.

If someone figures out how to fix that, this would be perfect.

ahershey · 09/07/2011, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ******1337

pReader is pretty horrible compared to the Kindle App on the Touchpad. This method works.

Only major problem for me is that the app still treats the book as a sample and so the scroll bar on the bottom does not work. Scrolling to 100% seems to scroll only to the last page of the demo sized file before the copy/paste. I have to individually tap the page afterwards to go to further pages, exceeding 100% on the scroll bar.

If someone figures out how to fix that, this would be perfect.

Anyone figure out the paging issue. I've opened the .json files, but can't see anything that looks like a page number.

trevevs · 09/18/2011, 11:16 PM

yea fix for the page numbers would be sensational!

ShelaghDB · 10/04/2011, 11:44 PM

I have just finished reading though this thread but looking under Preware, last week I see the addition of 'Kindle Import"

Does that mean that this thread is now out of date and i should be following later information?

Am on a mac and have hundreds of top sellers in mobi format i want to get onto the Kindle on the HP Touchpad

DCPeterson2000 · 10/04/2011, 11:49 PM

Yes, the Kindle Import tool is fantastic. that team did a great job, it's the next best solution other than Amazon updating the app itself

sikfrk · 11/08/2011, 09:44 PM

Has anyone managed to fix the importing method so it shows the correct page count?

everythingsablur · 11/09/2011, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by sikfrk

Has anyone managed to fix the importing method so it shows the correct page count?

Use the kindleside batch file. It will analyze the mobi files and calculate page numbers. It isn't 100% accurate as your choice in font size/font can change the pagination, but it's a lot better than having everything at the default page count.

09/01/2011, 07:24 PM	#21 (permalink)
rtrip Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Its much faster getting the samples of the books from amazon.com, refreshing your kindle app so they show up, then substituting your mobi files for the corresponding sample files.
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09/02/2011, 12:11 AM	#22 (permalink)
UCLAKoolman Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 83 Likes Received: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Or you all could just download pReader and load your entire eBook collection onto the Touchpad with Calibre
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09/02/2011, 01:17 PM	#23 (permalink)
techiegirl Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 282 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I tried this method and can see the entire book is there, but it still shows the location # of the sample book. Re: Preader, I can't seem to figure out how to switch Preader to 2 page landscape mode.
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09/02/2011, 01:25 PM	#24 (permalink)
Aston Martin Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: UK Posts: 87 Likes Received: 18 Thanks: 13 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	Store aside, which is the best reader? Is Preader a better compromise?
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09/02/2011, 03:10 PM	#25 (permalink)
Jawbox Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 91 Likes Received: 14 Thanks: 18 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	I didn't care for the rendering on pReader, it's still setup for the screen on a Pre whereas the page views on the Kindle App are gorgeous. For now I'm hacking my books in with hopes of either a sideloading Kindle or a pReader HD update.
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09/06/2011, 06:00 PM	#26 (permalink)
douche1337 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 19 Likes Received: 1 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	pReader is pretty horrible compared to the Kindle App on the Touchpad. This method works. Only major problem for me is that the app still treats the book as a sample and so the scroll bar on the bottom does not work. Scrolling to 100% seems to scroll only to the last page of the demo sized file before the copy/paste. I have to individually tap the page afterwards to go to further pages, exceeding 100% on the scroll bar. If someone figures out how to fix that, this would be perfect.
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09/18/2011, 11:16 PM	#28 (permalink)
trevevs Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 8 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	yea fix for the page numbers would be sensational!
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10/04/2011, 11:44 PM	#29 (permalink)
ShelaghDB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 73 Likes Received: 4 Thanks: 9 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I have just finished reading though this thread but looking under Preware, last week I see the addition of 'Kindle Import" Does that mean that this thread is now out of date and i should be following later information? Am on a mac and have hundreds of top sellers in mobi format i want to get onto the Kindle on the HP Touchpad
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10/04/2011, 11:49 PM	#30 (permalink)
DCPeterson2000 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 26 Likes Received: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 3 Posts	Yes, the Kindle Import tool is fantastic. that team did a great job, it's the next best solution other than Amazon updating the app itself
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11/08/2011, 09:44 PM	#31 (permalink)
sikfrk Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 14 Likes Received: 7 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post	Has anyone managed to fix the importing method so it shows the correct page count?
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