How to Read EPUB Books on Your Kindle?

Now with Amazon Kindle, book reading has become a lot easier. Instead of stocking up your favorite books on your bookshelf, you can keep it all saved on your smartphone and read e-books whenever you want.

This makes things so convenient as it allows you to read books by saving space and weight. This also removes the chances of ripping off the cover of the book. Sadly, the Kindle platform does not provide support in one of the formats called EPUB format.

In case you are a canny buyer, then you can read many books for free. You can read classic books for free as they are made available through various platforms such as Project Gutenberg. Many of these classics are only available in the EPUB format.

Fortunately, if you have some knowledge, then you can make EPUB files work on your Kindle devices. Kindle mainly supports the proprietary format of Amazon, which is also known by the name of MOBI format. So, below are the steps that you must carry out to access books in EPUB format.

Use Calibre to Convert EPUB Files to MOBI

You can easily convert to MOBI using Calibre. It is a special eBook program organized to enable users to convert books into other formats. Calibre is available online for free on Linux, macOS, Windows, and other portable devices.

When you are done installing Calibre, the first thing that you need to do is to add an EPUB book to your library. Now, download the EPUB file on your PC and then press the button with the label "Add Books" in Calibre.

If you wish to select a particular file, then Add books from a particular directory. After that, search for the file and then select it. When you add an e-book to the Calibre library, then select it. After that, choose the option of Convert Books.

Now. a new window will open up, which will give you a lot of options about how to adjust the formatting and metadata of a new file you are going to create. To fulfill the purpose of reading the book, you just need the output format. Please ensure that the field is chosen to MOBI.

The conversion will take a while. Once the conversion is over, go to your e-book and right-click on it. Now, choose the option of Open Containing Folder. You will see the MOBI file over there. After that, you need to connect your Kindle to the PC. Then, send the file to your Kindle.

If you do not have a USB cable with you, then use an email service. For this, you are required to open your Amazon account and then go to the Content and Devices page. After that, go to the subhead of devices and then select the device you wish to send the file to. Also, keep in mind that you need to click on the device two times in a row to read the information.

When you will view the data, you will get to know that the Kindle has an email address attached to it. Launch email and insert the file you just converted as an attachment. After that, send it to the email of your Kindle. After a few minutes, you will get the file.