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| Thread ID: 146394 | 2018-07-22 02:09:00 | Ebooks | piroska (17583) | PC World Chat |
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| 1451877 | 2018-07-24 04:41:00 | Re my previous post, Apprentice Alf is your friend - https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com Re your question about backing up ebooks - with Kindle books you don't need to bother because they are always there in your Amazon account. I recently replaced my sad old Nexus 9 with a new tablet. I registered the new tablet with Amazon after installing the Kindle app, and all my Kindle books were there in my account ready to download to the new tablet. Regarding non Kindle books, you can use Calibre and Calibre Companion to share books between devices. I have used it over WIFI. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1451878 | 2018-07-24 08:09:00 | Great, don't care if books are on Amazon, I like to have my own backup, not cloud. It may be handy but I would never trusts someone else to always have my files...and only someone else. Anyway tablet - as recommended by Wainuitech, is on it's way so that's what I will have. Hopefully I can delete all the other clutter (apps) on it, or at least remove most. Er...one other thing, yes I know I use the thing to actually connect and download, retrieve or whatever my ebooks, but can I plug the tablet into the PC and move files back and forth? If so how? Just with it's charge cable? Or would I need to remove the SD card and do it that way? |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1451879 | 2018-07-24 08:26:00 | Just with the charge cable, they show up as a media device generally. You may have to click a security prompt on the tablet to allow file transfer from the PC, depends on the android version. There are all kinds of complicated ways you can transfer files and some android devices feel the need to remind you you don't have to use a cable, but it's by far the simplest option. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1451880 | 2018-07-24 10:09:00 | You can also use Dropbox - I find that useful if I want to share books with my kids - or as I indicated earlier, you can use Calibre Companion. The latter is messier than using a cable or sd card (if your tablet has one). | John H (8) | ||
| 1451881 | 2018-07-24 22:04:00 | Great, don't care if books are on Amazon, I like to have my own backup, not cloud. It may be handy but I would never trusts someone else to always have my files...and only someone else. purchased ebooks have been known to be removed from the cloud & removed from peoples Kindle's by Amazon in the past. Not sure if they still do that, but they have a past history of doing so |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1451882 | 2018-07-24 23:50:00 | I read about Amazon doing that as well, so for about three years I converted all my legitimately purchased kindle books, and stored them where Amazon couldn't get at them. Needless to say this took up a lot of time and storage space (duplicate copies of everything). About a year ago I thought yeah nah, sick of being paranoid, and gave it up as a waste of time. For all that time I didn't even know whether it was a genuine story or an urban myth. Still don't! |
John H (8) | ||
| 1451883 | 2018-07-25 01:26:00 | This link may be useful: www.geoffstratton.com | John H (8) | ||
| 1451884 | 2018-07-25 03:33:00 | Thanks. | piroska (17583) | ||
| 1451885 | 2018-07-26 06:02:00 | Just thought, what should I use on the tablet? Calibre? Or something else, don't want to be tied to a certain format, or from having to buy from only certain shops. The tablet is android, I see it has the google book thing, but Im not interested in that really. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1451886 | 2018-07-26 07:09:00 | I currently use ReadEra (play.google.com) via the google play store. It finds the SD card a lot easier. Used to Use Aldiko (play.google.com) Theres lots of free ones to select from, But guess its personal preference. If you have an Amazon account, you can install Kindle. |
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