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E-books onto Kindle: advanced

The simplest way of getting an e-book from the Universalis website onto the Kindle is to use Amazon’s “Send to Kindle” service. Our instructions are here.

“Send to Kindle” is limited in the size of e-books it can handle, and if you give it an e-book that is too large, either nothing happens at all or you get a nonsensical message from Amazon about a system error.

In that case you have to do two things.

1. Get the e-book file in Amazon’s own “.mobi” format instead of the standard ePub format.
   • Either convert the ePub file you have into a .mobi file
   • or create a .mobi file directly.
2. Once you have the .mobi file on your computer, connect your computer to your Kindle and copy the file directly to the Kindle.

Copying a file to the Kindle

1. Plug your Kindle into your computer, and it should appear in Finder (Mac) or Explorer (Windows) as a disk drive called “Kindle”. Sometimes it is called something different, such as“Kindle Paperwhite”.
2. Within the “Kindle” drive, navigate to the “Documents” folder.
3. Drag your .mobi file into that folder. (This is easiest if you have put the .mobi file on your desktop to start with.)
4. Eject the “Kindle” drive. You may see an Eject button next to the drive name, or you may need to right-click on the drive name and select “Eject” from the menu.

Please note that the e-books you create are for your private use only and must not be given or distributed to other people.