In an increasingly digital world, Amazon’s Kindle e-reader has become increasingly popular for readers around the world. Kindle allows its users to purchase and download books from Amazon’s extensive library, but you don’t have to restrict yourself to buying books just from Amazon. There are ways to get your books onto your Kindle without having to purchase them from Amazon – and it’s relatively simple.
The simplest way to get books onto your Kindle is via email. All you have to do is attach the eBook file to the email and send it to your Kindle’s email address, which can be found in your “Manage Your Kindle” page on Amazon. You do need to make sure the file format is supported by Kindle; eBooks must be MOBI, PDF, TXT, or PRC files, so you may have to convert other file types before you can send them to your Kindle.
If you are unable to send eBooks via email, you can also use USB cable. Simply connect your Kindle to your computer with the cable and select the “USB Drive Mode” on your Kindle when prompted. Once your Kindle is connected, you can transfer the eBook files to the Kindle’s drive as you would with a regular external hard drive. Kindle supports these files: MOBI, PDF, TXT, and PRC.
You can also side-load books from other sources via the cloud. Services like Google Play Books, Dropbox, and OneDrive allow you to store your eBooks in the cloud and access them on any device. To side-load to your Kindle, simply download the book to your cloud storage account and transfer it to your Kindle using the service’s Kindle application or via USB cable.
Finally, you can also purchase eBooks from other websites, such as Kobo and Barnes & Noble, and transfer them to your Kindle. In order to do this, you must first purchase the eBook from the website and then download the file to your computer. Then, you can transfer the file to your Kindle using USB cable or the cloud method.
Overall, it is relatively easy to get books onto your Kindle, even if they are not from Amazon. Whether you are transferring books via email, USB cable, a cloud storage service, or from another website, you should be able to get your books onto your Kindle with relative ease.