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Opening my Baen downloads on Android tablet..
Post by hanuman   » Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:12 am

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Okay, so I have bought an indecent number of ebooks from Baen over the years, which I've always read on either a PC or a laptop before. However, I switched to an Android-operated tablet a while back, for which I've downloaded the Kindle-for-Android reading app, but when I downloaded the .mobi-format copies of my books from Baen, my app told me that it's an unsupported format. What do I do? Please help!
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Re: Opening my Baen downloads on Android tablet..
Post by Weird Harold   » Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:48 am

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hanuman wrote:Okay, so I have bought an indecent number of ebooks from Baen over the years, which I've always read on either a PC or a laptop before. However, I switched to an Android-operated tablet a while back, for which I've downloaded the Kindle-for-Android reading app, but when I downloaded the .mobi-format copies of my books from Baen, my app told me that it's an unsupported format. What do I do? Please help!


Download Calibre.

That will allow you to convert any DRM-free eBook into the .AZW3 format your Kindle App is probably looking for, or convert them to some other format your tablet can read natively (.epub? or ,PDF usually.)
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Re: Opening my Baen downloads on Android tablet..
Post by The E   » Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:07 am

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Weird Harold wrote:That will allow you to convert any DRM-free eBook into the .AZW3 format your Kindle App is probably looking for, or convert them to some other format your tablet can read natively (.epub? or ,PDF usually.)


I would recommend epub and using Aldiko as the reader app.
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Re: Opening my Baen downloads on Android tablet..
Post by Weird Harold   » Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:32 am

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The E wrote:Aldiko


Looks good in the App Store blurb. I don't need it as I've got an actual Kindle Fire, but I'll keep it in mind to recommend for others.
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Re: Opening my Baen downloads on Android tablet..
Post by Imaginos1892   » Sun Oct 04, 2015 12:43 pm

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I just download them in HTML and read them anywhere.
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Re: Opening my Baen downloads on Android tablet..
Post by hanuman   » Sun Oct 04, 2015 12:48 pm

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Thanks guys. I'm not the most tech savvy person, so you were a great help.
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Re: Opening my Baen downloads on Android tablet..
Post by Donnachaidh   » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:02 pm

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Calibre lets you convert to any format easily. I've used Moon+ Reader on my Android phone for years, it works quite well.
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Re: Opening my Baen downloads on Android tablet..
Post by cthia   » Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:14 am

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Imaginos1892 wrote:I just download them in HTML and read them anywhere.
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Darn tootin.' No fuss, no bother, readily available. And it looks better to me. And is more functional. And I've tried all of the book readers, some are ok. But HTML is better. Since android tablets came along, I don't see how much more expensive ereaders are still afloat, and they don't readily read HTML or pdf or... Give it the hammer, unless you have time to waste tinkering.

By the way, you don't have to download and install any program to convert. Which would be a problem unless you have a windows machine. There are sites that allow you to do it online for free if you're in a pinch. I had an android that also did it - though limited formats.

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