

See our detailed guide for converting ebooks. Make sure that the Output Format reads MOBI and hit OK. Right-click on the book and from the Convert Book option select Convert individually. Step 3: Convert books (optional) - if the book you have downloaded is in EPUB format, first, you’ll need to convert it to MOBI. Alternately, you can use the Add Books option from the menu bar. Step 2: To add the DRM-free book you’ve downloaded, simply drag it from the folder to the Calibre window and it will be imported.

Step 1: Connect your device to the PC with the bundled USB Cable. Now that you have set up Calibre, let’s transfer the books you’ve downloaded on your PC to your Kindle. Adding your Kindle email address in Calibre will be useful for wireless transfer of books. You can find your device’s email address by following this guide. Lastly, input the Kindle email address linked with your device. This way you will have access to all your books from any device. I’d recommend you to use your Dropbox folder for this purpose. From the first step, choose where you want to save your ebook collection. When you launch Calibre for the first time, the app will run a welcome wizard. (You can download Calibre from here.)īefore we get started, let’s set it up the right way. Calibre is a one stop shop for ebook management. It even lets you convert DRM-free books to different formats and sync them with your device. It takes care of managing your ebook collection with metadata and cover images in one central location. Internet access and WiFi connection for Kindleįor an avid reader, Calibre is a must have.Configure DeDRM with your Kindle's Serial NumberĭeDRM needs to be configured with information about your Kindle. If it succeeds, you'll see your entire Kindle library. When it runs, the fist thing it will do is ask for your Amazon credentials, which you should provide to complete the authentication.

The last thing to be installed will be Kindle for PC 1.17.

Just accept all defaults and keep clicking next. Unfortunately installation of Windows applications under Wine is difficult to do without user interaction, so you will see some wizard windows poping up. The wizard will install and configure all of the necessary software inside the container. Just follow the intructions provided by the setup wizard. The first time you run the image, you'll be taken into setup mode. The directory created by default will be: $HOME/Calibre_DeDRM_Volume This is needed for setting up permissions on the directory which will be used to store the container's persistent data.
