Hi Keith, Please let us know how it works for the phone apps as I haven't imported any renamed .mobi books yet, but on the PC side it works like a charm.
Jon -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Watson Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 6:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Kindle books I can't say for sure that this will not work. But it is my opinion that the file structures are different and changing the filename will have no effect when attempting to import into the respective application. I will give your suggestion a try to see if it works, but I am not holding my breath. Keith On Jul 21, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Jon Pierson wrote: > Hi, > You can just rename your .epubs to .mobi or vice versa and save > yourself the trouble of using a converter. > > Jon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Arnold Schmidt > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 3:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Kindle books > > Is calibre useable with jaws? I don't expect step by step > instructions, but briefly, what is the procedure to convert a book? Thanks. > > Arnold Schmidt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Watson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 8:42 PM > Subject: Re: Kindle books > > > Hi, > > I use Calibre to convert between formats. Then I dump the file into > Dropbox and import into iBooks from there. > > Keith > > On Jul 19, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Peter Logan wrote: > >> What do you use to do the conversion, and then are you just using >> ITunes to put it back on the phone... If you have ICloud, can it be >> accessed that way? Thanks .. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 19, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Keith Watson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes. You can convert from .mobi extension to .epub extension and >>> import into iBooks. Or if you can get the native epub format you can >>> just import > >>> directly into iBooks. >>> >>> On Jul 19, 2012, at 4:37 PM, Peter Logan wrote: >>> >>>> I know that currently the kindle app isn't accessible. However, >>>> can one > >>>> get a Kindle book and convert it to something which is accessible >>>> on the > >>>> I Phone. I have a couple of books needing to be read for an >>>> assignment, > >>>> and the Kindle edition is about 1/2 the price of the I Books edition .. >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>>> Google Group. >>>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google > > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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