You may also highlight any text by moving the cursor to the start, clicking to select, moving the cursor to the end and clicking again to complete the selection. The Kindle allows you to make notes in your books by typing any text while you are reading.
It is also capable of aquiring school and library books from the library’s “overdive” system without having to install a separate overdrive app. To add books to your Aldiko library use the “Files” widget on the main screen to specify epub files on your Kindle Fire. Touch the file name to launch the installation of the app.Īldiko has a built-in Store for buying epub books, or get books from any source and copy them to your Kindle Fire by WiFi or USB cable.
Open a file manager app on your Kindle Fire, like ES File Explorer or Browser for SkyDrive (discussed in a previous posting and available from the Amazon App Store) and navigate to the folder where you put the apk file (usually “Downloads” by default). On the Download page click the apk file link (“ Aldiko Book Reader Free 2.2.3.apk” at the bottom of the page.ĭownload the file to a folder on your Kindle Fire. On the Support page follow the first topic link (“ Download the Latest…”). From the search results go to their Home page. Open the web browser on your Fire and type in “Aldiko”. The apk file can be downloaded directly from the source at the originators web site to your Kindle Fire. On your Kindle Fire use the pull-down settings menu, choose “ More” then “ Device” then turn on the “ Allow Installation of Applications from Unknown Sources” option.ĭownload the application “apk” installation file. Step 1 Change a system setting on the Kindle Fire
Once loaded, the Aldiko app works perfectly on the Kindle Fire (HD). Yes, it is possible but will require “side-loading” the necessary app (Aldiko Book Reader Application). With Calibre, only the MOBI format will sync properly and the files are transferred directly to the devices via cable - by-passing entirely. However, the books do pass through the Amazon cloud server.
With “Send to Kindle” you don’t need to hook your devices to your PC with a USB cable and you can sync more formats. To get the e-books to sync using Calibre just send the MOBI format file to your devices through a USB cable.īoth methods require installing and using a PC application. Also, if you are a long-time Calibre user and converted your files with a version of Calibre prior to 7.44 you need to re-convert those files with a newer version of Calibre. Even if you obtained the file already in MOBI format, use Calibre to re-convert it before sending to your devices. The other way to sync your e-books is to use the Calibre e-book management program on your PC to convert your file to MOBI format.
As a pop-up says, it may take several minutes for it to be delivered by Wi-Fi. Just use the program to send a MOBI-formatted book file to your devices with the “Archive document in your Kindle Library” box checked.
To specifically use this to sync last page read on your books they need to be in one of the acceptable formats (MOBI, for example, will work fine).
“Send to Kindle” will also appear as a new printer in your Print menu, but if you choose this option it will always send a PDF document to your device(s). Once this window is opened you can also drag-and-drop multiple files on it.
Once it is installed, and you register with your account information, it can be called up by right-clicking a file (formats: DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PDF or MOBI) on your PC.Ĭhoose which devices to send to and be sure that the “ Archive documents.” box is checked. You can download the program Send to Kindle for PC from the site. The first is using the “Send to Kindle” program provided by Amazon. So what is the solution? I know two ways to make this work. For instance, if I copy an e-book file from my computer to both my Kindle Keyboard and my Kindle Fire HD via the USB cable that book will not remember the last page read between those Kindles. This feature (sometimes referred to as “syncing”) doesn’t work if you “sideload” (directly copy a file from another device) a non-Amazon book. If you buy an e-book from the store and send it to multiple reading devices, chances are good that they will remember the last page read for that book between devices.