[Q] E-Books

[Easy4Rider]

I have come to the Titan from Android, so am new to Windows phone. I have a vast collection of books already downloaded. So I want to just copy them to the phone - taking advantage of the huge screen! I can find no way mentioned on the Web or Microsoft sources to do this. With the Apps on Marketplace you have to download each one fresh from the sites.!!! Help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Erik Latranyi]

I use Kindle for Windows Phone on my Samsung Focus. I love it because I have the same application for my X201 Tablet, so if I am reading on my phone, it syncronizes the furthest page. That way, when I use Kindle for Windows on my tablet, I start on the same page I left off with the phone.

Your e-books need a reader. What were you using on Android? Search the Windows Marketplace for an application from the same reader.

 

[telemachos]

You can try Freda. Since you cant sync ebooks directly to your Phone it syncs using your dropbox account..

Maybe leave a short comment how you like the reader..

 

[absolute85]

I have a question about Kindle. The only way to have books on your Kindle account (and then accessible from the smartphone) is buying them from the official website or is there a way to add books you purchased elsewhere?

 

[alesandro]

Ok friend, i got you .. came from Android just like you and had my books with no idea how to bring them on the huge screen of my new WP7 >>

what you need to do is:
1- Install Dropbox on your computer (dropbox.com), and then upload your books to your account.
2- Install the free e-book reader Raccoon
3- Raccoon gives you an access to the Dropbox account, so download your books (5 max for the free version)

you should be good to go

 

[absolute85]

Well, Freda does the same and it's quite good, I don't know about Raccoon though.
Anyway I'd like to know about amazon, because I like very much the Kindle app.

 

[Jim Chapman]

Hi,

As for the Kindle App, I don't think there is an easy way to get your own books onto it. If you own a Kindle, then you can do it (follow the instructions for 'Sending Personal Documents to Kindle' at the Amazon support site, http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...avbox_email_200375630?nodeId=200375630&#email) - but it doesn't look like that mechanism is supported by the WP7 app.

What format are your books in, anyway? If you need to convert them (or indeed store them in a catalog that Freda and other apps can access) you should take a look at Calibre (http://www.calibre-ebook.com).

 

[absolute85]

Yes, I already have calibre. So far I use Freda, but I think Kindle app is a little better, mainly because it can be used in landscape mode. While Freda can't. Anyway Freda is very good, so I can't complain.

(I swear I wrote that before reading the last line in your signature)

 

[Jim Chapman]

Yes, I already have calibre. So far I use Freda, but I think Kindle app is a little better, mainly because it can be used in landscape mode. While Freda can't. Anyway Freda is very good, so I can't complain.

(I swear I wrote that before reading the last line in your signature)

Thanks for the kind words

Actually, in Freda you can read books in landscape mode (though it will always display the bookshelf and navigation screens in portrait). You can switch to landscape for the book text by using the 'advanced settings' menu, and adjusting 'orientation'. Freda does not switch orientations automatically according to how the phone is held (that's my personal choice, because I like to read in portrait mode while lying on my side, and an auto-rotate function does the wrong thing in that case).

 

[absolute85]

Didn't know that. Thanks, I'll try it in landscape too then. Even if I feel quite good with protrait as well.