The books should now be sent to your Kindle device. Ensure this is plugged in and set to USB Drive Mode, then select the book(s) you want to transfer and in the main navigation click Send to device -> Send specific format to -> Main memory. Once the books are converted, make sure they're still selected and click Quality Check -> Fix -> Fix ASIN for Kindle Fire in the navigation.Īlmost there! All that's left is to select your books and send them to you Kindle. Instructions for this can be found at the bottom of this article. Follow the instructions from there.Īt this stage you may get an error informing you that metadata or covers failed to download, we'll have to fix this manually. Now select the newly converted books and click Edit metadata -> Download metadata and covers. You can do this individually or in bulk.Ĭonverting the books should take a few seconds per book but may take a while if you're converting a large library.

Make sure 'Output format' is set to AZW3. Next, select the book(s) you want to convert and click Convert books. In the screenshot above I've just added Scions of the Emperor, Dawn of Fire and Sons of the Emperor. Now your books have been added you'll see that they're missing lots of metadata. You can do this by dragging the files in or by clicking Add books in the navigation. Once you're setup and ready to go, the process is quite simple.įirst, you'll want to add your books to Calibre. Quality Check will allow you to easily find and update metadata for your installed books, such as finding Amazon ASIN numbers and Goodreads ID's. Follow the instructions to install the plugin then restart Calibre. You can do this by navigating to Preferences -> Get plug-ins to enhance Calibre and searching for 'Quality Check' in the User Plug-ins window. The first thing you'll want to do is launch Calibre and install a plugin called Quality Check. The ebook you want to transfer over to your device, in.You'll need a few things before we get started. Thanks to a super helpful post on Reddit, I found a useful method you can use to easily sideload books while also making sure they integrate properly with Goodreads.įor the sake of posterity here's the process you need to follow, with images. This can be quite a pain in the arse at times, particularly if you want the integration with Goodreads to work. I buy a lot of ebooks from Games Workshop's independent publishing arm, Black Library and frequently find myself needing to load these ebooks onto my kindle.

Add kindle books to calibre