

Note that transferring an eBook to your Kindle via USB saves the file directly to that particular device only. Your book appears in the Books Library on your Kindle Fire, as seen here, or your eInk Kindle’s home screen

Your books are now in your Books library on your Kindle Fire (PDFs are stored in the “Docs” library) or the home screen on your eInk Kindle. The open KINDLE drive as found on the OS X desktopįind the MOBI or PDF files that you downloaded and copy or move the file to the “Documents” folder on the KINDLE drive on your computer.įollow your operating system’s proper procedure for safely removing hardware/ejecting the KINDLE drive, and unplug your Kindle from your computer. The new KINDLE drive as seen in My Computer on a Windows computer A drive labeled “KINDLE” will appear on your computer (on Windows it’ll be in “My Computer,” and on OS X it will appear under “Devices”).Ĭlicking on the KINDLE drive on Windows will reveal a window like this: Plug one end into your Kindle and the other into a USB port on your computer. Locate the USB cable that came with your Kindle. Once you’ve downloaded the MOBI or PDF file to your computer, it is simple to get it onto either your eInk Kindle or Kindle Fire using the following steps: Transferring the eBook to Your Kindle via USB: This guide will assist you in loading your eBooks to your Kindle using both of the above methods after purchase. You’ll learn how to do this in the “ Using the Kindle Personal Documents Service” section below.

Using Amazon’s Kindle Personal Documents Service, you can email either MOBI or PDF files to your Kindle (some fees many apply). You’ll learn how to do this in the “ Transferring the eBook to Your Kindle via USB” section below. You can easily transfer the MOBI file or watermarked PDF to your Kindle via USB. There are two ways to get an eBook purchased from our website onto your Kindle: PDFs, however, are faithful representations of the print book, therefore you cannot adjust the font sizes or make notes when reading PDFs on a Kindle.
