Guides

Everything worth knowing about getting your own documents onto a Kindle and having them read well once they are there.

• Which file formats a Kindle actually accepts

  EPUB, PDF, DOCX and the rest. What Amazon takes today, what it converts behind the scenes, and why MOBI stopped working.

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• Three ways to get an EPUB onto your Kindle

  The web uploader, the email address and the USB cable. Which to use, and the setup step that catches everyone out.

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• Getting a better conversion out of an awkward PDF

  Run-together paragraphs, missing chapters, page numbers in the prose. What causes each one, and what you can do about it.

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• Why PDFs read so badly on a Kindle

  Fixed pages versus reflowable ones, why that matters so much on a six-inch screen, and what converting actually fixes.

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