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by JonLim 2445 days ago
I've gone through the motions of emailing the book to my Kindle, which allows it to be downloadable on other Kindle devices or the app, and also syncs up reading location.

Doesn't work for huge books, but has been a great boon for most books!
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colomon 2444 days ago
Right, that's actually my standard Calibre use case: Load book into Calibre. Convert it to MOBI if needed. E-mail it to my Kindle address.

It then pops up everywhere I have a Kindle app, mostly my iPad and Galaxy S9.

Huh. Now that I'm thinking about it, it seems like this would be even easier to do from the command line...

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input_sh 2444 days ago
If you fill out the "Sharing books by email" in Calibre's settings, you can just right-click a book -> "Connect/share", "Email to example@kindle.com". It'll do the conversion for you (if necessary).

I'd advise a separate email address for this functionality.

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