MOBI is a well-known e-book format. The popular Amazon AZW e-book is just based on MOBI. You can find many MOBI ebooks on the www.amazon.com. But one problem I ever met when reading MOBI e-book on Kindle Fire is that some MOBI ebooks don’t display in the “Books” category but “Docs” instead. This situation causes some inconvenience of managing a large number of ebooks as you have to browse in two different categories. Or just think about the scene that your favorite ebooks are mixed with some uncorrelated documents. It’s totally a mess! So it’s better to make MOBI files display as books on Kindle Fire, not docs.

Before we start, we should figure out why the MOBI books display in “Docs”. We know that the Docs category is used for storing personal documents like PDF, HTML, TXT or other documents sent by Amazon “Send to Kindle” service. Some MOBI ebooks are added personal document tag when generated so that the Kindle Fire will recognize them as documents but not ebooks.

After knowing this, you may ask “How about removing this personal document tag”? Yes, this is exactly we need to do. Calibre is the right tool for doing this job. It can convert MOBI to MOBI without quality loss and remove the personal document tag at the same time.

Step 1

Download and install the latest Calibre on your PC.

Step 2

Open Calibre and choose “Add book” to add MOBI ebooks. You can add more books at a time.

Step 3

Select all books in the list and choose “Convert books”. Set the Output format as “MOBI”. Click “MOBI Output” at the left menu and find “Kindle Options” at right side. Delete the default “[PDOC]” and keep the Personal Doc Tag blank. Then click “OK” to start conversion.

Step 4

You can see the conversion progress at the bottom right corner. When the number turns into “0”, the conversion job finishes. Click “Path : Click to open” to find the new MOBI e-book.

Step 5

Connect your Kindle Fire to computer with USB cable. Transfer the MOBI file to the “Books” folder. Reject Kindle Fire and choose “Books”, you can find the MOBI book shows here. It’s no longer stay in “Docs”.

Owners of Kobo and Sony eReaders purchase eBooks from not only official Kobo and Sony eBook stores but also from other sources. Generally, books purchased with the built-in app on the device get synced automatically. But for books purchased from third-party stores, we will have to transfer from computer to the device by hand.

This guide will tell you how to add EPUB and PDF books to Kobo and Sony eReaders.

1. How to add EPUB and PDF books to Kobo eReaders

Kobo has released a set of eReader models, including Kobo Touch, Kobo Mini (5-inch), Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Forma and two Android tablets (Kobo Vox and Kobo Arc). We can add eBooks to a Kobo eReader with Adobe Digital Editions, Calibre and drag & drop. Because most purchased EPUB and PDF books are Adobe DRM protected, I suggest you use Adobe Digital Editions to transfer books, which authorizes the Kobo device when it is connected to ADE and makes it possible to read Adobe DRM-protected books on Kobo.

Step1: Connect your Kobo eReader to computer with the USB cable. Make sure the Kobo device is ready before ADE authorization in Step 2.

Step 2: Launch Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). If your ADE has been authorized (with your Adobe ID) before, the Kobo device will be detected and a window will pop to tell you to authorize your Kobo. Follow the prompt to finish the authorization. Then you will find a kobo icon shown under “Bookshelves” (LIBRARY view).

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Step 3: Drag and drop your EPUB or PDF books to the main window of ADE.

If it is an ACSM file, double-click the file and the full EPUB book will be downloaded soon. If this doesn’t work, you can also drag and drop the ACSM file directly to the main window of ADE. Here is how to convert ACSM to EPUB.

Step4: Drag & drop your books from the main window of ADE to the Kobo icon on the left side. The books will be transferred to your Kobo eReader immediately.

Eject your Kobo eReader and wait until the finish of sync. Head to “My Books” category on Kobo to enjoy your newly transferred books.

This method enables users to add both DRM-free books from torrent sites and purchased DRM-protected books from Sony, Google Play and other stores to Kobo Touch, Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo and other kobo eReaders. For DRM-free books, you can also connect the Kobo eReader to computer using USB and drag & drop to transfer books.

2. How to add books to Sony eReader

Books can be transferred to Sony eReader via USB or Sony Reader software. When transferring books with the drag & drop method (via USB), the added EPUB and PDF files might not be displayed. So Sony officially recommends users to transfer books to Sony with Reader Software.

Step 1: Connect the Sony eReader to computer with the supplied USB cable and the eReader will be in “Data Transfer Mode”. Two drives (“SETTING” and “READER”) will show on the computer afterwards.

Step2: Go to “SETTING” drive, double-click “Setup Reader for PC” to install eReader software on your PC.

For Mac users, double-click “SETTING” drive on desktop, then double-click “Setup Reader for Mac” to install.

Step3: Launch Reader software and drag your EPUB or PDF books onto the “Library” folder in the left field.

Eject your Sony eReader, you will find the added books on the device after syncing.

Video guide about how to add EPUB and PDF books to Sony eReader.

Method1: Add books to Sony eReader with Reader Library software.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgD1d5NQNis

Method2: Add books to Sony eReader with supplied USB cable.

More about adding books to Kobo and Sony eReaders

1. Add Kobo books and other Adobe DRM-protected books to Sony eReader

Sony and Kobo eReaders support the same eBook formats (EPUB and PDF) and books from both stores are Adobe DRM protected, so people sometimes purchase books from one store and read on another eReader. Part 1 explains how to transfer both DRM-free and DRM-protected eBooks to Kobo, so here is how to add books from other stores to Sony eReader. I take Kobo books for example.

Step1: Launch Sony Reader software.

Step2: Connect your Sony reader to computer with the supplied USB cable.

Step3: Click “eBook Store” on the left side of Sony Reader Library, click “Sign In” to fill in your Sony account info. When the message “A Device Has Been Detected” pops, click the “Authorize” button to input your Adobe ID & password. Your Sony eReader will be authorized in seconds.

Step 4: Follow this guide to download Kobo books from Kobo site and open with ADE. Then drag and drop the downloaded Kobo books (typically saved under C:UsersUser IDDocumentsMy Digital Editions for PC or Finder -> Documents -> Digital Editions for Mac) onto the “Library” folder of Reader software.

Be sure to read the books on ADE first before you transfer books (especially from 3rd-party stores) to Sony or Kobo.

2. Add and read Kindle books on Sony and Kobo eReaders

Many people like to purchase eBooks from Amazon Kindle eBook store due to its more diversified titles at cheaper prices, although Kindle books come in exclusive Kindle formats and are protected with another DRM scheme. To add Kindle books to Kobo or Sony eReaders, we have to first strip Kindle DRM protection from the books, then convert Kindle formats to Kobo and Sony supported EPUB or PDF.

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Guide to remove DRM from Kindle books

Here is how to read Kindle books on Kobo Vox. The first method is also applicable to E-ink Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kobo Mini, Kobo Aura HD and Sony eReaders.

3. Add EPUB and PDF books to Kobo Android app and Kobo iPad/iPhone/iTouch app

Purchased Kobo books will be synced on Kobo for Android app or Kobo for iOS app automatically. For side loaded books, however, you don’t have to transfer them to Kobo for Android/iOS app (I personally don’t think them awesome) since there have been many good 3rd-party reader apps on Android and iOS.

Here are how to read eBooks on Android (with Aldiko) and how to transfer books to iPad.

This guide will teach you to convert EPUB to PDF easily in details — from why we need to do this EPUB to PDF conversion to how you can reach this goal in different methods. You will find useful information that will help you convert EPUB to PDF successfully, including converting EPUB to PDF online, on Mac, on Linux, with freeware, etc.

If you want to know the differences between ePub and PDF, and why we should convert ePub to PDF, read them below.

Or, you can just skip to Convert EPUB to PDF directly.

First, talk about the differences between EPUB and PDF

Both EPUB and PDF are of the most common eBook formats, and nearly all of the mainstream stores sell books in these 2 formats. But there are some differences between them which make them unique.

EPUB, Electronic Publication, is similar to a web page. It’s reflowable and the text is resizable, which allows files to be read even in devices that with a small screen. The publishing industry has adapted it as a standard format for eBooks, so EPUB is compatible with most electronic reading devices.

PDF, Portable Document Format, is an open standard format made by Adobe. But unlike EPUB, PDF files preserve the original layout of any documents, not allowed to edit or resize. We can even say that PDF is a default format for static documents. It can be shared easily and be printed in the original layout.

Then, why convert ePub to PDF

Depending on the different points, the reasons why so many people choose to convert epub to pdf become easy to understand, yes?

Do you prefer to converting EPUB to PDF for the below reasons?

Firstly, if you want to read EPUB, you have to use a reading device, or install an EPUB reader. But for PDF files, you can even view them online with a browser like Chrome. So we can enjoy files with big-screen on our computer. Updated 2019: I guess now most of the browser also support the epub reading.

Secondly, maybe there are some books that you want to share with your friends and preserve the original contents, not allowing to be modified. So converting them to PDF is a good resolution.

Thirdly, PDF files can be printed fast and effortlessly. It can be saved as other formats and conveyed to others by email.

What’s more, you can convert EPUB to PDF for Kindle! If you have gathered some EPUB books, and you want to read them on your Kindle, then there is no other ways unless you converting them to PDF. (PDF is supported on Kindle).

So, how to convert EPUB to PDF easily

Before shareing the different methods of converting epub to pdf, please keep in mind all of the following facts you will face.

The problem in converting EPUB to PDF–DRM protection

Many ebook sellers sell books that will only work on their own devices and apps, including the EPUB format files. EPUB books you purchased from stores such as Google, B&N, Kobo, Sony, and so on, are usually with DRM protection. And just because of the DRM limitation, we can’t convert them to other formats or open them with other reader apps or read them on non-supported devices.

So if you have purchased a lot of epub books with DRM, you cannot convert epub to any other format before you remove the DRM. So before you start convert epub to pdf, please remove DRM from Epub books at first.

By searching the internet “how to convert EPUB to PDF”, you may get many suggestions of converting EPUB to PDF, among which are common solutions are:

Online converter; free software (calibre); converter tool shareware. Each method has its own features, pros and cons.

From above form you can clearly see that the best way to convert EPUB to PDF is using converter tool (software).

There are still many other choices, but I want to tell you that most of them are just EPUB to PDF converters, which only support DRM-free EPUB to PDF conversion. They can’t help us remove DRM from EPUB books and they can’t convert DRM EPUB to PDF either.

Fortunately, I’ve found a good tool named Epubor Ultimate eBook Converter. It’s irreplaceable because it is a all-in-one tool to remove DRM and convert ebook formats. High speed of batch conversion, supports both DRM and non-DRM ebooks, 100% original quality preserved. Possible to edit and add ebook metadata, and easy to use. Just download the free trial now.

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Here finally comes to how to convert EPUB to PDF easily.

Step 1. Install Adobe Digital Editions on computer

First you need to install ADE onto your computer. It can be downloaded for free. Then register it with Adobe ID. Please note that this step is very important to do, especially if your EPUB books are with DRM. Adobe ID is the key to remove DRM from EPUB if we intend to successfully convert them to PDF.

Step 2. Add EPUB files to software

Run this tool on pc or mac. From the left side of this tool you will see an tab named “ADE”. Now please ensure you can open your EPUB with ADE at step 1, you will see all your added EPUB books once you click on the “ADE” tab. Whether they have DRM or not, select and drag them to the left area please.

The moment EPUB files have been added, the DRM removing job starts instantly. You will see “Decrypted” as the image shows if your EPUB has DRM. If non-DRM, you won’t see this word. But both are supported to continue the next step.s

(Optional)Step 3. Edit EPUB metadata is also supported

This soft helps us edit ebooks’ metadata before converting to PDF format. Such as, change ebook cover, rename the book, add author or date information, etc. Click “Edit” to begin please, then “Apply”, and “Finish”.

Step 4. Convert epub to pdf with one click

Select PDF as the output format and then click on “Convert to PDF” button, the conversion will start.

Once finished, click on “Output folder” icon at the bottom right to open the folder storing the converted PDF file. Copy them to your portable devices, or open them with your PDF reader on pc.

The converted PDF remains the same layout, no content missing.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How to convert EPUB to PDF free?

A: There are several solutions. This content has recommended freeware calibre to you, and also online converter tools. In fact there are other solutions. For more information read How to Convert epub to pdf Free.

Q: Could I convert EPUB to PDF mac?

A: Freeware Calibre supports Mac environment, and the software tool I mentioned above also supports Mac version. If you like you can go to convert EPUB to PDF on mac.

Q: Books I purchased from kobo store are not .EPUB but with .acsm. What’s this?

A: ACSM files are those DRM protected kobo books. If you encounter this problem, please refer to this article convert acsm to PDF free.

Q: Does this converter tool support converting iBooks EPUB to PDF?

A: EPUB books purchased from iBookstore are with unique DRM, which couldn’t be handle by the above-mentioned tool. But we have found another good tool to help you remove it, and we have made a full explanation in the article convert DRM EPUB to PDF.

Q: An EPUB with no DRM, purchased from kobo. After converting with calibre, the resulting PDF was just the book cover. How to resolve the problem?

A: This book may have kobo’s proprietary version if you purchased it from kobo site and synced it by kobo desktop. More details refer to convert Kobo Kepub to EPUB please.

This content now comes to the end. It aims at telling you the easiest and best way to convert EPUB to PDF.

Perhaps you also eager to know other methods to convert EPUB to PDF, or more information related to this topic. Don’t worry I’ve finished the writing and gathered them together for you.

Friendly tips–Is it possible to edit the converted PDF?

By default, Epubor ultimate tool won’t help you edit the converted PDF files. It only helps remove DRM and convert eBooks formats between Kindle, ePub and PDF.

But the good news is you can use PDF Expert from Readdle and purchase it with an exclusive 30% off coupon: EPUBOR-NWSL. This is authorized by Readdle official site.

Mobi to EPUB Converter helps you find the simplest and fastest way to convert Mobi files to ePub format in batch, and keep the original quality.

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How to Convert MOBI to EPUB with mobi to epub converter

To convert mobi to epub, please just drag and drop the drm-free mobi file to the main interface, and then click on “Convert to epub” button to start the conversion.

Once finished, the folder storing the converted epub file will pop up automatically. Please note mobi to epub converter only can handle drm-free ebooks.

Key Features of Mobi to Epub Converter

Handy tool to convert Mobi to EPUB

Mobi to ePub Converter does provide you another choice from a wide variety of eBook converting softwares for its pureness and specificity. There are no redundant features and buttons in this program, you can simply figure out how to use this software to convert MOBI to EPUB. And this program does maximize its characteristic. Drag the files you want to convert into the panel, then click convert, it will do all the jobs left.

Read DRM-free Kindle books on iPad, Sony, Nexus 7

Amazon is the largest eBooks online retailer in the world, but it adopts the eBook format which is only supported by its own devices and apps. In fact, not all of us are fans of Kindle eReader or Kindle app. Mobi to epub converter helps you convert DRM-free Kindle books to EPUB format which is much more widely supported by most of tablets, eReaders and apps.

Rich metadata edit function

DRM-free Mobi books mainly come from 2 channels: the decrypted Amazon Kindle books, and Mobi books downloaded from online resource. The books coming from latter channel always have incomplete metadata, for example, the cover is missed, the author’s name is wrongly spelled, etc. Mobi to EPUB Converter has a built-in metadata editor. It provides the feature to edit all the metadata of an eBook, even helps you auto-download cover image. With this tool, you can make your eBook more perfectly.

Fast conversion with best quality

Although this program is very simple and clean, but it can meet all your demands for converting Mobi to ePub. It supports bulk conversion, and includes a powerful eBook conversion engine internally so that you can convert Mobi to ePub with very fast speed and excellent quality.

I have found on many forums people post to seek suggestions about selecting google play books or kindle. At the same time, warm-hearted persons reply to the post with various opinions. They maybe just reply in their own perspective. And people may still get confused and can’t get their problems solved or make a right decision after reading these replies. That’s why I’m writing this article google play books vs kindle.

In this article, I will make a comprehensive comparison between google play books and kindle from three aspects: basic information about these two kinds of books; devices and apps for buying and reading them; range of books on each purchasing platform. Surely you can gain a great knowledge of these two kinds of books and make a better choice after reading this guide.

Basic information about google play books and kindle books

First I will list the basic information about the formats and drm these two kinds of books support and their purchasing platforms. You can have a clear knowledge about it.

From the above table, we can see these two kinds of books support different formats and drm. Before buying them, make sure you have the right devices to read them.

Devices and apps for buying and reading them

1Comparison between devices for buying and reading these two kinds of books

1. Analyzing from the number of popular devices that support the native purchasing and reading of these two kinds of books, google play books obviously gain the upper hand. For Google play books support epub and pdf formats which are quite common and accessible on various other devices, such as nook, sony, kobo, etc. Besides, google play books are protected by Adobe drm just like many other kinds of books. So if you choose to buy google play books, there is no problem for you to read them freely on the above-mentioned devices. That’s really convenient.

On the contrary, kindle books mainly support kfx, azw, azw3 and mobi formats which are incompatible with other devices. Even if you have converted the file formats to epub or pdf, you have to consider another problem- kindle drm protection, which sets up another obstacle for you to read kindle books on other popular devices.

2. From the systems these two kinds of books are accessed on, kindle books win the competition. If you buy kindle books you can read them on virtually any system, i.e. even windows rt. Whereas with Google Play Books you are tied to primarily android.

2Google play books app vs Kindle app

Google play app and kindle app make it possible for you to read them on some incompatible devices which allow reading apps, such as to read google play books on kindle fire, read kindle books on nook HD, koboarc or iPad.

The following are some user reading experience about these two reading apps.

1. With kindle you can use it on many devices, phone, tablet, pc, etc. You can send a kindle file of your book to a reviewer or whoever, but you can’t do that with google books.

2. In kindle app you can download the dictionary and look-up words when reading without having to leave the app or even the page you’re on.

3. There are many websites where you can download free books in your kindle app(there are several formats).You don’t have to get everything directly from Amazon in order to read it on Kindle app. Google Books does not allow us to do that.

4. Though the kindle apps are disgraceful, they are available on nearly every platform.

5. Google Play has the page curl animation while kindle is a straight sliding motion.

6. You can change the font, and the openness to read all kinds of ebooks in google play books app.

7. Google play books app allows no option to auto download books. Unless you pin the added books, it starts to save the entire books to your device.

With the corresponding reading apps installed in your tablet, you don’t need to remove drm or convert file formats while reading these two kinds of books. However, if you want all your books in one place or you don’t want to install such reading app, you can choose to strip drm and convert the file format to the target format by using this tool Epubor Ultimate. It helps you remove drm as well as convert formats.

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Google Play vs Amazon

Google play and Amazon are two of the biggest e-reader manufacturers and ebook sellers. They both own their advantages and disadvantages. Here I will make a general comparison between amazon and google play.

1Amazon ebookstore vs Google Play

1. Quantity and price of ebooks

Amazon covers more ebooks and usually with cheaper price.

2. Feature

Amazon has the most new author and indie author free and 99 cent ebooks. It includes sales rankings for any books while Google Play doesn’t provide such sales rankings. Their bestseller page is the only indication of how well a book is doing.

2Amazon appstore vs Google Play

1. Selection of apps

Google Play has more than 600,000 apps, while Amazon App Store provides only about 47,000 apps.

Amazon offers over 100,000 choices of TV shows and movies, whereas Google Play claims that it covers “thousands” of movies and TV shows. About this aspect, they are on the same level.

However, the Amazon App Store owns no notable exclusive content while Google Play does. Though a lot of mainstream Android apps are available in both appstores, thare are still many famous apps you can only find in Google Play, such as Instagram and Hulu Plus.

2. Purchasing channel

All that you buy through Google (apps, music, magazines, movies/TV, books) is available through the one Google Play store. Amazon, in contrast, is not that convenient. You can only purchase books or magazines through its kindle store. For music, movies, TV shows, you have to go to the Instant Video store.

3. Benefits and service

Amazon provides its customers a diverse apps for free every day. Besides, customers are permitted to try out some apps for free in their web browser to check out whether the apps are the ones they need.

Google lets customers have 30- or 14-day trials when subscribing to magazines. Similar to this, it also allows users to have a free one-time listen of a song.

Google allows users to return the apps for a refund in 15 minutes after they purchasing it. For Amazon customers, they can contact the customer service to get a refund if they are not satisfied with the apps purchased from Amazon.

In conclusion, you can make a right decision about choosing Google Play books or kindle according to the above listed user experiences and their own advantages and disadvantages.

As an eBook reader, we may always find there are some eBooks have wrong metadata or miss some important information, especially when the book is downloaded from the internet such as torrent sites, unfortunately, it’s always ePub format.

But don’t worry, there are many useful tools can help us edit the epub books metadata, in this post, I will recommend you a very powerful ePub metadata editor, it’s free and very easy to use.

Someone may don’t know what’s the meaning of metadata, in fact it’s very simple, metadata is the basic information of a book, including the book title, cover, author, publisher and publish data, ISBN or ASIN number, sometimes it contains a brief introduction of the book. It helps us identify the book and manage our eBooks in an easy way.

Powerful Features of ePub Metadata Editor – Epubor Ultimate

Epubor Ultimate is a free ePub metadata editor with a clean and user-friendly interface.

* Edit author, title, series, type, and other metadata of ePub eBooks easily;

* Replace the cover for your ePub books;

* Edit different formats’ ( such as MOBI, AZW3, PDF, DOC) metadata;

* Convert the ePub books to another format;

In fact, Epubor Ultimate is more than an ePub metadata editor, it’s an eBook converter and eBook DRM Removal for both mac and win users. You can download the program below.

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Step 1, Add Books to Epubor Ultimate

In order to edit metadata of your epub files, first of all, just drag and drop them to the right main interface for editing.

Step 2: Edit ePub metadata information

Once loaded the ePub books to the program, it will display the book in the main interface.

To edit the ePub metadata, click the pencil icon to the right of the book title, it will bring you to this window:

In this window, you can edit all the necessary information of the book, such as the title, author, data, identifiers (ISBN or ASIN number), language, publishers. If you like, you can also write a short introduction of the book.

You can see this book is the lack of ISBN, type the ISBN or leave it whatever you like. Perhaps you don’t like the cover? Click Replace button to change or add a cover which you like.

Step 3: Save the Metadata Information

After finished editing process, click “Finished” button, and the window will be close, the new metadata is just saved.

Note: For DRM protected ePub Books, you need to remove the DRM from ePub books first. Only by removing DRM, you are allowed to edit metadata. If you are wondering how to remove DRM from epub files, you can check this guide on how to remove DRM.

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Google Play Books is an ebook digital distribution service, which offers over five million titles, including eBooks and audiobooks. Google books can be read on a dedicated Books section on the Google Play website, through the use of a mobile app available for Android/iOS, and through the use of select e-readers that offer support for Adobe Digital Editions. And in this tutorial guide we are going to show you how to read Google Play Books on Kindle/Kobo/Nook devices.

1. How to Download Google Play Books to Computer

1. Open the Google Play Books website. Go to https://play.google.com/books in your computer’s web browser. This will open a list of books which you own on Google Play if you’re logged in.

2. Go to My books on the left side of the page to find your books.

3. Download the book. Click the three-dot icon on the lower right corner of the book cover and choose either Download EPUB or Download PDF in the drop-down menu. However, both the PDF and the EPUB option result in an ACSM file being downloaded.

Note: Samples cannot be downloaded to desktop.

4. Open the ACSM file with Adobe Digital Editions.

Since both the PDF and the EPUB option result in an ACSM file being downloaded, you’ll need to turn the ACSM file into a readable EPUB/PDF using Adobe Digital Editions. And here’s the detailed guide about how to convert ACSM to EPUB/PDF.

2. How to Read Google Play Books on Kobo/Nook

You can read books from Google Play on most e-readers except Amazon Kindle devices. You’ll need to download them to your computer and transfer them to the e-reader. To do this, download the Adobe Digital Editions app.

Note: Your purchased e-book can only be associated with a single Adobe ID.

1. Authorize your computer and eReader with ADE.

After downloading the ACSM file, then create an Adobe ID with the same email you used to register Kobo/Nook to authorize computer. Or you can’t transfer Google Play book to your ereader.

Plug in your Kobo/Nook ereader with USB. And your ereader will be displayed in the left side panel when you run ADE. First, click the device, then click the gear icon to select authorize device.

Then click Authorize Device and OK to complete the authorization.

2. Copy Google Play Books to Kobo/Nook ereader.

Click All Items to find the Google Play Book you want to transfer to Kobo/Nook device. Then right click the book cover >> Copy to Computer/Device >> Ereader to transfer the book to your Kobo/Nook devices. Eject your eReader from the computer, Google Play book will appear in your Library.

If you don’t want to create an Adobe ID with the email you used to register Kobo/Nook or you think this method is too troublesome, or if you want to decrypt Google Play book directly, then here’s another method to read Google Play Book on Kobo/Nook. Becuase Google Play Books are available in PDF and EPUB formats, so you just need to transfer the DRM free books to Kobo/Nook reader after decrypting Google Play Books.

3. How to Read Google Play Books on Kindle

Since you can’t read books from Google Play on Amazon Kindle devices, so we need an eBook DRM Removal and eBook Converter to help us make it happen. As for as I can know, Epubor Ultimate software is the perfect all-in-one ebook decryption tool, which is famous for removing Kindle/Kobo/Google Play DRM with the highest quality as well as converting ebook format with the fastest speed.

Step 1download Google Play Book with ADE.

Step 2download Epubor Ultimate to your computer.

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Step 3add the Google Play books from the left side-bar to the right main window to remove DRM.

Step 4choose AZW3/Mobi as the output format and click Convert to AZW3/Mobi to start the conversion. And click Succeeded to find the converted book.

Step 5plug in Kindle ereader to your computer, then transfer the converted Google Play books to your Kindle device.

Conclusion

With the above methods, you can read Google Play Books on any eReader freely. And Epubor Ultimate is a terrific tool to help you unlock DRM-protected eBooks as well as convert book format efficiently.

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Dated back to the WWDC 2013, when Apple announced iBooks would be an independent application in the OS X 10.9 Mavericks, all the iBooks lovers are exciting about the coming iBooks for Mac app. Finally the day came, but I heard much noise among the cheers. A lot of people think the iBooks for Mac sucks, because it doesn’t allow people to edit the metadata.

People can’t edit eBooks metadata in iBooks for Mac

Some people may even don’t know what is metadata, to put it simply, metadata is the ID card for an eBook, like the cover, title, author name, publisher name, etc.

For those people who purchase eBooks from iBooks Store only, they might feel there is no need to edit the metadata. But a hard-core eBook fan won’t think so, many downloaded eBooks don’t have a complete meta information, like lack of cover or improper title spelling.

When the iBooks was only a child-column in iTunes, we can right click on an item then click “Get Info” to edit a book’s metadata just like modifying a song’s ID3 tag information.

But with iBooks for Mac in Mavericks, you only get this when right clicking on a book.

Sad story, feels like we are using a lite edition of iBooks, isn’t it?

The reason that iBooks enables people to edit the meta date is pretty obvious– they don’t want people to use iBooks to read downloaded books, but only the books purchased from iBooks Store.

Edit metadata with Calibre for Mac

Although editing metadata with iBooks is impossible, it doesn’t mean this is the end of the story. With another software, Calibre for Mac, we can edit book’s metadata then load the book into iBooks for Mac app.

First we import the book into Calibre.

From the image above we can see that the cover of the book A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is missing, which is a pretty typical case where we need to edit the metadata to add cover.

Right click on the book title, choose “Edit metadata”, then “Edit metadata individually”.

In this window we can customize almost all the important metadata. In this case I need to add a cover to the book, so I click “Browse” in “Change cover” area. If you want to make it simple, just directly click “Download cover”, and Calibre will search the cover from internet and add it for you.

After finding the cover image, click “OK” to confirm. Then you can see the cover in Calibre now.

But job has not been finished yet, in fact the cover is only added in Calibre’s library. To display the book’s cover in iBooks for Mac, we need to add the cover image into the book file.

No matter that we are adding cover or modifying the names, converting the book to EPUB again is necessary. Only in this way, we can completely edit the metadata inside the book, not only in Calibre library.

So the last step is to convert the book to EPUB, even this file is already an EPUB file.

Load the modified book into iBooks for Mac

Find the converted file in Calibre’s library and drag it into iBooks for Mac. Now we can see the book displayed in iBooks for Mac with the gorgeous cover.

Using the same method we can also add or modify other metadata like title, author & publisher, genre, etc. On Mac OS X Mavericks even the iBooks for Mac enable us to do so.

As a Kobo user, you may not only purchase books from Kobo store but also other available sources, such as Barnes & Noble, Sony eBook store, Google Play, etc. . Sometimes, you may need to transfer PDF and EPUB files to your Kobo. But how to? This guide will tell you 3 useful ways to add books to Kobo. Just select the appropriate way for yourself.

I also wrote a detailed guide to add ePub books on Kobo eReader, you can read it for reference.

Method 1: Transfer EPUB & PDF to Kobo with Kobo for PC/Mac

This method applies to books purchased from Kobo store. As long as you can use Kobo for PC/Mac, then you can successfully transfer EPUB and PDF to Kobo. In this part, I take Kobo for PC as example. Now let’s transfer EPUB files to Kobo aura step by step.

Step 1: Connect Kobo to your computer via USB

When you connect Kobo to computer, your Kobo will ask if you want to connect your eReader to your computer to manage files. Select “Connect”, then Kobo device will appear ”Connected and charged”, and Windows should detect that a new device is connected.

Step 2: Open your Kobo for PC on your computer

After opening your Kobo desktop(Kobo reading software), you will find navigation bar “EREADER” is available, then click “LIBRARY”, all your existing books will show up, including books currently on your eReader or Kobo for PC.

Step 3: Add books to your Kobo

Click the cover of books you want to transfer, then hit “ADD TO EREADER” button at the bottom right corner or click the icon with “+” on the cover of your books .

The selected books will be transferred to your Kobo soon. Meanwhile, you will find the icon on the cover of your books has changed.

After books have been transferred, eject your Kobo. Then tap “Library” in your Kobo eReader “Home”. You will find books you have added. Just click the cover, and enjoy them on your Kobo.

How about transferring books between 2 Kobo eReaders?

For transferring EPUB/PDF from Kobo eBook store to Kobo, here I want to share another tool Kindle Transfer with you. To be honest, I feel it’s easier and more effective than the way mentioned above. With this tool, you can not only easily transfer Kobo books between 2 Kobo eReaders, but also transfer eBooks from Kobo desktop to Kobo. I guess this tool is specially necessary for those who get a new Kobo and need to copy Kobo books from the old one to new one.

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After installed the program successfully, now it’s time to transfer EPUB/PDF to Kobo. Just connect your Kobo device to computer, select the eBook source on your computer or Kobo e-Ink reader, then choose target Kobo device and click on “Transfer” button to start the transferring. So easy, right?

Method 2: Send EPUB/PDF to Kobo using ADE

This method applies to books purchased from Sony eBook store, Google Play, Barnes & Noble and other sources. No matter they are DRM free or Adobe DRM protected.

Now follow the steps to transfer PDF files to your Kobo glo.

Step 1: Install Adobe Digital Editions, and authorize the Adobe ID which is associated with your Kobo device.

Step 2: Connect Kobo to your computer. Your device will automatically show up under “Devices”.

Step 3: Add your EPUB and PDF books to ADE.

You can click “File”–>”Add to Library” at the upper left corner to add books you want to transfer. Or just drag them to the main window of ADE.

Step 4: Transfer EPUB and PDF books to Kobo.

Click “All Items” under “Bookshelves”, all your added books will show up in the main window of ADE. Just right-click books you want to transfer and select “Copy to Computer/Devices”–>”KoboeReader” to send books to Kobo. Or you can just drag books to “KoboeReader” under “Devices” . Then you will see a window showing the transfer process.

When the books have been transferred successfully, eject your Kobo eReader from the computer. Then you will see a “Processing content” on your Kobo device, just wait it finished. Then the books will appear in your library. You can read books on your Kobo freely.

Tips:

If you can’t transfer EPUB and PDF books to your Kobo successfully, maybe it’s because the files you want to send are DRM protected. The easiest and best way is to remove DRM. Here, I recommend you a powerful DRM removal tool: Epubor Ultimate. It can remove Adobe DRM, kobo DRM and even the Kindle DRM, and convert ebooks to any format. Then you can enjoy books on Kobo freely.

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Method 3: Copy EPUB/PDF Files to Kobo via USB Directly

If you don’t want to use any tool to transfer books to your Kobo device, you can just copy your downloaded books from your computer to Kobo eReader via USB directly.

Step 1: Connect Kobo eReader to computer using USB. Tap “Connect” in your Kobo device.

Step 2: Open “Computer” in your desktop. Double-click “KoboeReader”. Then it will show the contents of your eReader.

Step 3: Open a folder which saves your PDF and EPUB files. Then just drag books you want to transfer to your Kobo eReader contents folder.

Note: For acsm files, you have to open them with ADE to convert acsm to EPUB first, then transfer them to your Kobo via USB. (Kobo must be authorized with the same Adobe account).

Final Words:

That’s all I want to share with you in this article. By the way, if your books are not purchased from Kobo store, you can use the tool: Epubor Ultimate to help you remove drm and enjoy your books on Kobo freely.

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You borrow some books from public library, you download them to your computer, then transfer them to your kindle device. Opps! You can’t open them!

This is a common thing in our daily life. You may ask me why, and how to. Don’t worry! Just keep reading to get your acsm readable on your kindle devices.

Please note that if you want to read acsm file on kindle , you must convert acsm to kindle mobi format. This is a necessary step.

Let me explain the reason that we should convert acsm to kindle format

In my previous articles I have written what the acsm file is . When you borrow or purchase ebook from online store, public library, what you are really downloading is an acsm file. It’s not an actual ebook, but only a link to your book, allows a program to download the book. Acsm file always comes with DRM.

ACSM is the short name of Adobe Content Server Manager, so you know that acsm is produced by Adobe. In fact, Adobe Digital Editions is the program that has the rights to open acsm file. When ADE see the acsm file, it will automatically download acsm to the PDF or EPUB format. But ADE can be only installed on computer, pc or mac, but not kindle. So here comes the reason 1: acsm file can be opened only on computer with ADE.

Additionally, let’s talk about kindle device restrictions. We know reading kindle books on Kindle is enjoyable, however, this also brings us problem — we can’t read any ebooks if they are not kindle format. But our acsm file can only be opened to epub or pdf. In a word, the reason 2 is that Kindle devices don’t support acsm format.

Two reasons have explained clearly now, right?

ACSM can only be opened with ADE, but ADE can’t be installed on Kindle;
ACSM format is not readable on Kindle.

So we must convert acsm file to kindle format. As mobi is the native kindle format, so I recommend you convert acsm to mobi.

How to covnert acsm file to kindle

This part I will show you how to convert.

Step 1: Learn how to open acsm file

1 Install Adobe Digital Editions

ACSM file can only be opened with ADE on computer, so the first thing we have to do is to install ADE.

2 Authorize Adobe ID

After you get it installed, if the first time you use it, it may pop up a window to let you register an Adobe account, then authorize your ADE with this Adobe account.

3 Open acsm with ADE

Find your acsm file you downloaded on your computer. Then double click the acsm file you downloaded, by default it will be opened with ADE. If not, right click the acsm file and select “open with”–“Adobe Digital Editions”.

After you opened acsm with ADE, you will find that these acsm files come to .epub or .pdf format. You can get them from the output path of ADE:

For Windows: …My Documents (Documents)My Digital Editions …
For Mac: Users/Your computer name/Digital Editions …

Step 2: Convert acsm to kindle mobi with Ultimate Converter

At first step we have opened our acsm files, and converted them to epub or pdf in ADE. Then use a acsm to kindle covnerter Ultimate Converter.

1Download this tool for free

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2Add acsm to the tool

Get the covnerter started. If your acsm files can be opened with ADE as step 1 above, this tool will find your files automatically, list them at the left side below “ADE” icon. All you have to do is just to drag them to the right area.

As the image shows, it will remove the DRM from acsm files automatically (if they have). You can see the “decrypted”. For details have a look at how to remove DRM from .acsm file.

3Choose mobi as output format

Set common “mobi” as output format. Or you can also select azw3 as the output because Kindle also recognize this format well.

Then click on “Convert to ” button, the conversion start soon, and then will complete fast.

Step 3: Transfer mobi to Kindle devices

From the decrypted output folder, you can see your converted mobi files. The left job is to transfer them to your kindle devices via USB connection or send-to-kindle service. From the homepage of your kindle you will see your new added files are listed. They are ready for you to open them for a happy reading.

Download the tool for free:

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Here is a video guide for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbtXhpb55Bw