![]() ![]() The sharing is fairly primitive and would, ideally, share a tiny URL to the book you’re talking about, but for now you’re limited to sharing quotes from the book that can be appended with a custom message. There you can authorize your Kindle to access both your Twitter and Facebook account. If you’re interested in playing around with it navigate to Menu –> Settings –> Social Networks –> Manage. The entire setup is designed to make it easy to share snippets of text from books you are reading. Update Social Media Accounts from Your KindleĪlthough nobody is going to toss aside their smartphone to start browsing Facebook from their Kindle, you can push social media updates from your Kindle to both Twitter and Facebook. If you’re curious which formats are the best for conversion, they lay it out in their extensive FAQ here. You can easily swap out the ePUB part for MOBI and convert to your heart’s content for your Kindle. We’ve shown you before how to convert PDF to ePUB and how to convert Word docs to ePUB using Calibre. PDF files aren’t usually formatted for ebook readers (the margins are huge, the fonts don’t scale, etc.) so even though you can load them on your Kindle you’ll likely want to convert them.įortunately Calibre, a third party and open source ebook manager, is amazingly robust and perfect for managing an ebook library of any size and with practically any device. The Kindle, as of firmware 2.3, also supports PDF files. The Kindle can natively handle the following file types: MOBI, PRC, TXT, and TPZ. If you have ebooks that you have purchased from other sources like PDF, ePUB, LIT, or other formats you likely want to read them on your Kindle. When you buy books on or from your Kindle they arrive neatly formatted and ready to rock on your Kindle. If you’d prefer to custom without the work of cropping and scaling your own images make sure to check out some of the online Kindle wallpaper depots like this Kindle wallpaper Tumblr and KindleScreensavers, as well as searching Google for Kindle-friendly images like so.įormat Non-Kindle Store Books for the Kindle Creating your own screensaver images is easy we detail how in our guide. You can follow our guide to jailbreaking your Kindle here (and keep up on the world of Kindle jailbreaking here for the latest and greatest hacks). On my Kindle, for example, I replaced the default screensaver with a large collection of pinup paintings by American pinup artist Gil Elvgren (pack available here) and on my wife’s Kindle I replaced it with a collection of Wonder Woman art (pack available here). Jailbreaking your Kindle doesn’t give you quite the range of tools and abilities that jailbreaking an iPhone does but it’s still a pretty neat trick to really customize your Kindle to fit your personality. Google Play Books is a very solid reading app, especially for those immersed in the Google ecosystem.Jailbreak Your Kindle for Custom Screensavers It’s a very solid reading experience for when you want to use it, is incredibly stable and easy to use, and also has some of the best page turn animations out of all of the book reading apps out there. It can be used to enjoy a purchased ebook or audiobook one weekend, then ignored for a week or so without feeling any financial guilt for not taking advantage of some monthly fee. The good thing is Google Play Books doesn’t need a subscription service to use. Those who enjoy reading at least one book a day may find themselves wanting more, though. The book selection isn’t as big as Amazon’s, but it’s still large enough to please the casual reader. Google Play Books, as its title suggests, is Google’s first-party app for reading ebooks and listening to audiobooks bought within the Google Play Store. Has a much smaller selection than Amazon. A monthly subscription is needed to take advantage of a lot of the advanced settings, but those looking for an app to simply read their PDF ebooks will be fine with the free functionality.Īpp needs to switch to the Google Play app every time you want to read more about a book. Those using an iOS device will be able to import downloaded files directly from the share feature while using other apps as well. PDF files can be transferred to the Foxit app via Wi-Fi, iCloud, or Foxit’s own Foxit Drive service. Unlike many similar apps that simply display a PDF as is and require you to pinch and zoom to read its content, Foxit features a reflow setting that resizes and reorganizes the text on a page to fit perfectly on a mobile phone’s screen. Lack of a back button on app screens makes navigation very confusing.įoxit PDF Reader Mobile is one of the better PDF apps out there and is an ideal solution for those who prefer to consume ebooks in the PDF file format. Ability to create a new PDF file requires a $14.99 monthly subscription on iOS and Android. ![]()
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