How To Get Google Books On Any E-Reader

E-Readers like the Nook and the Sony Reader automatically give you access to the thousands of books in Google's online library. But for devices like the Kindle, you need to work around a few obstacles before you can gain access.

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The trick is to check out a program called Calibre. Itl converts your Google Book downloads to a format any e-reader can recognize.

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It'll even send it to your device automatically.

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Download a book from Google Books. They have a great selection of classics in the public domain

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Download and install Calibre

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Open Calibre and choose where you want your converted books to save

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Choose your e-reader. We'll go with the Kindle for this example

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Click the "add book" icon and select the Google Book from the folder you saved it to earlier

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Highlight the book in the list and click the "convert book" icon

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Change any metadata for the book such as title and author. Then click ok and wait for the book to convert

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Right click the book in your list and click "Send to Device," then "Send to Main Memory." Your Kindle will receive the file soon.

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