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Old 29-11-2011, 19:47
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I'm not asking anyone for links on how to do it, however was just wondering if it can be done and books can be downloaded externally and loaded on?

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Old 29-11-2011, 20:01
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Don't understand what you want a jailbroken Kindle to do, you can already get books form other places and put them on as long as they are in a kindle readable format, i.e. mobi, pdf.

Only advantage I could possibly see is the ability to read epub books, but I'm pretty show there's nothing that would allow that. But then I haven't looked.
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Old 29-11-2011, 20:03
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You can already download books from external sources and load them onto a Kindle if they are in the mobi format. Or use Calibre to convert. There is no need to jailbreak.
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Old 29-11-2011, 20:12
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You can already download books from external sources and load them onto a Kindle if they are in the mobi format. Or use Calibre to convert. There is no need to jailbreak.
This. Calibre, USB lead...your morale compass when it comes to where you get the books from and its all up to you
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Old 29-11-2011, 21:13
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This. Calibre, USB lead...your morale compass when it comes to where you get the books from and its all up to you
Thank you very much sniffe downloaded it for my Mac and have a selection of ePub books. So when I buy my kindle from 24 hour tesco later will just transfer them over.
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Old 29-11-2011, 21:15
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As said you don't need a jailbreak to load your own books on it. Amazon call them private documents and they can be copied via USB or wiressly over wi-fi (gratis) or 3G (paid). But Kindle can be jailbroaken, too and you can, eg, use your own pictures as screensaver.
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Old 29-11-2011, 22:08
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It can be jailbroken, but there is very little to do once broken. Changing the screensaver pictures is the only thing I could think of that I would like to change.

As for loading books externally, you can do that without the aid of the jailbreak procedure.
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Old 30-11-2011, 09:47
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Thank you very much sniffe downloaded it for my Mac and have a selection of ePub books. So when I buy my kindle from 24 hour tesco later will just transfer them over.
ePub books can't be read by the Kindle. You would have to convert them to the correct format first using e.g. Calibre. Oh, and if the ePub books are protected by DRM you will have problems
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Old 30-11-2011, 10:31
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This is a handy little site for converting files for your Kindle

http://www.convertfiles.com/convert/...B-to-MOBI.html
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Old 30-11-2011, 12:09
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This is a handy little site for converting files for your Kindle

http://www.convertfiles.com/convert/...B-to-MOBI.html
Call me cynical, but they're also collecting a lot of books and movies.

By the way, what does 'jailbreak' mean? I can't work it out from the context.
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Old 30-11-2011, 12:38
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Unless you plan on just buying books directly from the Amazon store, I'd say a copy of Calibre is essential. It's free and simple to use.
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Old 30-11-2011, 13:32
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It probably isn't worth it. Also, it will more than likely void your warranty!

Glad to help,
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Old 01-12-2011, 06:13
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I just have well over 1000 epubs I'd like on my Kindle. So going to do that today

Understand my warranty may be void but it's worth it to me.
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Old 01-12-2011, 08:04
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^^^ You mean you can read epub files on Kindle after you jailbreak it? Haven't heard of that one. An alternative would be to convert the files with Calibre, no jailbreak necessary. BTW are your epub files DRM protected?
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