

Once the APK is installed, the Libby app will appear and function like any other app on your Fire tablet.ġ. I actually just downloaded a book today, so I took some screenshots.Use the Libby app for downloading OverDrive ebooks, audiobooks and magazines. The Kindle Fire app is not available in the Amazon Appstore, but it can be “sideloaded” onto your device with the Libby APK (Android Package file). Use the Send to Device feature to upload your book to your Kindle, wait for it to finish (you'll see a green check mark next to your book when it's done), close Calibre, eject your kindle. If you haven't already plugged in your Kindle, close Calibre and plug it in AZW3 using the "convert book" function, which is the file type that your Kindle uses EPUB file (and if you have DeDRM, something special might happen here that means you get to keep it!)Ĭonvert your book to. Open Calibre, select Add Books, and select your book - which is now an. EPUB file, and you could technically just read it there. Your book will be fulfilled and downloaded as an. Save it somewhere you can easily find (Digital Editions makes a "my digital editions" folder for you), double click to open in Digital Editions.

So the steps are:ĭownload your file to your computer - try using Overdrive or Libby directly from your PC to get an. And if you just so happen to have DeDRM installed. EPUB is what Calibre can take and convert for you.

The downloadable files you've been trying to use directly are just a piece of information that says "fetch this book!" and tells your computer if your copy is still valid.Īdobe Digital Editions is a book viewing software that allows you to access the book you download and redeem that "token" into a readable file - like. They're more like vouchers / tickets / receipts / tokens that you redeem with your software to download the actual book (in a format like PDF or. ASCM files, for use with Adobe Digital Editions. For downloading off of Libby / Overdrive, I get. They're files that help your book-reading software fetch the book, so long as you're within the terms of the DRM. I think your problem is that the books you download aren't actually the book itself. That first part is what you're missing! I'm not sure how exactly you're getting those files on your computer, but they're likely not a readable format. First I put it on Adobe Digital Editions, and then import it into my Calibre with DeDRM.
