How to Read Kindle Ebooks on Nook Color
Amazon E-books are available in .AZW or .MOBI format, both of which are e-book file formats that are unsupported by the Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color. Don’t despair: the treasure trove of free public-domain e-books available on Amazon isn’t shut off for Nook Color owners. To read Kindle-formatted e-books on the Nook Color, the books must first be converted into a compatible format then transferred to the Nook’s “Personal Documents” directory. There are two ways to do this: the first uses Calibre to convert and transfer the e-books; the second uses a Web-based file converter service and manual file transferring.
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Instructions
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Convert and Transfer With Calibre
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Launch Calibre and click the “Add books” button.
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Select the Amazon e-book files and press “Open.” Calibre will import the files into the library.
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Click on the Amazon e-book files in the library pane. You can hold the “CTRL” key and click on multiple files in the pane.
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Click the “Convert books” button.
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Select “ePub” from the “Output format” menu on the top right corner of the window.
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Click “OK.” Calibre will convert the Amazon e-book to the Nook Color-compatible ePub format.
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Connect the micro USB plug into the Nook Color’s connection port. Connect the other end of the USB cable into the computer. Calibre will scan and automatically recognize the device.
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Select the e-book files in the library pane and click on the “Upload to Device” button.
Web-based Conversion and Manual Transfer
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Open your Web browser and open an e-book conversion service website. Two services that support Amazon-formatted e-books include 2ePub and Online-Convert.
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Click the “Browse” or “Upload” button. Select the e-books in the dialog window and click “Open.”
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Select “Nook Color” if it requests the e-book reader you’re converting it for, or select “ePub” if it requests a file format to convert to. Click “Convert file” to confirm. After the conversion process has completed, download the converted file to your computer.
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Connect the mini USB plug into the Nook Color connection port and connect the USB plug into your computer.
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Open the “Computer” window and double-click on the “MyNOOKcolor” disk icon.
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Open the “My Files” folder and then open the “Books” folder.
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Move or copy your converted e-book files into the “Books” folder.
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Tips & Warnings
Only books without Digital Rights Management protection will be convertible across e-book readers.
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