You can then continue reading any time by opening the Books app. The ebook will then automatically be added to the Books library. Alternatively, you can right click on the file and select Open With > Books. See this earlier post about How to Fix Formatting Issues with EPUBs Sent to Kindles. When you double-clicking on an EPUB file on a Mac, the file will open by default in the built-in Books reader.

If you’re experiencing formatting problems when sending EPUB files to your Kindle devices and apps, it’s most likely an encoding issue. It’s important to note that Kindle devices and Kindle apps don’t and probably never will support EPUB ebooks directly this is all just an elaborate way for Amazon to convert EPUB files to a Kindle-supported format to then send to Kindle devices and apps (the funny thing is they’re dropping support for sending MOBI files but then they convert EPUBs to MOBI to send to the iOS app-that makes a lot of sense).Īdditionally, you can only send DRM-free EPUB ebooks that don’t have any copy protection, so you can’t send Adobe EPUBs, for example, or other EPUB ebooks that you purchased unless they are DRM-free or you remove the DRM restrictions first. There’s also a note saying, “Later this year, Send to Kindle will be removing the ability to send. To send an EPUB file from your Android or iOS device, just select the “Share” option and the Kindle app will show up with the option to send the file to your Kindle devices and account.

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