Convert E-Books for use on iPod or Smartphones

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E-Books are getting really common these days! Every publisher provides you an option to buy an EBook of the actual book. This is in order to save a lot of paper and hence save trees. But, that is not the point here. You can read the E-Books on a variety of devices, which include the Apple iPod, iPhone or the iPad or any other Smartphone! Also, there are a various EBook readers available in the market these days. The leading ones are from Amazon(Kindle) and Barnes and Noble(Nook) which provide you with a really good reading experience! I myself prefer reading my E-Books on my Amazon Kindle that I purchased recently!

The E-Books you get on the internet are in various different formats, such as .mobi, .epub, .txt or even .pdf! But what if your EBook reader does not support that format! Well, there is nothing to worry about! It is really simple to convert them into a format usable by your EBook reader! All you need to know is the format that your EBook reader supports! Then, it's all just a simple task!

To perform this simple task, we are going to make use of an application called Calibre, which is an EBook management application. You can sort your E-Books in that app and then convert the ones you need for reading on your Handheld device! You can download the required application by simply clicking here! This is available for Windows, OSX, Linux and also a portable version, depending upon your need!

How to Convert Books for your Device:

1. Download and Install Calibre. You can download it by clicking here.


2. When you run the application for the first time, you will be shown with a Welcome Wizard, which you can use to configure your Calibre! Enter the library location on the first page and on the second page, choose the device that you own and want to convert books for! Just press Finish after that!
   


3. Click the button on the top left corner that says Add Books. Select the books you want to add and click Open.
   


4. Next, select the books for Conversion and click Convert Books on the Top menu and then, choose the appropriate format from the Output Format Drop Down Menu on the top right.
   


5. Click "OK" on the Dialog that showed up!


6. Then, it will start the conversion of the book. You can check the progress by clicking J0bs on the bottom right corner of the Calibre window.
   


7. Now, in order to get your converted E-Book format, right-click on the book you converted. Then choose
   "Save to Disk" and then "Save single format to Disk" and then select the appropriate format from the list there!


8. It will ask you for the location where you want to save it. Provide it and it will be done! Now you can copy that to your device! It is that easy!

Well, I hope this small article helped you convert books for your E-Book reading device. Happy Reading! Remember to share this post with your friends so that they can also gain from this! Keep subscribed to TechHive to get latest news in the field of Mobile Devices, Android, Tablets and much more! You can subscribe via RSS or via eMail! Find the registration boxes on the sidebar on the right-hand side!