#Convert epub to mobi calibre how to#

Your book will now be added to the Calibre library and its entry will be highlighted. Click on the “Add book” icon on the upper left, browse to the RTF file you’ve just created, select the file, and click open.

If you use Word on a PC this is done using the “save as command” (clicking in the upper left corner, selecting “save as”, and changing the drop down box next to “save as type” to Rich Text Format). Once Calibre is installed, open your document with your word processor and save it as an RTF (Rich Text Format) file.

#Convert epub to mobi calibre how to#

(If you don’t know how to install a program on your computer, you’ll have to grab a neighbor kid to help you since this can vary from system to system.) The approach I’m going to outline here is using a free program called Calibre.įirst, go to Calibre, download the version of the program appropriate for your computer, and install it. There are many ways this might be accomplished. (I’ll leave it to you to figure out how to do this.) But if your book has DRM or you want to send an eBook file in advance of publication to reviewers or beta readers, another approach is needed. If your book is already published and you followed my advice to not use DRM, you might consider purchasing a copy of the book from Amazon and copying the file from your Kindle or the Kindle for PC directory to use for these purposes. At least until you want to send an eBook to a friend, submit your book to a reviewer who requires an eBook file for submission, or … well, you get the idea. If you’re only publishing through Amazon, this works great. However, the approach taken by many is the simple one, upload a Word document to Amazon and let KDP convert the file.

Some hire someone to format their eBook files. Some indie authors are tech savvy and masters at formatting their completed manuscripts into the two most commonly used ebook formats, ePub and Mobi.