How to Read ePUB on Kindle

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I KNOW, I know, I’ve been promising everybody that I’d R&R their fics. And I WILL!! But well, a lot is going on right now. The OFIC discussion forums… the fic exchange… the site… the D/G art… all the new social media sites… my book…the family business...a new cat… sniff…


(is that the sound of the world’s smallest violin? ;)


Anyway. The point of this post is that I’m having post-Christmas with my sister and her partner tonight (that’s the way we always do it; don’t ask! Well, you could, but it’s a long story.) I’ve gone back and forth on the present I want approximately a zillion times. But I FINALLY settled on a new Kindle, and the biggest reason is that I can see how overwhelming all of the reading will increasingly be getting. I have a crazy amount for my regular F2F writers’ group to begin with, there will be the new forums, I’m trying to make a commitment to R&R everyone’s fics. So, yep. That’s why a Kindle. I can use it all summer on breaks while I’m out working. :)


We’ve had ePUB books on here for a long time (a really nice feature—if you’ve never noticed it before, it’s the little book icon in the upper right hand corner when you click on a story. You can also go into your own account settings and see the list of your ePUB fics, including how many downloads each one has. (The only thing with that is the max seems to be consistently stuck at 127 downloads. So if that’s your number, it’s safe to say that you’ve had MORE downloads than that.)


The PROBLEM is that the ePUB format is open source, and for some weird reason, it’s not directly supported by Kindle. So here’s what you do. Click on the pic above, and it will take you to a cnet article that shows how easily you can convert ePUB. There’s a free software (Calibri) that does it very easily.

And… don’t forget to come over to the OFIC forums and join in the discussion! I’m trying to do something that… well, let’s just say that I’m sure it HAS been done before, but not all that often. To actually discuss all the potential issues that could come up with new forums, to discuss what WORKS and what DOESN’T in a forum, and to get input from both readers and writers on what we should have! Yay! Planning. What a concept. :P It’s good to have a plan. :)


And the exchange fics are due in two weeks!!! So lots more D/G is on its way soon.