In short, you should start a Web server on your Computer and after that download files on Kindle using built-in Experimental browser.
Following is the instruction how to configure MiniWeb web server. Other people use Calibre. The idea behind is the same.
On Windows:
- Download MiniWeb web server
- Extract MiniWeb server. Let's say to
path_to_miniweb
- Create new folder for books (i.e.
path_to_created_book_folder
) on your computer and copy your books there
- For convenience create Shortcut on desktop:
"path_to_miniweb\miniweb.exe" -p 8001 -r "path_to_created_book_folder"
- Click on Shortcut. Console window should appear:
MiniWeb (built on May 12 2018)
(C)2005-2013 Written by Stanley Huang [email protected]
Host: 0.0.0.0:8001
Web root: C:\Users\super_user\Desktop\Books
Max clients (per IP): 32 (0)
URL handlers: 1
Dir listing enabled
- Determine your Computer's IP address. Let's suppose it is:
192.168.0.4
- To test if everything is done correctly on this step, open Internet Explorer (or any other browser you have) and navigate to
192.168.0.4:8001
. You should see list of books. Please note, if your Wi-Fi connection is set as Public network, Web server may not be visible for your home devices.
On Kindle:
- Open Experimental Browser and navigate to
192.168.0.4:8001
. As a result you will see content of the path_to_created_book_folder
.
- Click on Book and accept file download.
- After download complete, go to the Home screen. Your book will be there.
Later, every time when you need to upload book:
- start MiniWeb server using shortcut on desktop.
- Copy book to
path_to_created_book_folder
- Use Experimental Browser on your Kindle to download book
NOTE: that Kindle supports limited set of book formats (i.e. *.mobi, *.txt)