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You can transfer Kobo books to another Kobo, to a Kindle or just save them to computer. Supporting these book sources: Kobo Mini, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glow (HD), Kobo Aura (HD), Kobo H2O, Kobo Desktop for PC and Kobo Desktop for Mac. I recently made the switch from Kindle to Kobo (love it!!) and am in the process of transferring my ebooks there. My understanding is that a good approach is to download Calibre (have a MacBook Pro) along with the Kobo and DeDRM plugins, download my Kindle books to my Mac, remove DRM and convert the format to EPUB or KEPUB, then upload to Kobo.
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As a Kobo user, you may not only purchase books from Kobo store but also other available sources, such as Barnes & Noble, Sony eBook store, Google Play, etc. . Sometimes, you may need to transfer PDF and EPUB files to your Kobo. But how to? This guide will tell you 3 useful ways to add books to Kobo. Just select the appropriate way for yourself.
I also wrote a detailed guide to add ePub books on Kobo eReader, you can read it for reference.
Method 1: Transfer EPUB & PDF to Kobo with Kobo for PC/Mac
This method applies to books purchased from Kobo store. As long as you can use Kobo for PC/Mac, then you can successfully transfer EPUB and PDF to Kobo. In this part, I take Kobo for PC as example. Now let's transfer EPUB files to Kobo aura step by step.
Step 1: Connect Kobo to your computer via USB
When you connect Kobo to computer, your Kobo will ask if you want to connect your eReader to your computer to manage files. Select “Connect”, then Kobo device will appear ”Connected and charged”, and Windows should detect that a new device is connected.
Step 2: Open your Kobo for PC on your computer
After opening your Kobo desktop(Kobo reading software), you will find navigation bar 'EREADER' is available, then click 'LIBRARY', all your existing books will show up, including books currently on your eReader or Kobo for PC.
Step 3: Add books to your Kobo
Click the cover of books you want to transfer, then hit 'ADD TO EREADER' button at the bottom right corner or click the icon with '+' on the cover of your books .
The selected books will be transferred to your Kobo soon. Meanwhile, you will find the icon on the cover of your books has changed.
After books have been transferred, eject your Kobo. Then tap 'Library' in your Kobo eReader 'Home'. You will find books you have added. Just click the cover, and enjoy them on your Kobo.
How about transferring books between 2 Kobo eReaders?
For transferring EPUB/PDF from Kobo eBook store to Kobo, here I want to share another tool Kindle Transfer with you. To be honest, I feel it's easier and more effective than the way mentioned above. With this tool, you can not only easily transfer Kobo books between 2 Kobo eReaders, but also transfer eBooks from Kobo desktop to Kobo. I guess this tool is specially necessary for those who get a new Kobo and need to copy Kobo books from the old one to new one.
After installed the program successfully, now it's time to transfer EPUB/PDF to Kobo. Just connect your Kobo device to computer, select the eBook source on your computer or Kobo e-Ink reader, then choose target Kobo device and click on 'Transfer' button to start the transferring. So easy, right?
Method 2: Send EPUB/PDF to Kobo using ADE
This method applies to books purchased from Sony eBook store, Google Play, Barnes & Noble and other sources. No matter they are DRM free or Adobe DRM protected.
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Now follow the steps to transfer PDF files to your Kobo glo.
Step 1: Install Adobe Digital Editions, and authorize the Adobe ID which is associated with your Kobo device.
Step 2: Connect Kobo to your computer. Your device will automatically show up under 'Devices'.
Step 3: Add your EPUB and PDF books to ADE.
You can click 'File'-->'Add to Library' at the upper left corner to add books you want to transfer. Or just drag them to the main window of ADE.
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Notice: If your books are ACSM files, just download them with ADE. Then they will be downloaded automatically as EPUB or PDF files. To learn more details, you can go through the article convert acsm to epub.
Step 4: Transfer EPUB and PDF books to Kobo.
Click 'All Items' under 'Bookshelves', all your added books will show up in the main window of ADE. Just right-click books you want to transfer and select 'Copy to Computer/Devices'-->'KoboeReader' to send books to Kobo. Or you can just drag books to 'KoboeReader' under 'Devices' . Then you will see a window showing the transfer process.
When the books have been transferred successfully, eject your Kobo eReader from the computer. Then you will see a 'Processing content' on your Kobo device, just wait it finished. Then the books will appear in your library. You can read books on your Kobo freely.
Tips:
If you can't transfer EPUB and PDF books to your Kobo successfully, maybe it's because the files you want to send are DRM protected. The easiest and best way is to remove DRM. Here, I recommend you a powerful DRM removal tool: Epubor Ultimate. It can remove Adobe DRM, kobo DRM and even the Kindle DRM, and convert ebooks to any format. Then you can enjoy books on Kobo freely.
Method 3: Copy EPUB/PDF Files to Kobo via USB Directly
If you don't want to use any tool to transfer books to your Kobo device, you can just copy your downloaded books from your computer to Kobo eReader via USB directly.
Step 1: Connect Kobo eReader to computer using USB. Tap 'Connect' in your Kobo device.
Step 2: Open 'Computer' in your desktop. Double-click 'KoboeReader'. Then it will show the contents of your eReader.
Step 3: Open a folder which saves your PDF and EPUB files. Then just drag books you want to transfer to your Kobo eReader contents folder.
Note: For acsm files, you have to open them with ADE to convert acsm to EPUB first, then transfer them to your Kobo via USB. (Kobo must be authorized with the same Adobe account).
Final Words:
That's all I want to share with you in this article. By the way, if your books are not purchased from Kobo store, you can use the tool: Epubor Ultimate to help you remove drm and enjoy your books on Kobo freely.
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Ada Wang works for Epubor and writes articles for a collection of blogs such as ebookconverter.blogspot.com.