Kindle Skills - Copy a file to your Kindle

To transfer (copy) a file to your Kindle:

1. Connect the Kindle to your computer with the supplied USB cable
2. If you are using Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7), a little popup window will appear asking you what you want to do... Choose Open folder to view files by left clicking those words.
3. This will cause another window to appear with the folders on your Kindle showing. Look for and double click to open the Documents folder. You should see your books listed. The best view is Details. Click the word View at the top of the window, then the word Details. This way you can see your books listed alphabetically, straight down the window. Make sure this window is NOT filling your screen. You need to be able to put your mouse in the Title Bar of the window and (while holding down the left mouse button) drag it to move it. The Title Bar is the very top part of any window. You should see the title of the window you are working with in it. The X to close the window is on the same level. If your window is filling the screen you will not be able to drag it anywhere.
4. Move the Kindle window out of the way and find the book file you want to put on it. This will be a file you downloaded from somewhere other than Amazon... perhaps manybooks.net. Make sure you know where your file is.
5. Right click on the book file and choose the word (single left click) Copy.
6. Move your mouse pointer to the Kindle Documents folder and right click in an empty white area inside that folder. Choose Paste.
7. You should see your book file listed in your Kindle folder now. Disconnect your Kindle and your new book should be listed at the top of your Home page.

Another way to copy files from one place to another is to left click on the file and (while holding down the left mouse button) drag it to the other window. When you have your pointer where you want to drop the file, let go of the mouse button. For some people, this can get messy. Files can be accidentally dropped in the wrong place and even lost. Using the copy and paste technique can be a neater solution.


The way to really learn something new is to practice, practice, practice! After a few times, it will be more natural.

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