How to Upload Comics to Kindle Fire

The iPad has been toted as the ultimate comic book reader, but that doesn't mean you can't give it a run for its money with your Kindle. Here's how to optimize and transfer your comic books and manga to your Kindle.

Sure, tablets may have big colorful screens, which are undoubtedly ameliorate for nearly comic books. But the Kindle's east-ink screen has its place. Y'all can read it at night without straining your eyes, y'all can read it outdoors in directly sunlight, and its battery is admittedly killer. Its screen may be pocket-size, but for manga and other black and white comics, information technology's a perfect little device.

Unfortunately, the Kindle can't read common CBR and CBZ files out of the box. However, there is a handy tool chosen Kindle Comic Converter on Windows, macOS, and Linux that can convert your comics to a Kindle-friendly format, and optimize them so y'all go the best reading experience possible. (Note: despite its name, Kindle Comic Converter can also optimize books for Kobo, Nook and other ereaders.)

Step One: Convert Your CBR and CBZ Files for the Kindle

To get started, download Kindle Comic Converter and offset it up on your calculator. To add together a CBR/CBZ file (or group of files), click the "Add File" button.

Choose your file from the list. You tin hold Ctrl or Shift to select multiple files.

You lot should see a list of files ready to be converted in the program's window.

From there, choose your ereader from the dropdown on the left (I'k using a Kindle Paperwhite three), and information technology should pre-select your options for yous. You can accommodate certain things if y'all demand to (like "Manga Manner", if the comic in question is read right-to-left). Just mouse over any of the other options to run into what they do.

When you're ready, click the Catechumen button.

The conversion may take a while depending on how many files you accept selected. Once information technology's finished, y'all should find your converted files in the same binder as the source files.

Pace Two: Copy Your Comics to Your Kindle

If y'all've ever copied a book to your Kindle before, the adjacent step should be familiar. Plug your Kindle into your computer using its USB cable. Open upwards your computer's File Explorer and navigate to the newly-mounted Kindle drive.

Just elevate your new comic files (which will likely be in MOBI or AZW3 format, unless you lot're using another ereader) to your device—on my Kindle, I've put them on the "documents" folder. Eject your Kindle, and yous should see that they appear in your reading list!

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NOTE: You can also use a tool like Calibre to copy your comics to your Kindle, simply like yous would any other books. Information technology'south a great tool if yous take a lot of local books to organize!

Here's what yous can expect comics to look like on your device. Nosotros selected Scott Pilgrim because the extremely simple and loftier-dissimilarity line fine art used in the series is a proficient indicator of what Manga-style artwork, in general, will expect like:

Looks fantastic, right? It's easy to read, the line fine art and dialog bubbling are crisp. And the newer the Kindle you have, the better it will look.

For comparison, hither's a page from Escape from Wonderland:

Given the particular and color saturation of the original artwork, this is a actually prissy conversion, although you miss out on a lot of what makes the book dandy. This would definitely be a book to read on a tablet, simply it's nice to know it's notwithstanding workable on a Kindle.