I have been given a Samsung Galaxy Tablet SM-T210R. I want to use it to read eBooks. I have 100,s of eBooks on my old kindle. When I connected the tablet to my PCs USB port my PC does not see the tablet.I know nothing about a Tablet. Can someone point me into the right direction?I am going to search the web to see if I can find a users manual for the Galaxy.Do I need a different application like calibre to organize my books?

You don't "need" something like Calibre, but it does make life easier if you have lots of books and want to organize them. The tablet should show up when you connect it to a USB port. If nothing else you could connect the tablet and then reboot the computer leaving the tablet plugged it, and see if that does it. If not, then you might know why they gave it to you. :)

I have Calibre on my laptop where all my ebooks are stored. On my tablet, I have the app Calibre Companion. It allows your laptop/Calibre to see the tablet as a wireless device so, once set up, you just drag and drop or click "Send to Device" in Calibre and the books end up on the tablet. I use CoolReader to read the books on my tablet.

As it has WiFi connections, download and use Overdrive to get and read all the books you wnat to, completely Free! and doan't have to worry about keeping up with them, or storing them,. Just download and read, from anywhere you have internet access, even McDonalds, and they return to the lbrary free. All you need is a library card!

Try another USB port - reboot both the computer and the tablet.

To all you Calibre users.You can use the Connect/Share button at the top to set up a server, easy peasy.It gives you an IP address you enter in any browser on any tablet or PC using the same WiFi router.It lets you browse and download to your tablet.Most excellent with iPads to get around all that iTunes nonsense

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17 Replies

mikestock
Explorer
Feb 22, 2017
That is what DRM (digital rights management) is all about. Copy protection.
Tom_M1
Explorer
Feb 22, 2017
mikestock wrote:
You might have better luck if you use free Calibre and convert the books to Mobi or pdf format before transferring them. This would allow you to use the Kindle app to read the books. To me, it's a little more straight forward than Overdrive.
This won't work if the eBooks are copy protected.
GoPackGo
Explorer
Feb 22, 2017
I love to read but I really have no interest in keeping a book once I have read it. That's the beauty of a library. If I want to read it again in the future, I'll just check it out again. I do not have a single ebook. I see absolutely no reason to collect ebooks when I can check them out from the library by the dozen.

I hope I live to see the day that there are state-wide elibraries or even a national elibrary that would contain every book ever published and have them available for lending.
mikestock
Explorer
Feb 22, 2017
GoPackGo wrote:
I have Overdrive and am signed up with a large county library in Florida. I just log in and download 2-3 at a time, put one or two on hold, then go about my reading. I read about 2 books/week and have not bought a book yet - I'd go broke.

There are programs out there, for purchase, that will remove the DRM and allow you to keep the books as long as you like. I wouldn't advocate this because would not be honest.
mikestock
Explorer
Feb 22, 2017
You might have better luck if you use free Calibre and convert the books to Mobi or pdf format before transferring them. This would allow you to use the Kindle app to read the books. To me, it's a little more straight forward than Overdrive.
GoPackGo
Explorer
Feb 20, 2017
Johno02 wrote:
As it has WiFi connections, download and use Overdrive to get and read all the books you wnat to, completely Free! and doan't have to worry about keeping up with them, or storing them,. Just download and read, from anywhere you have internet access, even McDonalds, and they return to the lbrary free.
All you need is a library card!

This is what I do on my Samsung small tablet. I have a Verizon MiFi and the tablet is tuned to it.

I full time and really enjoy reading so I needed a solution once I hit the road.

I have Overdrive and am signed up with a large county library in Florida. I just log in and download 2-3 at a time, put one or two on hold, then go about my reading. I read about 2 books/week and have not bought a book yet - I'd go broke.

* Highly recommend the 'Longmire' series by Craig Johnson !
Tiger02
Explorer
Feb 18, 2017
Like Tom M said you need the Amazon Kindle app from the Google Play store. Then log in to your account and all your books should be available to you in your library to download as needed.
Tom_M1
Explorer
Feb 18, 2017
If you are using the Kindle app on your computer, the books may be copy protected. You should be able to install the Kindle app on your tablet. Go to Google Play and search for Kindle.

I use FBReader on my Samsung phone. This works for books that are not copy protected.
TenOC
Nomad
Feb 18, 2017
Fizz wrote:
TenOC wrote:

The PC now see the Tablet. I have moved a few books to a folder on the Tablet, but the books will not open. Now I need an application to open the eBooks.

Any suggestions? . . :h

Did you buy these books for the Kindle.
If so they might be copy protected and registered to that tablet only.
The curse of ebooks, hence all the piracy.

I can open the eBooks on my Laptop with no problems so it is not a copy protected problem
Fizz
Explorer
Feb 18, 2017
TenOC wrote:

The PC now see the Tablet. I have moved a few books to a folder on the Tablet, but the books will not open. Now I need an application to open the eBooks.

Any suggestions? . . :h

Did you buy these books for the Kindle.
If so they might be copy protected and registered to that tablet only.
The curse of ebooks, hence all the piracy.