Thank you for all the help in the other thread. This one is easy.

I live in Saudi Arabia but am now in Mexico on vacation. That is to say I am out of the Whispernet service area. I am subscribing to the New York Times. When I go to the Managing Your Kindle Page, I see a number of copies of the The Times are undelivered. How do I get them?

It is not obvious to me. I plug the Kindle into the USB port, then I do what exactly?

This is fairly critical to me as I will need to use the computer/USB technique to download all content once I get back to Saudi.

From the "Manage your Kindle" page, look for a link on the right side that says "Your Media Library". Go there, and select "View All Your Kindle Items".You can download the files from here.

Once in your Media Library download the items to your computer then use the USB connection to move the files to your Kindle. Be sure to put the newspapers and such in to the documents folder.

Thank you, let me go try that.

--editted to add--

Thank you. That worked fine--

Glad you were able to get your NYT!

Ok I guess I am a bit slow but what do you do after you have download a file to your Kindle page on your computer and then connect the USB - what do you do them. Maybe I am not accessing the correct page on the Kindle.
Patricia G

It needs to go into your documents folder..NOT the ebooks folder.

Can you drag the book there?

Ok I guess I am a bit slow but what do you do after you have download a file to your Kindle page on your computer and then connect the USB - what do you do them. Maybe I am not accessing the correct page on the Kindle.
Patricia G

Your question isn't clear as there is no "Kindle page on your computer" per se.

There is a "Manage My Kindle" page on Amazon. You access it from your computer's web browser. This lists Kindle books you've bought. You can select a book and download a file FROM that page TO your computer. Then you connect the Kindle to your computer via USB. The Kindle should now appear on your computer as a hard drive just like any other drive. Open it up and you should see folders like "audible", "documents", etc. Drag the file you downloaded to your computer onto the Kindle and put it inside the "documents" folder. After it's done transferring, disconnect your Kindle's USB connection and the book will show up in a few seconds.

:help:Your question isn't clear as there is no "Kindle page on your computer" per se.

There is a "Manage My Kindle" page on Amazon. You access it from your computer's web browser. This lists Kindle books you've bought. You can select a book and download a file FROM that page TO your computer. Then you connect the Kindle to your computer via USB. The Kindle should now appear on your computer as a hard drive just like any other drive. Open it up and you should see folders like "audible", "documents", etc. Drag the file you downloaded to your computer onto the Kindle and put it inside the "documents" folder. After it's done transferring, disconnect your Kindle's USB connection and the book will show up in a few seconds.


True - I do not have a Kindle page on my computer as you say - that was just my sloppy terminology. I can open the documents folder where I can see the ebooks which I have successfully uploaded from feedbooks.com.(I am in Melbourne Australia so therefore cannot access downloads from Amazon but am considering sending myself some gift money in order to circumvent these tiresome restrictions).
I plug in the USB and then what? When I plug in the USB I get a message on the Kindle saying 'If you want to use your Kindle and continue charging, please eject you Kindle from you computer."
Clearly I am doing something wrong - but what is it? Can you spell out the procedure step by tiny step - just pretend I am three years old! Maybe I should ask my neighbour's 4 year old to explain it all to me.

Patriciagrace

Patricia,

Once you've plugged the Kindle into the computer, go to Windows Explorer or My Computer (or the equivalent if your computer is something other than Windows).

Look in the Folders pane (usually down the left-hand side of Windows Explorer. If necessary, drill down into My Computer. You should see a list of your disk drives. One of these will refer to your Kindle. (I know a Kindle isn't a disk drive, but the computer thinks it is). If you're not sure which drive it is, look at each of them in turn.

The Kindle drive will contain three folders, one of which is named Documents.

Now, you need to drag the files that you have just downloaded from your C drive to that Documents folder. You drag the files from the folder into which you downloaded them; you drag them to the Documents folder on the Kindle "drive"

I'm writing this in a hurry as I am about to go into a meeting. If my instructions are unclear, give a shout, and I -- or someone else -- will give you more details.

Mike

Thanks for that Mike. I can do all that you suggest without any problems but it is the next bit that has me confused. What do I do next?
1. Plug in the USB
2. Highlight the ebook I want to transfer to Kindle???
3. Open Kindle???Does Kindle have to to be on before I plug in the USB?
4.And then what??? Do I click on something to get things going?

How long does it take to upload the ebook to Kindle?
Where on the Kindle do I find the newly uploaded ebook?

I really appreciate your help - thanks again.

Patricia

1. Turn on your computer.
2. Turn on Kindle.
3. Plug Kindle into USB on your computer.
4. Set Kindle down.
5. Go to your computer and double-click on the thing that says My Computer on the desktop.
6. Double-click on the thing that says Kindle.
7. Double-click on the thing that says documents.
8. Now on your computer go to wherever it is that you downloaded your ebook.
9. Right-click once and hold the mouse button down on the ebook.
10. Move the mouse to "drag" the file into the window that says documents (the one on your Kindle).
11. Release the right mouse button.
12. Wait for the file copy to complete. Then wait 30 seconds more.
13. Unplug the USB cable from the computer.
14. Give the Kindle 30 seconds to show your book.
15. Use your Kindle to read the book.

Something so simple for us right now, was like learning ancient greek when we first started.

This board should get a medal of honor for the patience and kindness shown to all the newbies.........

Hang in there, patriciagrace. Soon you'll be wondering how you ever did without your Kindle.....

Keep asking questions. Someone will keep guiding you.

I wuv u

Patricia

I wuv u


Does that mean it worked? Can you please translate?

Mike

This concept of 'wuv' confuses and infuriates us!

PS - Just a joke. But I'm glad it's working for you!

Yes indeed though i also suspect that I was using the wrong format when transferring the data. Whatever the reason I now have some ebooks on my Kindle 2.
Wuv = 3 year old baby speak for love!
Patricia

And "u"? Is that 3-year old baby speak for "you"?

Mike

You've got me there Mike. My frivolity was misplaced but inspired by the wonderful help coming from my overseas 'cousins'.
All is joy with my new toy but there is something I will try shortly and that is to see if I can circumvent the restricions regarding the need to have a US credit card by using PayPal - a US based comany as we all know - where I already have a small balance waiting to be spent. Has any none US based person tried this way of accessing Amazon ebooks??

Patricia

You mean the PayPal option to generate a MasterCard number? Don't know why it wouldn't work, but I don't know anyone who has tried it.

You can apply gift certificates first to your account, and then buy Kindle books that way.

Patricia,

Not sure about PayPal. It's not one of the standard payment options on Amazon, as far as I can see. Let us know how you get on.

You mention the fact that PayPal is a US company. That won't make any difference. I have a US credit card issued by a US bank, but it doesn't solve the problem. It's your country that's important, not the one associated with the payment method.

My own solution is to use gift certificates. At least, it's worked so far.

Regarding the Paypal option - apparently that does not circumvent the restrictions regarding purchases from outside the US. I found a blog with numerous entries about Amazon and Paypal all of which said "no you can't use Paypal for Amazon purchases" though there was a reference to a Paypal debit card which could work. I get the impression that there is some sort of turf war going on here - am I stating the obvious???? Yes the gift card option seems to be the way to go. I found the blog by searching for 'paypal amazon' - interesting result covering 2 years of blogging on this topic.

Patricia

When people say "you can't use paypal" they generally mean the old-fashioned option. They generally do not mean Paypal debit cards nor the method I was talking about regarding a one-time credit card number.

I just mentioned the fact that paypal was a US company as I thought that it would then meet the requirements of Amazon who require a US account - but it apparently doesn't. The gift card is the way to go it seems.

Patricia