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Old 03-10-2011, 05:16 AM   #1
Steve00932
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Creating a web page to download .mobi files to Kindle

Hi all, I am new to this forum and am hoping you can help me find a solution to a problem. I have setup Calibre to download newspapers to my kindle, but if I use the 3g to collect these I will have to pay charges. I would like to create a web page with links to the .mobi files I have created so that I can visit that page and download the .mobi file to read at my leisure. SO far I have done the following:
1 - Extracted the RSS feed from a newspaper (Daily Telegraph)
2 - Converted the feed into a .mobi format
3 - FTP'd the telegraph.mobi file to my web server
4 - Created a web page with a link to the .mobi file

When I visit this page in explorer it asks me if I want to download the file, but on the Kindle browser it tries to load the .mobi file in the web browser and gives me rubbish.

I know that project gutenbourg manages to download .mobi files when you click on their site, does anyone know how to do this?

Any help would be appreicated.

PS - the link I have setup so far is

www.theusualplace.co.uk/newspapers

The file "this is kent - calibre.mobi" exists on the server.

Thanks in advance!
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