Free content for your Kindle via Whispernet - Page 2

Starhawk · 02-26-2009, 03:45 PM

The Feedbooks link worked just now for me from my K2. Must have been a temporary feedbooks.com glitch.

Starhawk · 02-26-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Meemo

Good reminder - just adding that you can update both guides & see what the newest additions are. I try to update every couple of weeks. You have to delete the older version when you get the update. (Nice that it's easier on the K1 with the new ability to delete directly from the home screen.)

Hey, so by "update", you mean, get a whole new copy to replace the ones that I've just downloaded, then, right?

So new content shows up in the guides every now and then...that's cool!

NormHart · 02-26-2009, 08:11 PM

Hummm

Would Whispernet enable me to setup a web page hosted on my computer and access and download my PC library from the my Kindle2 via the basic web?

pilotbob · 02-26-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Starhawk

Hey, so by "update", you mean, get a whole new copy to replace the ones that I've just downloaded, then, right?

So new content shows up in the guides every now and then...that's cool!

Yes... the guide has a link to update it right in themselves. Just open the guide, go to beginning, click on the "Update Guide" link.

The feedbooks guide right in the front has a "Recent Additions' section you can browse through.

BOb

Meemo · 02-26-2009, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Well, you don't "have" to.

BOb

True

What I meant (for you new users) was that it doesn't literally update the older version, you'll have two versions on your Kindle after you "update" the feedbooks and/or mobileread guides.

Hadrien · 02-26-2009, 09:21 PM

Aside from public domain books and creative commons stuff, a fair ammount of authors self-publish their books for free on Feedbooks. Some of them are very popular: http://www.feedbooks.com/userbooks/downloads

You'll find some of those in the guide too, but I'll improve this part of the guide in the future.

I'm planning to use some of the new Kindle 2 features as soon as I figure them out, such as the new way to browse, or the new TOC system for newspapers (I would use this on our RSS feeds). The good thing about our system is that I can update ALL the books. This way, every book on Feedbooks will get these upgrades.
I've also boosted our metadata, but the information page of the book doesn't show the description on the Kindle 2.

pilotbob · 02-26-2009, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Hadrien

You'll find some of those in the guide too, but I'll improve this part of the guide in the future.

Awesome. So, are you going to have a seperate d/l guide for k1 and k2?

BOb

Hadrien · 03-01-2009, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Awesome. So, are you going to have a seperate d/l guide for k1 and k2?

BOb

No, the same file will work for both. Amazon could still update the K1 software and map this to different keys too BTW, it's purely software.

drd1135 · 03-03-2009, 09:45 AM

Despite many attempts, I can't get the Mobileread site to work on my K2. I get a message that says "Basic Web was unable to download this file". Maybe I just have to be more persistent. It works fine on my PC.

Nate the great · 03-03-2009, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by drd1135

Despite many attempts, I can't get the Mobileread site to work on my K2. I get a message that says "Basic Web was unable to download this file". Maybe I just have to be more persistent. It works fine on my PC.

You shouldn't be using basic web. Also, did you go to the .com or .mobi site? You should use the latter.

drd1135 · 03-03-2009, 11:17 AM

I went to the .com site since I was following the Kindle Cookbook directions. I was able to make it work this morning doing nothing different that I could see. Part of the problem might be that in my rural location I can only use the 1X signal and it seems slower on the Kindle 2 than the Kindle 1. I wonder if the K2 spends too much time looking for a 3G network.

I will try the .mobi site. Thanks.

kkun · 03-04-2009, 12:45 PM

Works great for me

thanks!

edit: Sometimes there's no response. It is an intermittent issue and random. Sometimes I get it 1st try, sometimes it takes a few tries before I get a response.

pilotbob · 03-04-2009, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kkun

Works great for me

thanks!

edit: Sometimes there's no response. It is an intermittent issue and random. Sometimes I get it 1st try, sometimes it takes a few tries before I get a response.

Sounds like your whispernet connection isn't very solid.

BOb

03-04-2009, 12:45 PM	#27
kkun Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Works great for me thanks! edit: Sometimes there's no response. It is an intermittent issue and random. Sometimes I get it 1st try, sometimes it takes a few tries before I get a response. Last edited by kkun; 03-04-2009 at 05:42 PM.

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02-26-2009, 03:45 PM	#16
Starhawk Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 2; Amazon 1 (returned in ancticipation of 2)	The Feedbooks link worked just now for me from my K2. Must have been a temporary feedbooks.com glitch.

02-26-2009, 08:11 PM	#18
NormHart Semper Carpe Bufo Posts: 537 Karma: 21676 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Napa Valley, California Device: Kindle2 & Kindle3	Hummm Would Whispernet enable me to setup a web page hosted on my computer and access and download my PC library from the my Kindle2 via the basic web?

02-26-2009, 09:21 PM	#21
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	Aside from public domain books and creative commons stuff, a fair ammount of authors self-publish their books for free on Feedbooks. Some of them are very popular: http://www.feedbooks.com/userbooks/downloads You'll find some of those in the guide too, but I'll improve this part of the guide in the future. I'm planning to use some of the new Kindle 2 features as soon as I figure them out, such as the new way to browse, or the new TOC system for newspapers (I would use this on our RSS feeds). The good thing about our system is that I can update ALL the books. This way, every book on Feedbooks will get these upgrades. I've also boosted our metadata, but the information page of the book doesn't show the description on the Kindle 2.

03-03-2009, 09:45 AM	#24
drd1135 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: kindle 2	Despite many attempts, I can't get the Mobileread site to work on my K2. I get a message that says "Basic Web was unable to download this file". Maybe I just have to be more persistent. It works fine on my PC.

03-03-2009, 11:17 AM	#26
drd1135 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: kindle 2	I went to the .com site since I was following the Kindle Cookbook directions. I was able to make it work this morning doing nothing different that I could see. Part of the problem might be that in my rural location I can only use the 1X signal and it seems slower on the Kindle 2 than the Kindle 1. I wonder if the K2 spends too much time looking for a 3G network. I will try the .mobi site. Thanks.

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