08-24-2009, 04:38 PM | #1 |
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Document transferred to the K marked "read-only" Wassup?
I frequently send my own documents to the Kindle via email/USB transfer. Today I sent an updated version of an existing document. The email from Amazon came back as usual, I saved the file, and when I tried to drag it to the Documents subfolder of the Kindle, I kept getting a message that it was "read-only" and could not be transferred.
When I checked the attributes of the file, it definitely was not read-only. I broke down and attached it and paid my $0.15 to have it sent via Whispernet, and it arrived perfectly OK. The very same document that previously via the free email was marked read-only. I have transferred docs many times via the free email with no problem. Any clue what happened this time? |
08-25-2009, 04:00 PM | #2 |
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Well, no answer anyway, but disregard this. Today tried it with another document and it worked perfectly. Must have been some glitch in their converting it.
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08-26-2009, 10:02 AM | #3 |
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There's another thread floating in this forum (can't dig it out of my memory yet) about this issue. Apparently some books/docs got loaded as "read only" files as if they were periodicals - which shows up as "keep" on your screen. May be similar to what happened with you.
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08-26-2009, 03:58 PM | #4 | |
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Being a miser, I hate to pay the 15 cents when I can get it free, so next time, if there is one, will wait a day or two and try again. |
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