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sylviebi · 01-13-2012, 10:43 AM

you might want to start over with a different book and make sure that you sideload it not email it. I have found that if once you have emailed it to the device and opened it and then remove it and do the sideload that it wont work anyway. So start over with a new book.
1. Even if your file is already mobi use calibre to convert it to mobi and select the send to device to send it to your kindle not email. This is sideloading.
2. to get it to your iapple device you will need to sideload it there too. Do not use the itunes adding documents feature this wipes the synch. I use iexplorer (it's free) and copy the mobi file created by calibre to the folder called apps, com.amazon.lassen, library, ebooks.
3. to get it to the kindle pc app, I copy the mobi file created by calibre to the kindle pc folder in my case its c:\My Documents\My eBooks\My Kindle Content
4. I open the book on kindle first, then close it and then reopen it. I then move a couple of pages ahead, then I close it and go to the menu and select check for new items and synch.
5. I open the book on my pc by going to the folder c:\My Documents\My eBooks\My Kindle Content and double click on the mobi file. I click on library and synch/check for new items and the open the book by selecting it in the library. then I click on synch to furthest page and voila it says your last page read was.... do you want to go...
6. I then go to the iapple device and open the kindle app and open the book, then close it, then open it again then select the synch and then voila is says your last page was... do you want to go....

I don't always do this all at once. Well I do copy it to all 3 devices as I frequently read on all 3 devices. I just don't check do the whole open and synch thing until I am actualy ready to read on said devices.

I should mention that in calibre I do not do anything special to convert it to mobi for the synching to work. it's whatever the default settings are. I always run the latest calibre and latest kindle contents addin.

This is for my kindle 3 keyboard original, kindle app for ipoud touch latest gen (the white one with the cameras and micraphone) I think it's 5th? or is that 4th? and on my xp kindle pc software. Synching works perfectly.
goodluck...

01-13-2012, 10:43 AM	#208
sylviebi Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 70 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Device: kindle, DSi xl, 3DS, iPod, Playbbok	you might want to start over with a different book and make sure that you sideload it not email it. I have found that if once you have emailed it to the device and opened it and then remove it and do the sideload that it wont work anyway. So start over with a new book. 1. Even if your file is already mobi use calibre to convert it to mobi and select the send to device to send it to your kindle not email. This is sideloading. 2. to get it to your iapple device you will need to sideload it there too. Do not use the itunes adding documents feature this wipes the synch. I use iexplorer (it's free) and copy the mobi file created by calibre to the folder called apps, com.amazon.lassen, library, ebooks. 3. to get it to the kindle pc app, I copy the mobi file created by calibre to the kindle pc folder in my case its c:\My Documents\My eBooks\My Kindle Content 4. I open the book on kindle first, then close it and then reopen it. I then move a couple of pages ahead, then I close it and go to the menu and select check for new items and synch. 5. I open the book on my pc by going to the folder c:\My Documents\My eBooks\My Kindle Content and double click on the mobi file. I click on library and synch/check for new items and the open the book by selecting it in the library. then I click on synch to furthest page and voila it says your last page read was.... do you want to go... 6. I then go to the iapple device and open the kindle app and open the book, then close it, then open it again then select the synch and then voila is says your last page was... do you want to go.... I don't always do this all at once. Well I do copy it to all 3 devices as I frequently read on all 3 devices. I just don't check do the whole open and synch thing until I am actualy ready to read on said devices. I should mention that in calibre I do not do anything special to convert it to mobi for the synching to work. it's whatever the default settings are. I always run the latest calibre and latest kindle contents addin. This is for my kindle 3 keyboard original, kindle app for ipoud touch latest gen (the white one with the cameras and micraphone) I think it's 5th? or is that 4th? and on my xp kindle pc software. Synching works perfectly. goodluck... Last edited by sylviebi; 01-13-2012 at 10:44 AM. Reason: changed it from start over with new file with start over with a new book...