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ApK · 09-12-2012, 01:43 PM

OK, there are two different issues.

1. Distributing the file to a limited group.
2. Reading the file once they have it.

On 1, many cloud storage services let you give access to only a certain group of people. Dropbox has the Shared Folder mechanism, I know others, like yousendit.com, have similar systems. I'd be surprised if Google didn't.

On 2, the details depend on the device they are using, but in the case of Kindle for Android, they would need to sideload the file once they get it from the cloud, by moving it to the appropriate folder where the Kindle app can see it. The thread I linked above gives several ways of doing that, among them, using the Dropbox app, which would make for a fairly simple solution if you also used Dropbox to handle the distribution.

There is no "File Open" in Kindle land. There is only Get it from Amazon, or sideload it.

There is no private equivalent of the Amazon store to use for integrated private distribution to Kindles.

Someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong.

ApK

09-12-2012, 01:43 PM	#6
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,389 Karma: 68329346 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	OK, there are two different issues. 1. Distributing the file to a limited group. 2. Reading the file once they have it. On 1, many cloud storage services let you give access to only a certain group of people. Dropbox has the Shared Folder mechanism, I know others, like yousendit.com, have similar systems. I'd be surprised if Google didn't. On 2, the details depend on the device they are using, but in the case of Kindle for Android, they would need to sideload the file once they get it from the cloud, by moving it to the appropriate folder where the Kindle app can see it. The thread I linked above gives several ways of doing that, among them, using the Dropbox app, which would make for a fairly simple solution if you also used Dropbox to handle the distribution. There is no "File Open" in Kindle land. There is only Get it from Amazon, or sideload it. There is no private equivalent of the Amazon store to use for integrated private distribution to Kindles. Someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong. ApK Last edited by ApK; 09-12-2012 at 01:48 PM.