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Originally Posted by Zora
The only way I can get books onto the iPod from my PC is through Dropbox, so far as I know. Amazon downloads bypass Dropbox.
My non-Amazon books come from many different sources. Blackmask -- remember that? Older Baen books. Peanut Press. Other ebookstores now gone. I used to read on a Sony Clie.
I just now experimented with renaming a prc file and putting it in Dropbox. We'll see if I can read it. It's not showing up on my iPod menu yet, though it's there when I look at my Dropbox account from the PC. Where it is indeed listed as Mobi. Hmmm.
I am also having problems loading books onto the iPod. I keep getting "There was an error loading the file" messages. I have found that if I try again and again, I can usually load the file. I don't know what's wrong. I don't think it's the WiFi or the iPod, as I can download Amazon purchases without fail.
Perhaps I need to erase and redownload the Dropbox app on my iPod.
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Is this dependence upon Dropbox a Calibre thing? Because you should be able to load the files directly to your iPod via iTunes, to the Kindle for iPod app. Can't you just hook the iPod to your computer with a USB cable and do it that way? This--dropbox--should be the simplest way (I do this all the time, to my iPad for all types of eBook files), but for some reason, this seems arduous for you. Have you tried the simple expedient of emailing them to your Kindle email address? Which should open them in your KforiPad app auto-magically?
Is there something here we should know? I am not trying to be nosy, but...something here feels off. You should be able to
- synch the iPad with a USB cable and iTunes, and load the files that way;
- You should be able to email the files to your iPad/iPod;
- You should be able to email the files to your document Kindle address via the Document service;
- You should be able to simply send the .prc files directly to the Kindle app, without needing to change the file extension
I have innumerable prc files on my Kindle2, Fire, etc. So...all of this seems very weird to me.
Unless these files are DRM'ed, which is another discussion, somewhere else, with someone who isn't me, I don't see why any of these wouldn't load. Simply changing the filename to .mobi won't solve any structural or other oddities within the file, so...again, I'm at a loss as to what the issue is. Can you be a little clearer as to your physical hardware and set-up? Why no USB cable, why not load via iTunes, why not just send them to your Kindle account...? I would like to help you, but I'm not getting any brainstorms now because the reason for the failure to load doesn't yet make sense to me.
Thanks,
Hitch