[chaley]

Originally Posted by cybmole

thanks for posting that. I reckon that as I have a newish KF I'd be OK

so you think trust amazon when it says " compatible", as they would not say that to someone who had an old generation KF.

It really isn't clear what is happening when people report that CC "won't run". In theory it will start and run on any device with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) or better, and in theory Amazon should not allow CC to be sold on a device less than that. My suspicion is that if someone has 2 devices, one OK and one not, then Amazon might get confused, but I have no way to verify that.

I am still experimenting with reading options. I found how to download .apk fiiles for any free app in the google store, and thus was able to sideload the Kobo reader app to KF, and use that for epubs. It needs an extra "import books" step after sideloading or retrieving from dropbox but then it is fine

but my method does not work for transferring paid apps from google store onto KF, so I could not use it for e.g. the moon+ reader pro app which amazon will not sell. They "sell" the free version only. As it happens I much prefer the Kobo app anyway. They "sell" a bunch of other free epub readers but they all show as not compatible with my KF

The pro version is in the amazon store. Are you saying that it isn't available for Fires?

Sideloadiing via USB from calibre ( with auto- convert to AZW ) seems to work ok also.

is auto-convert also available via CC i.e. if I connect to calibre library via CC & want a book that is only there in epub, will it be converted & wirelessly sent to KF ?

Yes, as long as you have set the "acceptable formats" correctly. You do this in CC. You would uncheck epub (if it is checked) and then re-order the list so that the format you want epubs converted to is at the top. But why would you bother if you have the kobo app? It can handle epubs just fine.

PS retrieving from dropbox is a pain, I have my calibre library backed up to dropbox but trawling through the folder structure is not convenient. ( & amazon don't offer the dropbox app either, google do ).This is where I am thinking CC would be better, but does it need to talk to a running Calibre program, & not just to see a backup of the library database

Yes, CC needs to talk to either a running content server (CC content server connection) or a running GUI calibre instance (CC wireless device connection).