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nhow · 10-06-2014, 04:51 PM

I just bought a new kindle ebook on Amazon.co.uk. When I tried to download to my PC I wasn't able to (even though it said it had downloaded). I spent a long time on Chat and was told my order was pending even though it showed all the download options. This was the first time I've ever encountered a problem. My account hasn't changed, my bank account is the same, CC info the same. But I noticed that the format on Amazon has changed. It used to be 'manage my Kindle.' Now it's 'manage my content.' Well I got tired of waiting to download what I paid for so I tried to download it directly to my Kindle Keyboard by wifi. Bingo!!! I didn't even need to go into Amazon to do it...it just appeared in my Kindle. But I still couldn't download to my PC. Hmmmm. got me thinking that the whole pending explanation was rubbish. What I think is that Amazon don't want people to have the option to download to their PC's any more (and perhaps reformat). So I had to use my Calibre and upload the ebook from my Kindle to my PC, then reformat it in Calibre and send to my Kindle. Real pain. Has anyone else encountered this download to PC problem recently?

10-06-2014, 04:51 PM	#1
nhow Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle	Amazon won't download to PC only directly to Kindle I just bought a new kindle ebook on Amazon.co.uk. When I tried to download to my PC I wasn't able to (even though it said it had downloaded). I spent a long time on Chat and was told my order was pending even though it showed all the download options. This was the first time I've ever encountered a problem. My account hasn't changed, my bank account is the same, CC info the same. But I noticed that the format on Amazon has changed. It used to be 'manage my Kindle.' Now it's 'manage my content.' Well I got tired of waiting to download what I paid for so I tried to download it directly to my Kindle Keyboard by wifi. Bingo!!! I didn't even need to go into Amazon to do it...it just appeared in my Kindle. But I still couldn't download to my PC. Hmmmm. got me thinking that the whole pending explanation was rubbish. What I think is that Amazon don't want people to have the option to download to their PC's any more (and perhaps reformat). So I had to use my Calibre and upload the ebook from my Kindle to my PC, then reformat it in Calibre and send to my Kindle. Real pain. Has anyone else encountered this download to PC problem recently?