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Jean · 10-16-2016, 11:53 PM

I thought that might be the case so I applied the wifi update. I received a notification the wifi was updated but I can still not access those 300 books (except for the DRM stripped versions on Calibre). To test that the wireless actually was working I wirelessly downloaded a couple books that were considered compatible.

Amazon applied a list of compatible devices for many (all?) books in their catalog and apparently they didn't think the K1 was important enough to include.

I called Amazon and they "helpfully" pointed out that the K1 was an incompatible device so of course I couldn't download them - totally ignoring the fact I had been downloading those very same books for the last 8 years. The also pointed out that since I own a Kindle Fire it wasn't an issue anyway - again ignoring the fact I may prefer to read on my K1.

10-16-2016, 11:53 PM	#5
Jean Zealot Posts: 109 Karma: 1069296 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Washington State Device: Kindle 1 / Kindle Fire / Kindle Paperwhite / Kobo Libra Colour	I thought that might be the case so I applied the wifi update. I received a notification the wifi was updated but I can still not access those 300 books (except for the DRM stripped versions on Calibre). To test that the wireless actually was working I wirelessly downloaded a couple books that were considered compatible. Amazon applied a list of compatible devices for many (all?) books in their catalog and apparently they didn't think the K1 was important enough to include. I called Amazon and they "helpfully" pointed out that the K1 was an incompatible device so of course I couldn't download them - totally ignoring the fact I had been downloading those very same books for the last 8 years. The also pointed out that since I own a Kindle Fire it wasn't an issue anyway - again ignoring the fact I may prefer to read on my K1. Last edited by Jean; 10-17-2016 at 12:03 AM.