Thread: Send to kindle flaws or restrictions?
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Old 02-07-2023, 08:58 AM   #12
monophoto
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Originally Posted by jonesb View Post
Hi:

I am getting ready for when my trusty Kindle dies and I need to read ebooks on an iPad. I have been trying mightily to send the books from Calibre by email using the Kindle special email address. Nothing works and I have set up email with port number and other needed settings in Amazon etc. Always my email is rejected, the latest being that Kindle seems to blacklist any IPs my email server is using. I have not tried "GMX" yet.

Is a correct step by step set of instructions to do this available? Especially the ebook email settings in Calibre before trying.

Thanks

ps This is only my second posting in this forum as I have been using Calibre for a long time with excellent results.

So you are sending books from Calibre to the Kindle app on your iPad. If I understand correctly, those e-mails are being rejected. My recollection is that when you use that approach, you receive an e-mail from Amazon asking that you confirm that you want the e-book transferred to your device, and you must respond by clicking an active link in the e-mail. Are you seeing those confirmation e-mails?

Another concern: what is the format of the material you are trying to transfer? Amazon recently stopped transferring mobi files.

There are some alternative things you can try.

First, are you able to receive e-mails from other sources on the iPad? If not, you need to resolve that matter first. As to the Amazon setup - I don't think you need to do anything there. Amazon assigns the e-mail address for each Kindle device and app, and you don't need to change it. And trying to change it may introduce problems.

Second, it's helpful to identify where the Calibre library is stored on your computer. Once you know that, you have access to the e-book files and can transfer them using one of the other 'send to Kindle' options. They include:
  • Generating a traditional e-mail (from whatever e-mail client you normally use), and attaching the e-book file.
  • Downloading and installing Amazon's 'send to Kindle' app on your computer. You can then 'drag and drop' the e-book file into the app for transfer to your iPad Kindle app.
  • There is also an Amazon 'send to kindle' drag and drop web site that you can access with a browser.
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