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Originally Posted by wallcraft
I tried this on my K1, and most of the web pages come up black on black. I was still able to select one of my sugarsync PRC files for download and, like you, I got the Amazon error message that the Kindle does not support the download of this format. If I do the same operation, using the mobile interface, under FireFox the download link is of the form
Code:
https://m.sugarsync.com/get/file/XXXXXX_XXX/Dickens_TaleTwoCitiesMR3.prc?v=true&owner=YYYYYYYY
and the download works The problem on the Kindle may be with the "?v=..." after the .prc. The Kindle isn't recognizing this as a .prc download. So I would say that this is a problem with sugarsync, not with the Kindle.
So that the K is reading the ?v=... as the file extension, which of course doesn't match any know file format. A download hack or app would have to strip (or ignore) the text starting with the question mark before the K sees it?
The counter example is that it is possible to download PRCs from MobileRead, for example Altsheler, Joseph A: The Guns of Bull Run. V1. 9 July 2009 downloads successfully as:
Code:
http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31920&d=1247172345
Perhaps the problem is with https (vs htpp), or perhaps mobileread is internally presenting a URL that the Kindle recognizes as a PRC file. |
Daffy's previous post explains that Mobile Read guide is using download links to the books, recognized by the K.