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Old 08-25-2012, 11:20 PM   #1
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Transferring books whilst travelling
I have the Kindle 3. Is there any way I can make it possible to plug in a USB stick into my Kindle to transfer books on to it?

If not, I have an android phone - could this be used to help transfer the books to the Kindle? Could the books be transferred via WIFI from my phone to my Kindle?
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Old 08-25-2012, 11:39 PM   #2
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No, if you don't have wi-fi or 3G available, the only way to transfer books is via USB to a computer. The Kindle can't act as a host to devices.
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There is no USB port on the Kindle, making a thumb drive incompatible. With the Kindle having a large enough drive for 1,000+ books, I'm not sure why using a thumb drive would be necessary.
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Old 08-26-2012, 09:32 AM   #4
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Thanks for the responses.

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There is no USB port on the Kindle, making a thumb drive incompatible. With the Kindle having a large enough drive for 1,000+ books, I'm not sure why using a thumb drive would be necessary.
When you plug in the transfer cable that came with the Kindle, the other end of that cable is a male USB.

I am aware of the capacity, but in my situation with travelling, I'm looking for a higher capacity.
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When you plug in the transfer cable that came with the Kindle, the other end of that cable is a male USB.

I am aware of the capacity, but in my situation with travelling, I'm looking for a higher capacity.
I still don't see how the connection would work. Perhaps with some sort of adapter, as a thumb drive and the USB cable have the same male connectors.

I'm not criticizing, I am genuinely curious as to why you would need more capacity?
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The Kindle can't act as a USB host, so no matter what adapters you use, it will not work.
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Old 08-26-2012, 03:07 PM   #7
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You could use your smartphone to email books and docs to your kindle, then run a wifi hotspot app on your phone to allow your kindle to connect to the internet and download the files you mailed. I do this often while travelling.
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You could use your smartphone to email books and docs to your kindle, then run a wifi hotspot app on your phone to allow your kindle to connect to the internet and download the files you mailed. I do this often while travelling.
I seem to do this at least once, if not more, when we're on vacation, even with plenty of reading material on my Kindle!
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You could use your smartphone to email books and docs to your kindle, then run a wifi hotspot app on your phone to allow your kindle to connect to the internet and download the files you mailed. I do this often while travelling.
I was just about to mention this, myself.

While it can be somewhat time consuming and tedious... It certainly works for that purpose.
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The Kindle can't act as a USB host, so no matter what adapters you use, it will not work.
This is plain wrong.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...3&postcount=15

(no, there is no user-friendly product yet, so it requires a lot of fiddling, and maybe an externally powered USB hub. But the Kindle *can* act as a USB host, at least in principle.)
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