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Old 12-06-2011, 11:07 AM   #1
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Downloading to Kindle without wi-fi

Hello -

I have recently bought a Kindle, but am not wi-fi, so I read your reply to Tarro of a year ago and followed your instructions. Going to Amazon Account>View Kindle Orders>Manage Your Kindle>Deliver to . . . so far, so good. Then the problems. I get a File Download box which asks me if I want to save this file or find a program online to open it. I do the latter (correct?) and then a box tells me that this 'unknown File type 19.4MB' from 'cde-t-g7g.amazon.co.uk' - do I want to Find, Save or Cancel. I click Find and another box tells me that the File type (AZW) is unknown and that Windows does not recognize it. A link directs me to Registry booster and solver, which runs through only to find apparent errors in the file and it doesn't happen. I was thinking of trying other online 'solutions', but thought I should assk you before I went any further. (Surely it can't be this complicated?) Please help . . . .

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Old 12-06-2011, 11:39 AM   #2
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Just save the file, connect your Kindle to your PC via the USB cable, and then copy the file that you've downloaded into the "documents" folder on the Kindle. You're making a simple procedure awfully complicated!
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Old 12-06-2011, 01:11 PM   #3
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Hello Davidesmith.

Save the file to your computer, then connect the Kindle to your computer with your usb cable and drag and drop the file from your computer to the folder called "documents" on your Kindle.
I usually save my files to my desktop as they're easy to locate there, or the downloads folder on my computer.
My friend is not very computer savvy and said she felt quite daunted when she got her Kindle but once I talked her through it she was downloading away!
Not everyone is of a "techie mind" and once you know what to do I'm sure you'll find it quite an easy thing to do!

Good luck!
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Old 12-06-2011, 01:32 PM   #4
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Old 12-08-2011, 08:20 AM   #7
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Thanks to Harry T and Traye for the solution! Works fine - don't know why I didn't think of it. And hello to cassidym and ImogenRose . . .
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remember..with almost any popular program/ toy / game ...youtube can be your friend....it is how I figured out my new/ used craigslist purchased kindle ...
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