New to Kindle and have two.

wacoshopper · 01-07-2012, 02:39 PM

Hi, I'm new here, and possibly posting my question in the wrong place.

I'm new to Kindle e-readers. I am the happy owner of a Kindle Fire and a Kindle Touch.

So for my question . . . if I have the same book on both readers and reading the Kindle Fire indoors, then decide to sit on the patio where it's very bright and use the Kindle Touch, is there a way to keep both readers on the same page?

I've tried to find the answer other places, but so far haven't had any luck.

Tome Keeper · 01-07-2012, 02:52 PM

Books brought from Amazon on the same account should synch between Kindles, the same as the Kindle phone app synchs with the Kindle.

HarryT · 01-07-2012, 03:12 PM

Moved to the Kindle forum.

cHex · 01-08-2012, 01:11 AM

I've heard of problems with this with the Fire. Some people report having to sync, close the Fire, open it up again, and sync again to get things working.

PG4003 · 01-08-2012, 09:45 AM

Make sure your WiFi is on, both devices. Then Synch to Last Page Read.

CRussel · 01-08-2012, 10:22 AM

I have seen problems with the Fire not updating the LPR setting to Amazon, but they seem to have cleared up since the 6.2.1 update.

Also, you do not have to buy your books from Amazon to have LPR work across devices. As long as you use Calibre to properly set the metadata and do the side loading for each device, it should work. (I've got my Fire and my KK 3g sync'ing my library books that started life as Adobe DRM'd ePubs.)

RainingLemur · 01-08-2012, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

Also, you do not have to buy your books from Amazon to have LPR work across devices. As long as you use Calibre to properly set the metadata and do the side loading for each device, it should work. (I've got my Fire and my KK 3g sync'ing my library books that started life as Adobe DRM'd ePubs.)

I'm so glad that Calibre does this. It's sometimes annoying to have to go back and forth between a couple readers and have to go on a wild goose chase to get back to where you were.

01-07-2012, 02:39 PM	#1
wacoshopper Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Fire and Kindle tough	New to Kindle and have two. Hi, I'm new here, and possibly posting my question in the wrong place. I'm new to Kindle e-readers. I am the happy owner of a Kindle Fire and a Kindle Touch. So for my question . . . if I have the same book on both readers and reading the Kindle Fire indoors, then decide to sit on the patio where it's very bright and use the Kindle Touch, is there a way to keep both readers on the same page? I've tried to find the answer other places, but so far haven't had any luck.

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cHex Zealot Posts: 127 Karma: 2843950 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kindle Keyboard (K3)	I've heard of problems with this with the Fire. Some people report having to sync, close the Fire, open it up again, and sync again to get things working.

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PG4003 Addict Posts: 381 Karma: 987250 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Kentucky Device: Kindle PW I & II, Kindle Voyage, Fire HD 7", Fire HD 8.9"	Make sure your WiFi is on, both devices. Then Synch to Last Page Read.

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CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,287 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	I have seen problems with the Fire not updating the LPR setting to Amazon, but they seem to have cleared up since the 6.2.1 update. Also, you do not have to buy your books from Amazon to have LPR work across devices. As long as you use Calibre to properly set the metadata and do the side loading for each device, it should work. (I've got my Fire and my KK 3g sync'ing my library books that started life as Adobe DRM'd ePubs.)

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