Sending documents to Fire

KlondikeGeoff · 08-11-2014, 05:54 PM

Mine is 1sst Gen, but that is irrelevant.

Ever since I got my first Kindle in 2008, and since getting the Fire in 2012, I have been getting documents to the Kindle by sending an email with the .doc file as an attachment. I then get back an email with a link that changes it to the .azw file, which I save.

Then, I hook up to USB, and just drag the file to the Kindle/documents in Explorer, and there it is. I update frequently on some of these by deleting the old, and then replacing it with the new.

I did the only last month, and it worked perfectly, as it always does, but three day ago, I sent the emails, but never got any in return. They did not bounce back, just went off into Never Never Land. Or, Cyber Cyber Land.

So, I called Amazon, and talked to two separate people, neither of whom seemed to understand the problem, or even what I had been doing all these years. The second person said she would research it and get back to me, but two days later have heard nothing.

Obviously, this has nothing to do with the Kindle itself. I asked if Amazon had stopped this service, but they did not know.

Anybody had any experience with this? lately. Does it work for you?

eschwartz · 08-11-2014, 06:16 PM

Why not just send from calibre, which will convert for you?

Or download directly from the Kindle.

poohbear_nc · 08-11-2014, 06:25 PM

Or use the "Send to Kindle" plug-in on your browser or on your PC - you can send docs directly to the Kindle (if they are of the 'approved' file types) or archive them in the Amazon cloud - and download from there.

KlondikeGeoff · 08-11-2014, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Or use the "Send to Kindle" plug-in on your browser or on your PC - you can send docs directly to the Kindle (if they are of the 'approved' file types) or archive them in the Amazon cloud - and download from there.

Oddly enough, I tried the Send to Kindle. Right click on the doc, click on Send to... and then I get an error message, "Network Error Occurred." I gert this whether the wifi is on or off. What is with that?

Now, the idea of sending to the Cloud makes sense. I'll give that a try.

Thanks

KlondikeGeoff · 08-12-2014, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Why not just send from calibre, which will convert for you?

Or download directly from the Kindle.

I delayed replying to this suggesting, as a long time ago I installed calibre, but never had any use for it. I just downloaded and installed it to give it a try.

Any program that does so much, is naturally complex, and this sure meets that standard. I searched to Help files, and found a topic on Conversion, but it seems to deal with ebooks only.

As I am having a bunch of medical problems, don't have a lot of time (or patience), so would you be kind enough to give the proper steps in "calibre For Dummies" format?

I also can plead memory loss as I am 87 as of yesterday. So, could you explain how I could download a .doc file directly from the Kindle? I use it 99.9 percent of the time just for reading books, so almost never go online with it.

eschwartz · 08-12-2014, 11:58 AM

DOCX is a valid ebook format. If you add them to calibre, and then select those ebook records and click Send to device while your Kindle is plugged in (and shows up in calibre as a device) calibre will sideload the document for you.

Since the Kindle does not read DOCX, and calibre knows that, it will popup a message asking to auto-convert to AZW3/MOBI which Kindles do read. Then it will convert and send the book to your Kindle via USB.

If you have DOC instead of DOCX, you will need a plugin in order to convert this older format.
See: [Conversion Input] Microsoft Doc Input Plugin

KlondikeGeoff · 08-12-2014, 12:39 PM

Many thanks, eschwartz.

KlondikeGeoff · 08-13-2014, 02:02 PM

After trying all kinds of things repeatedly, including converting the .doc file to .docx, suddenly the Send To Kindle worked, when it would not before. So, that is obviously the easiest way to do it. Problem solved.

08-11-2014, 05:54 PM	#1
KlondikeGeoff Wombat Aficionado Posts: 481 Karma: 733 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arizona Device: Fire, Kindle1, Sony PRS-500 Reader, Rocket 1100 eBook	Sending documents to Fire Mine is 1sst Gen, but that is irrelevant. Ever since I got my first Kindle in 2008, and since getting the Fire in 2012, I have been getting documents to the Kindle by sending an email with the .doc file as an attachment. I then get back an email with a link that changes it to the .azw file, which I save. Then, I hook up to USB, and just drag the file to the Kindle/documents in Explorer, and there it is. I update frequently on some of these by deleting the old, and then replacing it with the new. I did the only last month, and it worked perfectly, as it always does, but three day ago, I sent the emails, but never got any in return. They did not bounce back, just went off into Never Never Land. Or, Cyber Cyber Land. So, I called Amazon, and talked to two separate people, neither of whom seemed to understand the problem, or even what I had been doing all these years. The second person said she would research it and get back to me, but two days later have heard nothing. Obviously, this has nothing to do with the Kindle itself. I asked if Amazon had stopped this service, but they did not know. Anybody had any experience with this? lately. Does it work for you?

08-12-2014, 11:58 AM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	DOCX is a valid ebook format. If you add them to calibre, and then select those ebook records and click Send to device while your Kindle is plugged in (and shows up in calibre as a device) calibre will sideload the document for you. Since the Kindle does not read DOCX, and calibre knows that, it will popup a message asking to auto-convert to AZW3/MOBI which Kindles do read. Then it will convert and send the book to your Kindle via USB. If you have DOC instead of DOCX, you will need a plugin in order to convert this older format. See: [Conversion Input] Microsoft Doc Input Plugin Last edited by eschwartz; 08-12-2014 at 12:03 PM.

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Why not just send from calibre, which will convert for you? Or download directly from the Kindle.

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poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 62,821 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Or use the "Send to Kindle" plug-in on your browser or on your PC - you can send docs directly to the Kindle (if they are of the 'approved' file types) or archive them in the Amazon cloud - and download from there.

08-12-2014, 12:39 PM	#7
KlondikeGeoff Wombat Aficionado Posts: 481 Karma: 733 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arizona Device: Fire, Kindle1, Sony PRS-500 Reader, Rocket 1100 eBook	Many thanks, eschwartz.

08-13-2014, 02:02 PM	#8
KlondikeGeoff Wombat Aficionado Posts: 481 Karma: 733 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arizona Device: Fire, Kindle1, Sony PRS-500 Reader, Rocket 1100 eBook	After trying all kinds of things repeatedly, including converting the .doc file to .docx, suddenly the Send To Kindle worked, when it would not before. So, that is obviously the easiest way to do it. Problem solved.

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