Library and Penguin ebooks

RDaneel54 · 04-04-2012, 02:08 PM

Penguin now requires its library books to be sideloaded instead of "over the air" which is the norm for Kindle purchases and library books.

While there was a workaround using "Manage Your Kindle" to deliver the ebooks without the USB, this is no longer true.

I think the workaround not working is very new as it worked last week but not this week.

If anyone else could verify this, I'd appreciate it.

Dean

Blossom · 04-04-2012, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RDaneel54

Penguin now requires its library books to be sideloaded instead of "over the air" which is the norm for Kindle purchases and library books.

While there was a workaround using "Manage Your Kindle" to deliver the ebooks without the USB, this is no longer true.

I think the workaround not working is very new as it worked last week but not this week.

If anyone else could verify this, I'd appreciate it.

Dean

I download the book then open K4PC and was able to download it from the archives not the MYK page.

RDaneel54 · 04-04-2012, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blossom

I download the book then open K4PC and was able to download it from the archives not the MYK page.

Yes, downloading from archives works. I thought it also worked from the MYK page, but I might have been wrong.

Sorry folks, nothing to see here, move along.

JSWolf · 08-06-2012, 04:55 PM

Does it still work to download from the archives to K4PC?

copyrite · 08-06-2012, 06:02 PM

Sometimes it does for me and sometimes it doesn't. I can't figure out why it does when it does work.

jbcohen · 08-09-2012, 08:54 AM

My personal favorite publisher, Baen, requiress the same thing. The problem is that amazon requires a payment from the publisher in order to make their books available via their wispernet and Bean does not want to give amazon a cut of the business. So they make books avialable on their site in the kindle format and Ineed to sideload them to the kindle in order to read them. I do not see this as any real big deal since its real easy to do.

JSWolf · 08-09-2012, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbcohen

My personal favorite publisher, Baen, requiress the same thing. The problem is that amazon requires a payment from the publisher in order to make their books available via their wispernet and Bean does not want to give amazon a cut of the business. So they make books avialable on their site in the kindle format and Ineed to sideload them to the kindle in order to read them. I do not see this as any real big deal since its real easy to do.

But if all you have is K4PC and not a Kindle and want to read a Penguin eBook from the library that does not have an ePub version, then you may be well and truly screwed.

04-04-2012, 02:08 PM	#1
RDaneel54 Aging Positronic Brain Posts: 633 Karma: 2155452 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Aurora (when off-Earth) Device: Amazon Oasis; iPhone, iPad Mini	Library and Penguin ebooks Penguin now requires its library books to be sideloaded instead of "over the air" which is the norm for Kindle purchases and library books. While there was a workaround using "Manage Your Kindle" to deliver the ebooks without the USB, this is no longer true. I think the workaround not working is very new as it worked last week but not this week. If anyone else could verify this, I'd appreciate it. Dean

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,496 Karma: 145863170 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Does it still work to download from the archives to K4PC?

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copyrite Wizard Posts: 1,837 Karma: 4985051 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maryland Device: Kindle	Sometimes it does for me and sometimes it doesn't. I can't figure out why it does when it does work.

08-09-2012, 08:54 AM	#6
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,031 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	My personal favorite publisher, Baen, requiress the same thing. The problem is that amazon requires a payment from the publisher in order to make their books available via their wispernet and Bean does not want to give amazon a cut of the business. So they make books avialable on their site in the kindle format and Ineed to sideload them to the kindle in order to read them. I do not see this as any real big deal since its real easy to do.

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