Troubleshooting Book is unavailable for download - why?

mortenandersen · 04-17-2016, 03:54 PM

Today I ordered a book from Amazon, the Kindle Edition of At the Crossroads of Science & Mysticism, and when I tried as usual to download the item to my Kindle PW2, I got the following message: "At the Crossroads.... The item is not compatible with this device." It is called a Print Replica.

No problems downloading it to my iPad, however.

I didn't know about this limitation before now. Has anybody more knowledge about it, or some comments about it?

eschwartz · 04-17-2016, 04:06 PM

Been that way for a long time.
Print Replica usually means things like textbooks.

On the product page, it will say "Only available for certain devices". You shouldn't be able to directly purchase it from the PW's integrated Kindle Store interface.

mortenandersen · 04-17-2016, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Been that way for a long time.
Print Replica usually means things like textbooks.

On the product page, it will say "Only available for certain devices". You shouldn't be able to directly purchase it from the PW's integrated Kindle Store interface.

Oh, thanks. I see that now: It says so on the Amazon page. I bought it from a PC. And I will be able to read it on my Kindle app on my iPad.

eschwartz · 04-17-2016, 04:27 PM

Additional fun fact:

Print Replica (also known as AZW4) is a PDF under the hood, but wrapped in Amazon's usual Palm database format.
KindleUnpack can be used to extract the PDF.

04-17-2016, 03:54 PM	#1
mortenandersen Member Posts: 14 Karma: 38328 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Kindle 2	Book is unavailable for download - why? Today I ordered a book from Amazon, the Kindle Edition of At the Crossroads of Science & Mysticism, and when I tried as usual to download the item to my Kindle PW2, I got the following message: "At the Crossroads.... The item is not compatible with this device." It is called a Print Replica. No problems downloading it to my iPad, however. I didn't know about this limitation before now. Has anybody more knowledge about it, or some comments about it?

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Which unavailable book do you want most?	Daithi	Amazon Kindle	90	12-22-2016 05:29 AM
Classic Network unavailable	BigHeadDog	Barnes & Noble NOOK	10	01-18-2010 01:42 PM
Books unavailable	Nivek	Sony Reader	1	12-17-2009 03:35 AM
Does an unavailable ebook represent, to you, a lost book sale?	Daithi	News	64	09-19-2009 08:15 AM
DRM frustrations with unavailable book titles.	Arcticnick	Sony Reader	11	03-11-2009 06:29 AM

04-17-2016, 04:06 PM	#2
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)	Been that way for a long time. Print Replica usually means things like textbooks. On the product page, it will say "Only available for certain devices". You shouldn't be able to directly purchase it from the PW's integrated Kindle Store interface.

04-17-2016, 04:27 PM	#4
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)	Additional fun fact: Print Replica (also known as AZW4) is a PDF under the hood, but wrapped in Amazon's usual Palm database format. KindleUnpack can be used to extract the PDF.

Advert