Send to Kindle Service dropping mobi format support

jma1 · 06-26-2022, 09:59 AM

Amazon has advised that its Send to Kindle server will no longer process mobi and azw files effective August 2022. I use this service to send news downloads to native Kindle wireless devices. The native Kindle OS has a special Periodical toolbar and heirarchical TOC view of the articles in a mobi news downoad which is very useful - but not available on a Kindle for epub format nor on any Kindle tablet versions for any file format. The Periodical Toolbar is attached for reference.

Is there an alternate to the Send To Kindle via Calibre 'sharing books by email' that would transmit mobi to a wireless Kindle device? Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 06-26-2022, 11:11 AM

amazon controls email delivery not calibre. Your only choice is use the content server or usb cables.

jma1 · 06-26-2022, 11:55 AM

OK understand. Is it correct that the content server has no facility to push a document via wifi to a kindle device? Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 06-26-2022, 12:12 PM

yes, that's correct.

NullNix · 07-05-2022, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

amazon controls email delivery not calibre. Your only choice is use the content server or usb cables.

... or the archaic builtin web browser in conjunction with a web server you can put the converted books onto: clicking on a mobi will download it

(For me, this is almost as convenient as email-to-kindle was: all I lose is cross-device sync, which I wasn't using anyway.)

jma1 · 07-05-2022, 10:27 AM

I would like to try what you described but don't know how it works, is there some sort of tutorial? Thanks.

dunhill · 07-06-2022, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jma1

I would like to try what you described but don't know how it works, is there some sort of tutorial? Thanks.

How to view/link our Calibre library on kindle. For that we must go to Preferences / Network Sharing
In the first tab we see the address of our Library in Calibre.
We have to be careful to check this box to start content server when starting Calibre.
This works by being connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
In the kindle experimental browser there you must put the address of the content server in this way: http://XXX.XXX.X.XX:8080/mobile
Trying to have calibre files converted from mobi to download to Kindle

jma1 · 07-07-2022, 09:23 AM

Fantastic - so easy and the mobi download from the content server preserved the kindle periodical format. Do I have to rekey the network address every time I open the experimental browser, or could it be saved somehow like a bookmark? Thanks.

theducks · 07-07-2022, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jma1

Fantastic - so easy and the mobi download from the content server preserved the kindle periodical format. Do I have to rekey the network address every time I open the experimental browser, or could it be saved somehow like a bookmark? Thanks.

That Is a really Kindle Question (that Amazon will not answer as the browser is 'experimental', read unsupported)

. Poke around on that initial browser screen, I think there was some sort of history or bookmark (I tried it ONCE, a long time ago , to see if it did work. My K4 stays in Airplane mode these days)

06-26-2022, 09:59 AM	#1
jma1 Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: Kindle	Send to Kindle Service dropping mobi format support Amazon has advised that its Send to Kindle server will no longer process mobi and azw files effective August 2022. I use this service to send news downloads to native Kindle wireless devices. The native Kindle OS has a special Periodical toolbar and heirarchical TOC view of the articles in a mobi news downoad which is very useful - but not available on a Kindle for epub format nor on any Kindle tablet versions for any file format. The Periodical Toolbar is attached for reference. Is there an alternate to the Send To Kindle via Calibre 'sharing books by email' that would transmit mobi to a wireless Kindle device? Thanks. Attached Thumbnails

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06-26-2022, 11:11 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	amazon controls email delivery not calibre. Your only choice is use the content server or usb cables.

06-26-2022, 11:55 AM	#3
jma1 Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: Kindle	OK understand. Is it correct that the content server has no facility to push a document via wifi to a kindle device? Thanks.

06-26-2022, 12:12 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yes, that's correct.

07-05-2022, 10:27 AM	#6
jma1 Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: Kindle	I would like to try what you described but don't know how it works, is there some sort of tutorial? Thanks.

07-07-2022, 09:23 AM	#8
jma1 Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: Kindle	Fantastic - so easy and the mobi download from the content server preserved the kindle periodical format. Do I have to rekey the network address every time I open the experimental browser, or could it be saved somehow like a bookmark? Thanks.

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