K4 Mac or PC Kindle For PC 1.8.0

Blossom · 10-08-2011, 10:13 PM

I just noticed a new version is out. It looks like the crash issue of 1.7.1 is fixed in 1.8.0!

It's no longer has to check every archive item. I'm not brave I just had to install K4PC on my new hard drive and when it didn't crashed I checked the version and sure enough it's a new one.

Tools work fine with this version

Oletros · 10-09-2011, 08:03 AM

And it has dictionaries for non English languages

Daveoc64 · 10-09-2011, 08:03 AM

The biggest change I see is that they've added four new Dictionaries for different languages:

Spanish
Italian
French
Portuguese

I also had a strange undownloadable version of the Italian Dictionary in my Archived Items on Kindle for PC that has no title (see attached image).

De-registering and then registering the App again has cleared it.

alansplace · 10-09-2011, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blossom

I just noticed a new version is out. It looks like the crash issue of 1.7.1 is fixed in 1.8.0!

It's no longer has to check every archive item. I'm not brave I just had to install K4PC on my new hard drive and when it didn't crashed I checked the version and sure enough it's a new one.

Tools work fine with this version

they do?! really!?

SkyDream · 10-09-2011, 02:44 PM

Latest version for germany is still 1.7.1

Vroo · 10-09-2011, 03:41 PM

Unfortunately it crashed for me after installing and always crashed after launch (when it tried to show the terms of service). Again, reverting to 1.4.1.

Blossom · 10-09-2011, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Vroo

Unfortunately it crashed for me after installing and always crashed after launch (when it tried to show the terms of service). Again, reverting to 1.4.1.

Did you try a clean installation? Sometimes upgrading over a previous release is not the best idea.

Mine was definitely a new installation. I just spent the last two days switching everything over a to a new hard drive. Windows updates alone took 6 hours to install and I'm slowly getting everything back on here. I plan to RMA my old drive. I wish WD had as good as customer service as Amazon's Kindle does.

Blossom · 10-09-2011, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by alansplace

they do?! really!?

Yep. No problem using them here.

The biggest change I see on the new version is the dictionary window. Maybe it was like that but it looks different to me. It does seem more stable than the previous release. So now I can make collections on the K4PC and transfer them to the K4 or K3.

jswinden · 10-09-2011, 05:19 PM

I've been using K4PC version 1.2 on my desktop so that I can deDRM books, so I haven't kept up with the newer versions. Today I heard the newer versions have Collections so I installed K4PC version 1.8 on my netbook to play around with it. I created some Collections then went into the Add Other Device Collections menu on my K4 and my netbook is listed as a device from which I can import Collections to my K4. That means we can now create Collections on a PC via K4PC and then import them into a K3 or a K4! Perhaps this has been around awhile and I never knew it. But it certainly makes managing Collections on a Kindle much easier.

Blossom · 10-09-2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

I've been using K4PC version 1.2 on my desktop so that I can deDRM books, so I haven't kept up with the newer versions. Today I heard the newer versions have Collections so I installed K4PC version 1.8 on my netbook to play around with it. I created some Collections then went into the Add Other Device Collections menu on my K4 and my netbook is listed as a device from which I can import Collections to my K4. That means we can now create Collections on a PC via K4PC and then import them into a K3 or a K4! Perhaps this has been around awhile and I never knew it. But it certainly makes managing Collections on a Kindle much easier.

It was introduced in 1.7.0. I think. It's a great feature for the K4 because it doesn't have the keyboard.

I've been using 1.7.0 because 1.7.1 had a bug in it that made it crash on large archives but it's fixed in the new version.

So far 1.8.0 hasn't crashed on me which makes me happy. I use K4PC to check out samples and for quick referencing.

Vroo · 10-09-2011, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blossom

Did you try a clean installation? Sometimes upgrading over a previous release is not the best idea.

You're right - I started with a clean copy of "My Kindle Content" directory and everything went fine. Then I copied my converted documents and K4PC is able to digest them.

What's a bit strange though is that collections weren't imported in full - just like K4PC saw a difference between personal document on Kindle and on PC...

jswinden · 10-09-2011, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Vroo

You're right - I started with a clean copy of "My Kindle Content" directory and everything went fine. Then I copied my converted documents and K4PC is able to digest them.

What's a bit strange though is that collections weren't imported in full - just like K4PC saw a difference between personal document on Kindle and on PC...

I suspect Collections will only import Archivable Items. Personal docs that cannot be archived are probably not going to be imported.

Blossom · 10-09-2011, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Vroo

You're right - I started with a clean copy of "My Kindle Content" directory and everything went fine. Then I copied my converted documents and K4PC is able to digest them.

What's a bit strange though is that collections weren't imported in full - just like K4PC saw a difference between personal document on Kindle and on PC...

So happy you got it working!

It's possible unless the Pdocs files come from the Kindle device itself that the K4PC sees them as different files.

Just tested it and it works!

The pdocs have to be the exact copy of the file on the Kindle for K4PC to see them as the same book.

10-08-2011, 10:13 PM	#1
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	Kindle For PC 1.8.0 I just noticed a new version is out. It looks like the crash issue of 1.7.1 is fixed in 1.8.0! It's no longer has to check every archive item. I'm not brave I just had to install K4PC on my new hard drive and when it didn't crashed I checked the version and sure enough it's a new one. Tools work fine with this version Last edited by Blossom; 10-09-2011 at 01:02 AM.

10-09-2011, 08:03 AM	#3
Daveoc64 Groupie Posts: 170 Karma: 21142 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bristol, UK Device: Kindle Oasis 3 (LTE)	The biggest change I see is that they've added four new Dictionaries for different languages: Spanish Italian French Portuguese I also had a strange undownloadable version of the Italian Dictionary in my Archived Items on Kindle for PC that has no title (see attached image). De-registering and then registering the App again has cleared it. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Daveoc64; 10-09-2011 at 08:15 AM.

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jswinden Nameless Being	I've been using K4PC version 1.2 on my desktop so that I can deDRM books, so I haven't kept up with the newer versions. Today I heard the newer versions have Collections so I installed K4PC version 1.8 on my netbook to play around with it. I created some Collections then went into the Add Other Device Collections menu on my K4 and my netbook is listed as a device from which I can import Collections to my K4. That means we can now create Collections on a PC via K4PC and then import them into a K3 or a K4! Perhaps this has been around awhile and I never knew it. But it certainly makes managing Collections on a Kindle much easier.