Kindle for PC is there - Page 2

WT Sharpe · 11-10-2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

To answer your question:

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* Create notes and highlights
Thanks to Whispersync, you can already read your notes and highlights from other devices on Kindle for PC. We'd like to add the ability to create notes and highlights using the Kindle for PC application.

I hope they're serious about adding that ability, but they need to go a step further and add a copy and paste function for text. It's nice that they gave us the means to view all our notes and highlighted text in a given book in one place, but if you want to quote something in one of your books, there are currently only two options:

1) Type it the entire passage you wish to quote in your favorite word processor.

2) Open the book in your Kindle,
-- underline the desired passage,
-- connect the Kindle to your PC via USB,
-- open the My Clippings file,
-- search for the desired text,
-- copy and paste into your word processor,
-- close the My Clippings file,
-- eject your Kindle and finally,
-- disconnect your Kindle from the PC.

Amazon could have made it easier.

Sweetpea · 11-10-2009, 10:24 AM

Hey, it's still a beta and they do mention they would like feedback.

I first need to be able to download something...

igorsk · 11-10-2009, 10:24 AM

Strange, I haven't seen any mention of "beta" while downloading.

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Blue Tyson · 11-10-2009, 10:27 AM

Yeah, it definitely said version 1.00something

HansTWN · 11-10-2009, 10:30 AM

it says beta when starting up. Of course, nowadays everything is called beta, so that bugs can be explained away. Some software stays in beta for years. But it is the first day for Amazon, so I think we should be easy on them.

delphidb96 · 11-10-2009, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by aceflor

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...cId=1000426311

download and enjoy

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! I'm a-doin' my "happy dance"!!!

Derek

=X= · 11-10-2009, 10:57 AM

Hey it works on Linux using wine!

delphidb96 · 11-10-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Drak Bibliophile

Is there anyway (if you have Kindle for PC) to remove the DRM from the Kindle ebooks? I've seen some ebooks that I'd like to have but want to read them on my CyBook.

Yes, there *are* - as long as they are .azw, not .azw1(.tpz - topaz) file structure. The basic .azw format is just a version of .mobi/.prc. There are toolkits out there. Talk to me on the Bar.

Derek

delphidb96 · 11-10-2009, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Idoine

Unfortunately, ebooks free for you aren't for me ! VAT is there ! $2.30 !

Hunh?!? If they're PD, how can there be a VAT??? (The more I hear about VAT, the more I realize there *IS* a Devil.

)

Derek

Hellmark · 11-10-2009, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by igorsk

Strange, I haven't seen any mention of "beta" while downloading.
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Said so on the site I downloaded from.

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Originally Posted by =X=

Hey it works on Linux using wine!

What did you do? When I ran it, no text was visible.

=X= · 11-10-2009, 11:41 AM

I ran it using Windows 98 profile. For me the text was garbled in the bubble screen. The text in the menus and books looked fine.

ascherjim · 11-10-2009, 11:44 AM

A curious consequence of installing this Kindle for PC application on your PC is that I have found that the icons for all my non-DRM Mobipocket titles have been changed to the Amazon Kindle icon, and are now read by the new Kindle for PC reader rather than the Mobipocket reader when opened on the PC for reading. This is hopefully only a benign feature.

Hellmark · 11-10-2009, 11:46 AM

Sweet, looks good here. Even the bubble is fine.

=X= · 11-10-2009, 11:54 AM

Has anybody found where the files are stored. I see it when it is copied down but then it is deleted when the download is completed.

=X=

Leep · 11-10-2009, 12:01 PM

yes - the files are stored as a sub folder to My documents - called my Kindle content.
If you have other drm free ebooks you can drag them into that folder and then read them in Kindle PC

cheers

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11-10-2009, 10:24 AM	#17
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Hey, it's still a beta and they do mention they would like feedback. I first need to be able to download something...

11-10-2009, 10:24 AM	#18
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Strange, I haven't seen any mention of "beta" while downloading.

11-10-2009, 10:27 AM	#19
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	Yeah, it definitely said version 1.00something

11-10-2009, 10:30 AM	#20
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	it says beta when starting up. Of course, nowadays everything is called beta, so that bugs can be explained away. Some software stays in beta for years. But it is the first day for Amazon, so I think we should be easy on them.

11-10-2009, 10:57 AM	#22
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	Hey it works on Linux using wine!

11-10-2009, 11:41 AM	#26
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	I ran it using Windows 98 profile. For me the text was garbled in the bubble screen. The text in the menus and books looked fine.

11-10-2009, 11:44 AM	#27
ascherjim Addict Posts: 260 Karma: 274 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington Device: BeBook One, PocketBook 360, Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Aura One	A curious consequence of installing this Kindle for PC application on your PC is that I have found that the icons for all my non-DRM Mobipocket titles have been changed to the Amazon Kindle icon, and are now read by the new Kindle for PC reader rather than the Mobipocket reader when opened on the PC for reading. This is hopefully only a benign feature.

11-10-2009, 11:46 AM	#28
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,592 Karma: 4290425 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Foristell, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3, Kobo Libra 2	Sweet, looks good here. Even the bubble is fine.

11-10-2009, 11:54 AM	#29
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	Has anybody found where the files are stored. I see it when it is copied down but then it is deleted when the download is completed. =X=

11-10-2009, 12:01 PM	#30
Leep Guru Posts: 739 Karma: 1018859 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Near Seattle Device: kindle1, K3, K3G (thanks MR), iTouch, Kindle Touch	yes - the files are stored as a sub folder to My documents - called my Kindle content. If you have other drm free ebooks you can drag them into that folder and then read them in Kindle PC cheers

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