Kindle for PC is there - Page 3

=X= · 11-10-2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Leep

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

Man I feel like a

I looked in all but the most obvious of places.

Thanks !

calvin-c · 11-10-2009, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ascherjim

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.

This sounds to me like the common 'extension grabbing' done by many programs in Windows. Rather than looking inside a file to see what it contains (which would be sensible, hence not the MS way) Windows looks at the extensions. It maintains a list of extensions and associates each with the default program that opens that 'type' of file. It sounds to me like Kindle, because it *can* read Mobi files, has grabbed that association, listing itself as the default program for those files.

I don't know if Mobi has an option to reset the extensions back to itself. If not, go into Tools, Folder Options, File Types. Find the extensions you want to change & edit them. You'll get a list of programs and can select Mobi from that list. That won't change your ability to open them in Kindle, when you want to, but it'll stop Kindle from opening them by default. (Note: I haven't yet looked at Kindle. There are a few programs that try to 'grab back' the extensions every time you run them. Hopefully Kindle doesn't do that.)

calvin-c · 11-10-2009, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Wait a minute here. Amazon charges $2 in "whispernet fee" for downloading a "free" book to your PC using a "landbased" link?

Did I get that straight?

If so... That just leaves me speechless and flabbergasted and it will surely be a cold day in the place that is usually described as beeing very hot and smelling of sulphur before I use this stupid thing!

Just to set the record straight, as I understand it, Amazon does *not* charge a Whispernet fee. They charge a *price*. It's true that their justification for charging the price is to cover the cost of Whispernet but if it's a price rather than a Whispernet fee then it makes sense that it's charged whether you use Whispernet or not. (What leaves me flabbergasted is the idea that they'd charge at all for a 'free' book. Even if their expenses in UK are higher than in US, I'd still think they'd rather bear the expenses than suffer the ill will. Obviously they don't think so however.)

Sydney's Mom · 11-10-2009, 12:20 PM

Pretty cool. I dragged a library book I had on my desktop (no DRM) and it opened right up, looked great. Works on Windows 7.

This opens the Amazon Kindle store to everyone with a PC, doesn't it? That is great!

Sydney's Mom · 11-10-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ascherjim

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.

If you right click and check properties, it is still a mobi file. Just the default opens with program has been changed. You can easily change it back, if you want to. Which I think I will do, cause it is none of Amazon's bees wax if I read library books.

calvin-c · 11-10-2009, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

I sitll don't see folder support... why is that so hard.

The hardest part of implementing folders would be, IMO, deciding how to decide which folder to place a book in. Implementing 'freeform' folders, where the user creates the folder, names it, then assigns the books to it manually is harder than you'd think because there's nothing 'in the book' that tells the software which folder it belongs in. (Trying to describe this in non-technical terms.)

To implement a 'fixed' folder arrangement the hardest part, IMO, would be deciding how the books should be categorized-by title, author, or what? And, of course, no two people can agree on the best method. I suspect that's the real problem at Amazon-that & not seeing sufficient demand for it. (Note: I said 'seeing' sufficient demand. Or maybe I should say 'hearing' sufficient demand. If Amazon actually is listening to feedback about the Kindle I think it'll be a first in my experience with them.)

dmaul1114 · 11-10-2009, 12:32 PM

Just downloaded it, thanks for the link!

Is there a limit to how many PCs you can have your account on? I didn't see any info on that on the Amazon site.

DaleDe · 11-10-2009, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ascherjim

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.

You can change the association for file types on your PC. Some applications allow you to redirect certain file types to that application.

Dale

DaleDe · 11-10-2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dmaul1114

Just downloaded it, thanks for the link!

Is there a limit to how many PCs you can have your account on? I didn't see any info on that on the Amazon site.

I am sure it counts as another device like every other DRM system.

Dale

Hellmark · 11-10-2009, 12:45 PM

So far, I've been poking around the registry, and not seen anything that has info on the account being used. Not seen any files either. Running a more exhaustive search.

EDIT:
Found a file of some interest at C:\Documents & Settings\usernamegoeshere\Local Settings\Application Data\Amazon\Kindle For PC\{AMAwzsaPaaZAzmZzZQzgZCAkZ3AjA_AY}\kindle.info

The bracketed folder is obviously randomly generated, and the file contains a 10kb string of similarly seemingly random generated characters. My guess, the PID is in there.

dmaul1114 · 11-10-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DaleDe

I am sure it counts as another device like every other DRM system.

Dale

I figured. What's the limit on # of Kindle devices?

wallcraft · 11-10-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by dmaul1114

What's the limit on # of Kindle devices?

For most ebooks it is 6 simultaneous devices, with each PC or Kindle or iPhone counting as a device. Some ebooks have different limits, and you should be able to see these listed on their web page. I have seen unlimited and 5, and I have heard reports of ebooks locked to one device. Newspapers are handled differently.

Hellmark · 11-10-2009, 12:57 PM

6 kindles per account.

dmaul1114 · 11-10-2009, 01:01 PM

Thanks for the info.

And it's very easy to de-register a PC on the kindle site, so no worries. Have it on my office PC for now and will get it on my laptop at home as well.

ekaser · 11-10-2009, 01:24 PM

The book I purchased within Kindle for PC is stored (on my system) in

C:\Users\username\Documents\My Kindle Content

as a .PRC file.

11-10-2009, 12:45 PM	#40
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	So far, I've been poking around the registry, and not seen anything that has info on the account being used. Not seen any files either. Running a more exhaustive search. EDIT: Found a file of some interest at C:\Documents & Settings\usernamegoeshere\Local Settings\Application Data\Amazon\Kindle For PC\{AMAwzsaPaaZAzmZzZQzgZCAkZ3AjA_AY}\kindle.info The bracketed folder is obviously randomly generated, and the file contains a 10kb string of similarly seemingly random generated characters. My guess, the PID is in there. Last edited by Hellmark; 11-10-2009 at 12:55 PM.

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