Notification about new editions

[greenapple]

I've set my paperwhite to automatically download updated or fixed editions of ebooks that I've purchased. I'm curious to find out if I could get notifications about the availability of newly updated editions on Amazon's site, instead of receiving them automatically? That way I can choose when to download them.

[HarryT]

Go to the "Manage Your Kindle" page and switch off "Automatic Book Update".

[greenapple]

If I turned that off, I wouldn't be able to know if any ebook has a new version at all.

[HarryT]

Yes you would. Amazon send you an email when an update is available, and there will be a "Books with available updates" category in the drop-down filter at the top of the MYK page.

[jbcohen]

How about if I own a copy of the book and I am not currently reading it, its in my library? Would amazon update the book in my library? My current two books are not from amazon, they are library books, thus I do not think that amazon would update those for me? However I would be interested in notifications if one of my current two books was updated, I would speak with the library and get them to get the update.

[susan_cassidy]

I have had book updates available that Amazon did not send me notices about.

If you turn automatic book update off, your books will not be updated in your library. You would have to manually update each book.

[Mike L]

A related question:

If I receive an updated edition of a book I already own, is there an easy way to find out exactly what has been updated? Or do I have to read the whole book to find out? I guess I'm looking for a "What's new in this edition" feature.

Mike

[HarryT]

Save the old and new versions, and use Calibre's "compare books" feature. It will tell you exactly what's changed.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

I have had book updates available that Amazon did not send me notices about.

If you turn automatic book update off, your books will not be updated in your library. You would have to manually update each book.

Yes, that's the whole point of turning it off: to allow you to choose whether or not to update it.

[greenapple]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Yes you would. Amazon send you an email when an update is available, and there will be a "Books with available updates" category in the drop-down filter at the top of the MYK page.

The email and the menu item would only appear when I disabled the auto download of updates?

I ask because I didn't receive any email about updates (though I've had 2 books automatically updated on my PW) and I didn't (and still don't) see any view filter about updates on the MYK page.

[HarryT]

You only get an email about major updates. Minor ones just appear in the "Books with available updates" category. If you don't see that category, it means you don't have any updates.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by greenapple

The email and the menu item would only appear when I disabled the auto download of updates?

One can (and I did) get an email even with the Automatic Book Update feature turned on.

== quote
Hello ()

Although you turned on the Automatic Book Update feature on the Manage Your Kindle, we were unable to automatically deliver an updated version of your past Kindle purchase of 250+ Best Kindle Fire HDX and HD Apps for the New Kindle Fire Owner (Over 200 FREE APPS) by Tom Edwards for the following reason(s):

This book has undergone significant changes, so any bookmarks, notes, or highlights you've made will not transfer over to the new version of the book.

The updated version contains the following changes:

Significant editorial changes have been made.

You can get the updated version of this book by going to Manage Your Kindle. Find the book in your Kindle Library, click on the "Update Available" link next to the book's title, and then follow the update prompts. All your devices that have the eBook currently downloaded will be updated automatically the next time they connect to wireless
==

(I didn't have any bookmarks, notes, or highlights for this book)

[Mike L]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Save the old and new versions, and use Calibre's "compare books" feature. It will tell you exactly what's changed.

Thanks, Harry. I never knew (or had forgotten) that you could do that.

Mike

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Mike L

Thanks, Harry. I never knew (or had forgotten) that you could do that.

Mike

It's a new Calibre feature. Only added a few weeks ago.

[jeffyen]

This is the perspective from the book publisher's POV.

https://kdp.amazon.com/help?topicId=A1RGGPBKDR1BPZ