Kindle and Mobipocket software

[pilotbob]

When I plug my Kindle into the PC with Mobipocket running, it sees the Kindle as a device (it sees my iPod too). However, when I send to Kindle it puts it into a eBooks folder rather than the documents folder. Is there a way to change/hack this?

Draging the file to the Kindle isn't hard, it would just be nice to send the stuff right from the Mobi software.

BOb

[Nate the great]

You are probably running Mobi Desktop 6.1 or 6.2. You need to uninstall it, and install 6.0, which is fully compatible with the Kindle. (Mobipocket removed this compatibility in 6.1.)

I have a copy hosted somewhere. This should be it:
http://mason.gmu.edu/~nhoffeld/Mobipocket6.zip

P.S. Desktop 6.0 will put the ebooks in the correct folder, identify your kindle's PID, and also make julienne fries.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

P.S. Desktop 6.0 will put the ebooks in the correct folder, identify your kindle's PID, and also make julienne fries.

Ok. So, what features do I loose by downgrading to 6.0?

BOb

[Nate the great]

Epub conversion
Cybook, Blackberry support

I think that's all.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Epub conversion
Cybook, Blackberry support

I think that's all.

Does 6.0 run OK under Vista?

[Nate the great]

I don't know. Hell will freeze over before I use Vista.

[HarryT]

Like it or not, Vista is what virtually every home PC is supplied with these days. No point in recommending 6.0 if it's not going to run!

[Nate the great]

And how can I test it if I don't use it?

[HarryT]

I wasn't asking you specifically - it was a general question to the forum in response to your comment that one didn't lose anything by "downgrading" from 6.2 to 6.0. I don't know whether or not 6.0 runs under Vista, but if if doesn't, then clearly that will be of concern to many users.

Does anyone know whether or not MobiPocket Desktop Reader 6.0 has any issues with Vista?

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I wasn't asking you specifically - it was a general question to the forum in response to your comment that one didn't lose anything by "downgrading" from 6.2 to 6.0. I don't know whether or not 6.0 runs under Vista, but if if doesn't, then clearly that will be of concern to many users.

Does anyone know whether or not MobiPocket Desktop Reader 6.0 has any issues with Vista?

I dual boot XP and Vista so I'd be happy to try. I had already installed 6.2 last night but I'll ry 6.0 and let you know what happens.

Update: 6.0 installed with no problems from Vista and it still recognizes my laptop and Tungsten T5 as registered devices. However, when I connect my Kindle, it does not recognize it and keeps asking me to connect my hand held device. When I had 6.2 installed, it knew something was connected but didn't know what it was. 6.2 wanted me to supply a name for the device and a PID.

Anything else you would like me to try before I switch back to 6.2?

I should also note my Kindle is a 1.0.8 version.

[Nate the great]

Here:

http://mason.gmu.edu/~nhoffeld/Mobipocket6.zip

[daffy4u]

Thanks Nate, I downloaded and installed 6.0. See my previous post for an update.

[pilotbob]

Thanks for all the info. I'm gonna stick with 6.2. I can still move the books from the software to the Kindle... then I just open the Kindle drive and move the ebooks folder into the documents folder. That seems to work fine.

Not sure why they don't support the Kindle as a Mobi device. Well, yes I am... Amazon must make more money when they sell a Kindle book than when they sell a Mobi book.

But, it is much nicer to have a reader that supports Mobi now as most of the free stuff out there is in that format... whereas with the Sony I was having to convert almost everything. I currently have 3 ebook software management programs on my machine, Mobi, Sony, Calibre... and hope to be able to drop that down to one. I guess that depends on if I sell the Sony or give it to my son... still not decided on that one.

BOb

[lovebeta]

If I remember correctly, Mobipocket 6.0 works fine in Vista, just not recognizing Kindle. Numerous other bugs in Vista made me switch back to XP eventually last month.

[lovebeta]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Thanks for all the info. I'm gonna stick with 6.2. I can still move the books from the software to the Kindle... then I just open the Kindle drive and move the ebooks folder into the documents folder. That seems to work fine.

Not sure why they don't support the Kindle as a Mobi device. Well, yes I am... Amazon must make more money when they sell a Kindle book than when they sell a Mobi book.

But, it is much nicer to have a reader that supports Mobi now as most of the free stuff out there is in that format... whereas with the Sony I was having to convert almost everything. I currently have 3 ebook software management programs on my machine, Mobi, Sony, Calibre... and hope to be able to drop that down to one. I guess that depends on if I sell the Sony or give it to my son... still not decided on that one.

BOb

Although you can move books to Kindle manually this way, I think you lost an important/interesting feature of MObipocket reader. It can automatically grab RSS feed, put together a e-magazine and put it on your device every time you plugged it in. I am using this feature to read Economists, Wired etc for a couple of months already. You can still do the transfer part by hand, but it is just not as convenient as plugging it in for a while in the morning and be ready for the day...