11-24-2011, 10:12 PM | #1 |
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Hello
I just got my Kindle Fire and just getting acquainted with it. I have some questions that I have not yet figured out. Has anyone tried to download any books from open Library to the their Kindle Fire?
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11-24-2011, 10:21 PM | #2 |
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Welcome to MobileRead, sewnlady.
Try looking on the Kindle Fire forum or asking a question there for help. Enjoy the forums. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=243 |
11-25-2011, 07:11 AM | #3 |
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Thanks. I tried to download from open library and the Kindle said that it didn't support that format and then when I went to another place and it sent me straight to Amazon and it didn't download the book just said that I needed to have a Kindle and have it registered and I do and i did. Thanks for your help though and I will go check that out.
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11-25-2011, 07:44 AM | #4 |
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I am not all that familiar with open libray, but just playing around with it I think I can see the problems you're having. first, when you download a book it is best to download the mobi format - that can be read by the Kindle Fire most easily. You can download on to a pc then transfer to the Kindle with a USB cable.
The other problem of not being able to send a book to the Kindle in the usual way is a result of the Fire having a different email mechanism than other Kindles. I haven't figured out why, but Amazon doesn't let you manage a Kindle Fire the same way as, for instance, a Kindle Touch. If you look under "documents" on your Fire you will see the @kindle.com address associated with your Fire, and you can send any document to that address and it will appear on your Fire in that folder. you can do this with books, word docs, etc. EDIT: tried downloading a book to Fire directly and it didn't work. Am testing other methods. 2nd EDIT: okay, it looks like you can download books directly to the Kindle, just put them in the Documents folder. You may need to reboot the device to have them show up. Also, some documents from openlibray may have DRM and may not open - this seems strange to me, but during testing I got a DRM warning so I figured I'd add that disclaimer. I had been messing with the book title and extension though, so I might have caused it. Last edited by weatherman; 11-25-2011 at 08:16 AM. |
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Blossom - yeah, I knew there was a way, but I was using ES File Explorer instead of File Expert, and it didn't work the same way. Thanks for pointing that out. File Expert is a must-have app.
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If Amazon listens to feedback I sent they will add mobi files to be associated to the Kindle app. I can't believe they didn't foresee the need for this.
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12-02-2011, 07:09 AM | #8 |
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email for kindle fire
I saw someone posted about the kindle fire epaulet address and using that to get books or other documents to the kindle. How do you use that address? I did figure out how to get books from project gutenberg to work but not open library yet. Can you use dropbox? When I downloaded from open library I used the awz format and it still didn't show up in either the books or docs folders. I have to say though that when I have called amazon they have been very helpful.
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