Downloading & Reading Kindle on Linux

Siavahda · 02-05-2014, 12:39 PM

Hi guys, I hope this is the right sub-forum for this question. My friend is a Hudl owner with a Linux PC. She can read kindle books on her Hudl by using the kindle app, but she can't access the actual files on the Hudl to transfer them over to her PC. And because her PC is Linux, she can't just download her ebooks to the Kindle for PC.

Does anyone have any ideas for how she could access the mobi and azw files of her ebooks? Or any way to get Kindle for PC to work on Linux? She's tried quite a few things that haven't worked - PlayonLinux didn't, for example.

Help?

eschwartz · 02-05-2014, 03:19 PM

Many people have successfully run Kindle4PC on linux using WINE.

Dngrsone · 02-05-2014, 09:15 PM

As noted above, you can install the Kindle app through the wine emulator for linux.

It is probably best done by using the key words 'install' 'kindle' and the name of her specific distribution in the search engine of your choice and following the most convenient/understandable tutorial.

Sometimes the program you are using to transfer files to an android device will not recognize the device properly if the screen is locked.

02-05-2014, 12:39 PM	#1
Siavahda Zealot Posts: 121 Karma: 9400 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Helsinki Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2018	Downloading & Reading Kindle on Linux Hi guys, I hope this is the right sub-forum for this question. My friend is a Hudl owner with a Linux PC. She can read kindle books on her Hudl by using the kindle app, but she can't access the actual files on the Hudl to transfer them over to her PC. And because her PC is Linux, she can't just download her ebooks to the Kindle for PC. Does anyone have any ideas for how she could access the mobi and azw files of her ebooks? Or any way to get Kindle for PC to work on Linux? She's tried quite a few things that haven't worked - PlayonLinux didn't, for example. Help?

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02-05-2014, 03:19 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Many people have successfully run Kindle4PC on linux using WINE.

02-05-2014, 09:15 PM	#3
Dngrsone Almost legible Posts: 1,457 Karma: 4611110 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: In a high desert, CA Device: Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Tab A (2017), Likebook P78	As noted above, you can install the Kindle app through the wine emulator for linux. It is probably best done by using the key words 'install' 'kindle' and the name of her specific distribution in the search engine of your choice and following the most convenient/understandable tutorial. Sometimes the program you are using to transfer files to an android device will not recognize the device properly if the screen is locked.

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