Can you sideload apps to paperwhite?

[sangahm]

I'd like to load the Safari Queue app to read my online books on my PPW. O'Reilly Safari has an android app that works on Kindle Fire, but I'm not sure if/how I can load it on my PPW.

I tried instructions at epubor but there is no Active Content link on my menu.

Is it possible?

[Pajamaman]

No, the PW is not Android, it is Linux.

[ntamas]

Active Content cannot be sideloaded. Actually it is copyprotected, so even if you can copy the azw2 file to your Kindle, it won't work. It will work only on the Kindle that has been attachted to your Amazon account. This only refers to the official azw2 files, not these developer versions uploaded here.

[tomsem]

I would use Send To Kindle web clipper to send book chapters to your Kindle from your desktop browser. It works very well with safaribooksonline.com. You may only want to read a chapter here and there so this would be most convenient.

There are other web clippers that would let you aggregate more than one chapter into an .epub file which you could then convert to Kindle format.

You'll also be able to read these documents on a smartphone or tablet running Kindle app. These will let you export any notes you make (Kindles don't let you export notes from 'personal documents'.

You could try using the 'experimental' browser, and I am pretty sure that will work somewhat but it will not be very pleasant.

[ntamas]

You must be right, but the topic title is about sideloading or sending apps aka azw2 files.

Originally Posted by ntamas

You must be right, but the topic title is about sideloading or sending apps aka azw2 files.

If you read what the OP wrote after the title, "I'd like to load the Safari Queue app to read my online books on my PPW." Probably a good idea to read the post text along with the title.

[sangahm]

Originally Posted by tomsem

I would use Send To Kindle web clipper to send book chapters to your Kindle from your desktop browser. It works very well with safaribooksonline.com. You may only want to read a chapter here and there so this would be most convenient.

There are other web clippers that would let you aggregate more than one chapter into an .epub file which you could then convert to Kindle format.

You'll also be able to read these documents on a smartphone or tablet running Kindle app. These will let you export any notes you make (Kindles don't let you export notes from 'personal documents'.

You could try using the 'experimental' browser, and I am pretty sure that will work somewhat but it will not be very pleasant.

Excellent, thank you! Amazon's Send to Kindle worked great to take a chapter with me. I'm not really interested in taking the whole book, as it violates the terms of use.

Edited. The below was written when I tried other 3rd party "send to kindle" type of browser extensions:

That got me thinking about another way that worked better, which was the Evernote Web Clipper. It's a similar process but requires two steps to save to Evernote then send to the PPW.

BTW, I could not get Send to Kindle or Send to Reader to work properly. All they would send was the visible part of the chapter on screen (so only about two paragraphs). But the Evernote clipper captured the whole chapter. I think the new O'Reilly Safari is more restrictive and gets in the way for those clippers.

[rioachim]

Originally Posted by ntamas

Active Content cannot be sideloaded. Actually it is copyprotected, so even if you can copy the azw2 file to your Kindle, it won't work. It will work only on the Kindle that has been attachted to your Amazon account. This only refers to the official azw2 files, not these developer versions uploaded here.

I was wondering about this. Is it tied to the account, the hardware or both? I saved the apps for one of my kindles and was planning to give it to my niece. Will she be able to restore the apps through USB or will I have to login on the device if she deletes one of them and wants it back? I think the active content works fine once installed, even if the account is deregistered.

[ntamas]

Is it tied to the account, the hardware or both?

I'm sure that it is connected to the hardware. But I'm not sure about the account dependency. I think if it has been downloaded onto the Kindle and after that you deregister the Kindle and register to another account, the azw2 won't be deleted.

Will she be able to restore the apps through USB

Good question, but I don't know because I don't have two accounts with the same active contents on both accounts. But I think they aren't tied to the account but rather to the hardware.

was planning to give it to my niece.

Well, it might be a solution to make a child or another adult account (depending on her age) from your own. It's in "Households and Family Library" section under Settings. So it would be the same household from the Amazon's point of view. Then I'm sure she can register your Kindle to her Amazon account and will be able to download your Kindle library content as well.

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by sangahm

Excellent, thank you! Amazon's Send to Kindle worked great to take a chapter with me. I'm not really interested in taking the whole book, as it violates the terms of use.

Edited. The below was written when I tried other 3rd party "send to kindle" type of browser extensions:

That got me thinking about another way that worked better, which was the Evernote Web Clipper. It's a similar process but requires two steps to save to Evernote then send to the PPW.

BTW, I could not get Send to Kindle or Send to Reader to work properly. All they would send was the visible part of the chapter on screen (so only about two paragraphs). But the Evernote clipper captured the whole chapter. I think the new O'Reilly Safari is more restrictive and gets in the way for those clippers.

Send To Kindle does have its issues, but it works a lot of the time with SBO. Just need to Preview to make sure it is not skipping content, and if it is, a workaround is to select the chapter text and then Send. I don't think it has been updated in awhile, and might have browser-specific issues as well (I pretty much only use Chrome).

Evernote Clipper is more robust, as is OneNote clipper (which is what I've been using lately). OneNote clipper lets you adjust the text size and edit the text before sending (in article mode).