{"id":5719,"date":"2021-04-22T11:17:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=5719"},"modified":"2021-12-06T19:25:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:25:06","slug":"kindle-device-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/kindle-device-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindle device names"},"content":{"rendered":"

KIndle might be the best way to read .pdf books, now I have a tablet, but uploading them is not as easy as I’d hoped. Here are my notes. …<\/p>\n

Note that I do not have a kindle, I use mainly the kindle app on phones and on PCs. I have the kindle cloud reader for the Linux machine.<\/p>\n

Mail or Print<\/h3>\n

Two way’s it seems, mail or print.<\/p>\n

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  1. Mail https:\/\/pdfblog.com\/2012\/03\/12\/email-pdf-kindle\/, this documents among other things how to discover the device email address. Oh no, there’s more than one. See below for the notes on naming one’s devices. Amazon also have a registered list of acceptable e-mail sources<\/acronym>; this is only of importance if you have more than one mail account.<\/li>\n
  2. The print interface needs an application installed, “send to kindle”, which seems broken to me; the original work round was to downrev the send-to-kindle version<\/a> but they seem to have blocked that as it\u00a0 now requires an upgrade before it’ll do the print\/send to kindle. So mail it is!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Why do I have 7 devices?<\/h3>\n

    The short answer is because I have, over time, registered multiple kindle devices. How to rationalise them, the first thing is to rename them, although I have deleted those with v.old 1st registration dates and no content. The fact I only have 7 would seem to be lucky.<\/p>\n

    This, How to rename and remove kindle devices on your amazon account<\/a> claims to be a guide, which does explain how to rename them, but the critical problem is how to identify which real device is represented by the numbered name. The most common advice<\/a> or more accurately the easiest to find is to delete them all and re register the device. (Would I lose my family allocations?) However, this page<\/a>, at the amazon forums suggests that the kindle instance has the name in its settings panel, somewhere. (i.e. read the article to find out where and how).<\/p>\n

    Top Tip:<\/strong> Rename the device the minute that you start a kindle app for the first time. (This may be possible using the App.)<\/p>\n

    This page, is amazon’s device help portal.<\/p>\n

    The kindle cloud reader<\/strong> allows the collection to be read on a linux platform; there is no app. Go to https:\/\/read.amazon.co.uk but it seems they won’t allow you to upload docs to it’s store, only those bought can get there.<\/p>\n

    There is an app for the PC<\/strong>, which has an option to upload .pdfs and you can drag and drop (legally acquired) .prcs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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