kindle fire

[zvi]

I recently bought a kindle fire. I wanted to sideload AO3 fics to it. I saved a .mobi file and moved it into the /mnt/sdcard/Books directory, but it doesn't appear in the library. I tried opening it with two different file explorers, but neither of them could find a file handler. Any suggestions?

Eta: What I want to do is download via the web and open in the kindle app w/o ever using usb, emailing it, or calibre. What has so far happened is that I download from AO3 to the Download folder and move the file to either the Books or the Documents folder, and the Kindle app fails to recognize anything's been added to the device. If I try to open with File Expert, it won't recognize .mobi as a file it can handle. I have to go through a two step process of telling it to open the file as an Amazon book.

Comments

[zats_clear]

as far as I can tell, you have to load the book into your kindle acct,even if you choose not to archive it there. I have used an app that allows me to send something from my computer to my kindle as well. Of course, since I have no idea what you mean by "side load"...I may well not be helping you at all!

[zvi]

By sideload, I mean put it on the fire without going through Amazon.

[zats_clear]

that's what I thought but best to be sure! thx!

[dreamatdrew]

Are you saving them as mobis? Also, I THINK it might be beneficial to download them from the kindle's browser, if only for the not-having-to-figure-out-where-they-should-go bit. (I could be wrong, I have not actually touched a working fire, but I know on my phone the kindle app is... picky about where things are stored. Also, it seems to not like subdirectories.)

[zvi]

Yes, I've saved them as mobi. The native browser saves them in the download folder, and moving to books or document doesn't seem to make a difference.

[seryn]

I usually email .mobi files to my kindle using
kindle####@free.kindle.com
because adding the "free" part ensures there are no transfer fees.

[zvi]

:/ I'm trying to cut down on steps. Ideally, I could just download, move to the right folder, and open.

[lorax]

Check in your docs folder instead.

There's an extra "personal doc tag" that's in mobi files, and if your mobi file has it, then the fire will put it in the docs section instead of the books section, and will only let you use it as a doc, not as a book with all the book functions. To get it to show up as books, you have to download calibre, and then re-convert the file and strip that tag out in the options, then put it back on the fire and it'll show up!

seperis has instructions here. I just got a Fire this week, and this worked perfectly.

[zvi]

I should have been more explicit to start.

What I want to do is download via the web and open in the kindle app w/o ever using usb, emailing it, or calibre. What has so far happened is that I download from AO3 to the Download folder and move the file to either the Books or the Documents folder, and the Kindle app fails to recognize anything's been added to the device. If I try to open with File Expert, it won't recognize .mobi as a file it can handle. I have to go through a two step process of telling it to open the file as an Amazon book.

I don't care about the document vs book thing, I'm not looking to organize fanfic on the Fire for any longer than it takes to read something.

[lorax]

Ohh, my apologies, I misunderstood. I haven't tried to directly download yet, so I can't be helpful.

[(Anonymous)]

http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=Tx17120UKT7NPLB

You have to reboot after moving the file.

[zvi]

I think that did the trick! Thanks!