Amazon Kindle and Fedora

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Thu Jan 22 20:26:39 UTC 2009


Dave Feustel wrote:

> I would expect to do all my ebook reading on the Kindle. My interest is
> in downloading my own PDF files onto the Kindle for reading away from my
> computer.

Kindle does not support PDF.  However, according to
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200140600&#send
you can email foo at free.kindle.com , where foo is your Kindle's name as
established at http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle

Then, Amazon will email you back the file in Kindle's proprietary format.

> My concern is whether Fedora supports the Kindle usb
> interface.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200137060&#connecting
says it appears as a USB mass storage device, which Fedora should detect.

Then, you should be able to transfer files to the documents folder on
the Kindle.

I don't have a Kindle, so I can't test these instructions.

Matt Flaschen




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