Digimonkey believes in magic. Sometimes it’s elemental magic, like the rising of the sun or the slow opening of a rose. Sometimes it’s artistic magic, like Michelangelo’s David or Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind. And sometimes it’s technological magic, like the Kindle’s Personal Document Services system.
For those Kindle aficionados who have experienced it’s magical ability to transfer files from website to device in the blink of an eye, this magic may now seem common. But for those who have not yet experienced the wonder of holding that power in the palm of your hand (or paw, in Digi’s case), read on!
First a word of warning. There are rules that govern this great magic, and woe to the intrepid Kindle owner who ignores them!
- The Kindle supports three formats from ARe/OmniLit – Mobipocket, Adobe Acrobat, and HTML. That’s it. One, two, three. No amount of wishing will make it otherwise.
- The Kindle will block all Secure file transfers with a virtual wall of stone. These files shall not pass, ever! If you want to read a particular book on your Kindle, be certain the listing for available formats does not say “Secure”.
These file formats will NOT transfer to the Kindle
- Before you can use the Kindle service, you must add your Kindle email address to your All Romance/OmniLit Customer Profile. Login to your account, click on “Account” at the top of the page and scroll down to the Kindle Email text box.
Add your @kindle.com email address
Enter your Kindle email address (ending in @kindle.com) into the text box, then enter your password in the two text boxes at the bottom of the page and click “Update”. Your Kindle email is now saved to your profile.
- You also need to add the All Romance and OmniLit email addresses to your Amazon Approved Personal Document E-mail List. Login to your Amazon account and click on “Your Account”, and then “Manage Your Kindle”.
Personal Document Settings
In the “Your Kindle Account” menu on the left hand side, click on “Personal Document Settings” and then under the “Approved Personal Document E-mail List” heading, click on the “Add a new approved e-mail address” link and add @allromanceebooks.com and @omnilit.com to your list.
Approved Email
Be certain you do not include a name prior to the @ symbol, or access will be denied and your ebooks will end up lost in the vastness of cyberspace.
- The rulers of Amazon charge a small fee for use of this magic for the regular Kindle (about 15 cents per megabyte in the U.S.). This fee does not apply to the Kindle Fire.
Now you are ready to transfer your files to your device. Touch the small Kindle envelope in your ARe library, and whoosh! The ebook is instantly transported to your Kindle. Powerful magic indeed!
Filed Under: DigiMonkey eBook Tips
Tagged: digimonkey, eBook tips, kindle
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I have a kindle and love it. And yes Amazon does charge a fee if you dont set your fee amount under Manage my kindle to $0. If you set the amount to 0 it uses the free connection to receive your book. I have not paid for one book I have bought from here and sent to my kindle. Takes under 5 minutes to get the book.
How do you send your books from here to your Kindle? The only way I know to do it is to download the file to my computer, and then email the book to my free kindle address.
You need to follow the steps in Rule Four and Rule Five above in order to set up your ARe/OmniLit and Amazon accounts for transfer without downloading to your computer. You can also get support from Digimonkey and her staff by clicking on “Need Support?” above and opening a ticket.
How do the epub formats get to beput on the kindle?
The Kindle can’t natively open an epub file, so if you want to read a book that you’ve downloaded in non-secure epub format on your Kindle, you will need to convert it to a Kindle-friendly format first. Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/) is the most popular conversion software and it’s free to download. You can find lots of info about Calibre in the Dear Digimonkey group discussions. Check it out!
What format do you use for Kindle?
Laurie,
The Kindle will allow three formats from our site. They are: Mobipocket, Adobe Acrobat and HTML.
Porchia, could you explain how to set the Kindle fee amount to zero? I can’t seem to figure it out on my own.
Thanks!
Yes, please explain a little more Porchia. I did try to find what you where/ are talking about but have no clue where to locate it. Thanks from me too.
If you go to Manage Your Kindle then down the left side under Your Kindle Account pick Personal Document Settings, then under Whispernet Delivery options you can change the amount to zero
Thank you for all this info, but I don’t seem to have the “Whispernet Delivery Options” on my page – maybe as I’m outside of the US? I might purchase a book from Omnilit and see if Amazon charge me a fee
I have followed the the step by step on how to get to the “Whispernet Delivery Options” and I am not finding it. Does anyone one have the Kindle Fire that could help me further?
Thank you again.
Colleen
(PS Joanne – I’m from the US so I don’t think not that is the issue.)
Colleen,
I believe the answer to your question is that you do not utilize “Whispernet” to download books, but you utilize the Wi-Fi. I encountered the same problem and could not find “Whispernet Delivery Options” under my “Personal Documents” setting.
After spending extensive time on the phone with Amazon, they explained to me that my books are delivered via Wi-Fi and that I do not utilize Whispernet, thus cannot incur a fee for delivery. I just need to ensure that @omnilit.com and @allromanceebooks.com are on my approved “Personal Documents E-mail List”.
I hope this helps you. I do not have a Kindle Fire, but a Kindle Keyboard. Contact Amazon and ask them if it does not.
Good Luck!
MissForda
Dear Miss Forda —
Thank you for your help.. I am able to download the ebooks I am intreasted in. I was looking around for “help” and your answer has helped me the best.
Thank you very much.
Colleen