#The kindle personal document service update#
' Archived documents can be re-downloaded from your archive to the all-new Kindle and Kindle Touch devices, as well as Kindle Keyboard (Kindle 3rd Generation-requires the latest software update v3.3 from - you will be able to find and download your documents from any of these devices that are registered to your account. 14 to anyone who was "a past user of the Kindle Personal Documents Service" 'Your documents are now automatically archived in your Kindle library (you can control this from the Manage Your Kindle page at ' That means that Amazon will back it up on their servers - and this will be on a Kindle Cloud that can hold up to 5 gigabytes of your personal documents so that you can re-download them as needed at any time. Instead of doing a PR release on the newer Personal Document features,Amazon sent an email on Oct. you can choose to download it to the Kindle via WiFi or to your computer via USB cable, specifically designated for your Kindle, as mentioned.makes your personal doc eligible for the regular features which include sync'g between devices, archiving on the servers, and.In both cases, you've emailed a personal document file to Amazon for conversion to Kindle format so that it can be on the Kindle. In the past we've been able to download it from the link given in the Amazon email-notice that the converted file is ready. When Amazon notifies you that your converted emailed-file is ready for download but you have no WiFi network access, download it to your computer at the manageyourkindle page and then transfer the file to your Kindle by using the USB cable.Send it to [your (note the "free" part in the link) which will let you download the converted doc file or book using a WiFi wireless network at home, office, or a place like McDonald's or Starbucks instead of using 3G wireless OR.The TWO ways you can get the file to your Kindle without using 3G are: The Kindle 3 (UK: K3) ( "Kindle Keyboard") uses both 3G and WiFi. The Kindle 1, Kindle 2, and larger DX models use ONLY 3G wireless access for downloading books or for going to the web. When would you find yourself using 3G instead of WiFi? The new Basic Kindle with No Keyboard and No TouchScreen is WiFi only, so there's no way to incur a fee with that.
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Sending files via WiFi networks doesn't incur a fee, as WiFi is local to us, in our home, or at work, or at a cafe or other public place that allows access to one, and Amazon doesn't have to pay for that. (See ' What are "3G" and "WiFi?".)Īmazon pays for 3G cell-phone type data-access and they charge back 15c per megabyte of a file for that reason. Why? - because there is a 15c per megabyte fee to use 3G for sending personal docs to your Kindle.
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Once you've made that special nickname-email address for your Kindle, you can specify that you want to send a personal file to your Kindle email address WITHOUT using the "3G" cellphone network feature. Approval for others to send docs to your Kindle can be registered by you at your /manageyourkindle page.Īny file that we send to our Kindle by email goes to the Amazon servers where it is converted to Amazon format before Amazon gets it ready for download to the Kindle. įor example: My Kindle 3 address is - and no one can use it to send documents to my Kindle unless I approve that person's email address for doing that. Personal docs are, generally, any file that is not a Kindle book and they're usually files we've personally put on our Kindle - either by transferring them from computer to the Kindle, via the USB cable that comes with our Kindle's power cord or by using our email to send the file to our Kindle (which is given a " Kindle email address" for that purpose, in the form [your.
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(You can also disable the archiving & sync'g features.)
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Those first-class features include sync'g your reading between devices, having them archived at the Amazon servers, and showing their titles in your Kindle's Archived Items folder when the personal document is no longer on the Kindle, for future re-downloading to any of your Kindles as needed. 13, Amazon has made notable, long-requested improvements to the Personal Documents feature, upgrading personal documents that you send to your Kindle, from 2nd-class status to having the regular features that Kindle books have. 30 and with the Kindle Keyboard software update to v3.3 on Oct. AMAZON'S EMAIL TO "PAST USERS" OF THE PERSONAL DOCUMENTS FEATUREĪs many now know, since Sept.