Hmm. I emailed an attachment that was a mS-Word file yesterday, and it still has not shown up in my "docs" library. I used the email address I have on file with them, put convert in the subject line, and attached the file. Is there an issue on Kindle's end, or am I missing part of the process?
Thanks! Scott On 5/11/13, Alan Paganelli <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I found a nice little utility they have on the Kindle page for the US that > once you install it, then in the context menu will be an item to send to > Kindle. Very handy and thanks for your help! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Esther > To: VIPhone > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: Kindle Personal Document Services > > > Hi Alan, > > I think the point of confusion may be that you don't use the Amazon > Kindle App to make changes in your Kindle account settings. All of > the actions for managing actions and adding other email addresses that > you allow to send contents to your personal documents, managing your > Kindle, and getting help, have to be taken at the Amazon web site. The > email address listed under the Settings screen of your Kindle app is > only used to tell you which unique email address has been assigned to > your Kindle app for that device. I have no way of knowing what that > would be for any other user. If you have the Kindle App installed on > another iOS device, that is also associated with your Amazon account, > you'll have a slightly different email address to be used for sending > documents to that device, that you can also find out under the > "Settings" screen. But probably, both the URL for the Amazon web > pages to manage your account to add email addresses, and the personal > email address that shows up under the Settings scree for your Kindle, > will show the domain for your country. Also, since my account works > only in the U.S., I can't check on the links and procedures for the > Amazon web pages in other countries. However, doing a web search for > documentation pages indicates you should just be able to substitute > your Amazon store's web address as a prefix for the ones I used for > the U.S. Amazon Store. > > For example, I went to a "Manage Your Kindle" web page for the U.S. > Amazon Store at: > http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle > A UK user would go to the corresponding web page at the UK Amazon > Kindle Store, which would involve changing the "www.amazon.com" prefix > in these addresses to "www.amazon.co.uk". So the link to a U.K. user's > "Manage Your Kindle Page" would be: > http://www.amazon.co.uk/manageyourkindle > A Canadian user would have to substitute "www.amazon.ca" as a prefix > and use: > http://www.amzon.ca/manageyourkindle > In other words, you use the URL of the Amazon Store for your country, > which might be France, Germany, Italy, etc. and append a slash > character followed by the words for "manage my kindle", typed as all > lower case letters with no spaces between the words, and without the > quote marks. > > I know that the URL links that I list above to access the "Manage Your > Kindle" page in those other stores are valid -- but only from doing a > web search. I can't actually test the actions for any store other than > the U.S. Amazon Store, because I would need to have active Amazon > accounts in all these other countries to get past the login screen. > However, I can tell you how to navigate the U.S. web page on the > "Manage Your Kindle" page after you log in. > 1. Set your rotor to headings, and navigate to "Your Kindle Account". > 2. Then navigate (e.g., flick right) to the link for "Personal > Document Settings" and activate the link. (You can also use item > chooser menu, or the links chooser menu to navigate directly to this > link, which is what I would do in place of steps 1 and 2 on a Mac, or > if using an paired keyboard.) > 3. Navigate by headings to "Approved Personal Document E-mail List" > 4. Navigate (e.g., flick right) past the list of current addresses to > the "Add a new approved e-mail address" link and activate it (e.g., > double tap, or VO-space). > 5. In the dialog window you'll be prompted to enter an approved e-mail > address. There's also a tip that you can add a partial address, such > as @yourcompany.com (that's the AT character followed by a domain name > for people reading these posts on the web site), to authorize multiple > senders. (if you have a personal domain set up for your family, this > could be a quick way to add them all at once, if you use that for > email.) Navigate (e.g, flick right) to the place for entering > addresses, which is announced as "multiline text field" on my iPad > Mini, and double tap or VO-space. > 6.Type in the email address you wish to add, and press return. (Note: > I noticed that the button in the dialog box used to "enter" the > address is only announced as "link image". I usually press the "Go" or > "Return" key on my keyboard to submit my results, so I didn't notice > this the first time I added an address. You can just navigate to > "link image" and activate it (double tap or VO-space) to add your > email address.) > > Your new email address should be added to the approved list, and you > should be able to check this on the page. > > If you added someone else's email address to the approved email list, > you will still have to tell them the personal email address that was > assigned to your Kindle app on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. > Remember that it will be different for each device. If you daughter > emails a text document to you using the address for your iPad, and not > for your iPhone, it will show up under the documents that have to be > downloaded from the cloud, and will not appear directly in the docs > that are on your device for your iPhone. > > Some countries don't support sending documents over a 3G connection > (called Whispersync). If yours doesn't, then you don't have to worry > about using 3G service to get your personal documents sent to your iOS > devices, and being charged for this. For example, I think that Canada > does not use the 3G service, but I'd have to check. If your country > does support syncing and sending your personal documents sent by email > over 3G, and this includes the U.S., then it seems that the only easy > way to ensure that your personal document are only sent over wi-fi > without charges, is to add "free" followed by a period separator to > the beginning of the Amazon domain of the email address. You can > probably find out if this applies to you by reading the Kindle help > documentation pages for your country's store. Note that you don't need > to change anything about the email address that shows up on your > device under the Settings screen of the Kindle app. Treat that as > information. You can create an entry in your Contacts associated with > that address > > I found the description of when you might get charged for Whispersync > 3G transfers to be fairly tortuous reading. The only sure ways to > avoid being charged seem to be by setting an upper limit of $0.00 for > the authorized per transfer charge on one of the Amazon pages for your > account, or using the "free" variant if the email address for your > device. Since I checked that sending attached documents to <your- > address> AT free.amazon.com worked as well as <your-address> AT > amazon.com (where <your-address> AT kindle.com is the email address > assigned to your Kindle app and device shown in the Kindle App's > "Settings" screen, this is what I am using. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On May 10, 7:14 am, "Alan Paganelli" <alanandsuza...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > I spent several hours trying to get that set up using the Kindle for > iPhone app. Every time I clicked on the link I'd wind up going around and > around and finally just gave up. Hopefully, Amazon will get it fixed. I was > trying to add my daughter's Kindle email address to the approved senders > list and never got it to work so if anybody manages to do it, I'd appreciate > it if you would share how you managed it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Esther > > To: VIPhone > > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 8:04 PM > > Subject: Kindle Personal Document Services > > > > Hello, > > > > Another feature of the Kindle app that I haven't seen discussed here > > is the Kindle Personal Document Services. You get up to 5GB of free > > personal document storage space in the cloud associated with your > > account, and bookmarks and annotations can be synced across your > > Kindle App on various devices. The Kindle Personal Document Service > > can deliver (and optionally convert to Kindle format) the following > > types of documents, which you can email to yourself as attachments > > using the unique "Send-to-Kindle Email Address" that was created for > > your account, and that is listed under you Settings: > > Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx) > > Rich Text Format (.rtf) > > HTML (.htm, .html) > > Text (.txt) documents > > Archived documents (zip , x-zip) and compressed archived documents > > Mobi book > > > > Adobe PDF (.pdf) can be converted to Kindle format and delivered on an > > experimental basis. While we have other apps that can read and manage > > many of these formats on iOS devices, this is another feature that can > > be explored. Given the favorable experience many users have reported > > of reading Braille in the Kindle app, this might be a desirable > > option. > > > > If you double tap the "Settings" button at the borrom right corner of > > your main Kindle app screen, you'll find a "Send-to-Kindle Email > > Address" that will be some user name, usually with a number appended, > > at kindle.com Emailed attachments that are sent that address will > > show up in your "Docs" Library, which is one of the libraries, along > > with "Books" and "Newsstand" that you can select for your device. > > However, since Amazon charges for additions to your Kindle or Kindle > > app that are sent over their 3G network ($.15 per megabyte in the > > U.S.), in order to make sure your documents are only synced over when > > Wi-Fi is available, to avoid these charges, change the email address > > listed in your Settings page to go to "free.amazon.com" instead of > > "amazon.com". For example, if the name associated with your iPhone > > Kindle app is "joey_555 at amazon.com" (where I'm spelling out the > > "at" in the email address, so this information is not blocked for > > people reading the list from the web site), email the attached > > document you want to appear in your "Docs" library as part of your > > Personal Document Services to "joey_555 at free.amazon.com". The > > first part of the email address is uniquely associated with your > > account and device. If you have an iPad with the Amazon Kindle app > > installed, it might have a slightly different "Send-to-Kindle Email > > Address" listed under the Settings, like "joey_1756 at amazon.com". > > > > Also, in order to prevent spam, only attachments that are emailed from > > addresses that you authorize will show up in your "Docs" library. > > This generally means that personal documents will only be accepted > > from the email you used to register your Kindle account. However, you > > can add other valid email accounts by logging into the "Manage Your > > Kindle" web page at: > > http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle > > and then activating the link for "Personal Document Settings" > > (Note, if you are using a Kindle Store in another country, change the > > URL prefix from "www.amazon.com" to the appropriate address, such as > > "www.amazon.co.uk" for the UK, "www.amazon.ca" for Canada, etc.) > > > > On the web page for "Personal Document Settings", navigate to the > > heading for "Approved Personal Document E-mail List" to read the list > > of approved email addresses. You can use the "Add a new approved e- > > mail address" link to add a different email. > > > > Helpful tips for personal document attachments: > > The file size of each attached personal document should be less than > > 50MB (before compression in a ZIP file) > > The email submitted should not contain more than 25 attached personal > > documents > > > > You do not need to include a subject line unless you wish to do so for > > your own records. The exception is if you want to "convert" your > > document to Kindle format. In this case you can type > > "convert" (without the quotes) as the subject for your email. The > > main reason for converting to Kindle format is to take advantage of > > the ability to highlight text and add notes. If you send a Word > > document as an attachment, it will show up in your Docs library, and > > your reading location and bookmarks can be synced across the Kindle > > app on various devices, assuming that you download the document from > > the "Cloud" onto your "device" in the other Kindle apps. However, you > > won't be able to highlight, make annotations, or use the dictionary > > for these other formats. > > > > The document appears fairly fast after your email -- within 2 minutes > > of my email when I was on a connected Wi-Fi network, even when I used > > the "convert" option. From the description on the Amazon support > > pages, personal documents usually show up in less than 5 minutes. > > However, I don't think that table of contents organization or > > navigation is supported unless you attached an eBook format, such as > > Mobi (Kindle-like format). > > > > There are other options (such as using 3G Whispersync at special > > rates), and downloading separate "Send to KIndle" applications for > > your computer, or using browser add-ons, but this is the simplest > > explanation I've found of using Personal Document Services in a way > > that is guaranteed to be free. > > > > HTH. 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