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Is it possible to pull the magazine app off this puppy to see if it will run on other tablets?
I have a Gtab and would love to give it a try.
Thanks!
The whole magazine implementation is pretty rough IMHO. For example, I cannot read eMagazine in either the Nook for PC application or any other version of Nook (iPad, Android phone).
I read somewhere in the official B&N forum that eMagazines are ONLY for the NookColor reader. But I haven't found anything official. It was just a random comment from another user.
I get a Download error 2801 when I try to read then in Nook for PC. I can see them in the application, but I just can't open them.
I know this is not an answer to your question Frankie Gaspacho, but it seem the right place to voice it.
I wanted to use the Kindle app on my Touch (heresy, I know), and it works well.... except for a single issue.
I can't search a book. Using the search utility on the Kindle app brings up nothing. No problems searching in Aldiko or the B&N native reader. Just wondering if I'm missing something blatantly obvious or if it's hosed to begin with.
I can confirm the issue, searching in a book doesn't return any results. :-(
cceerrtt:
I was sooooooooooooo hoping it was just me. Without the ability to search for passages, I can't use it.
No worries. Quite a few other readers.
Thanks again for the reply.
Here's a question for everyone, too: is it possible to run the native Kindle Fire application on the Nook?
There are a lot of free titles available on Kindle that are not available on Nook. Heresy is appreciated when it is practical
I am also having the search problem. I tried updating the Kindle app through Google Market, but it won't update. The latest version in the market is 3.3.2. When I uninstall the Kindle app and reinstall through the market, it seems to install version 3.2.0.35. Has anyone been able to install 3.3.2?
So apparently the latest version 3.3+ you need to have android 2.2 or higher. Since the nook is only 2.1 the latest version you can install is 3.2
I have not tried searching but it seems that scrolling through larger titles (newspapers etc) with articles does not work. It is hard to say exactly how it should work but turning pages using a right to left swipe works perfectly fine. Scrolling through a vertical list of articles using a up to down swipe does not work at all. This makes newpapers really difficult to read on the nook since you have to many skip through each article.
Dictionaries seem to work the same as anywhere else which for foreign language reading is fantastic
Is there any way to get the hardware pageturn buttons to work in kindle.apk?
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Is there any way to get the hardware pageturn buttons to work in kindle.apk?
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Similar questions came up recently in two other threads. Paraphrased answers from these threads: You could either modify the key mappings statically in /system/usr/keylayout/TWL4030_Keypad.kl and reboot. Or, for dynamic app-dependent button mappings, you could attempt porting Buttonmap over from the PRS-T1.
When the HD comes out, could somebody rip the Amazon Instant Video app apk and post it on xda?
The reason: Old app only works on Gingerbread. The new one should work on ICS and JB because the new Kindle Fire's OS is based on ICS.
Was just about to post a thread over here, we has one going on the old KF forums. ES File Explorer is on the Amazon market and should be able to read the /system/app directory without root. Really hoping this apk works on other ICS/JB devices.
An update bin file was posted and I grabbed the apk file from that. So far no luck, it FCs on my Touchpad with CM9. I tried installing as a regular app making sure Voodoo had me unrooted. I also tried as a system apk and rebooted, still FCs. It refuses to install on GB so I imagine its using API Level 15.
Hopefully it just needs another apk installed, Ill play around with it and see if I can get it working.
EDIT: I installed aLogcat to see if I could narrow down what is causing the FC. Its looking for the class "amazon.unifiedsettings.UnifiedSettingsHelper" which doesn't exist. Later in the log the FC is caused by a fatal exception with the class "amazon/unifiedsettings/UnidifedSettingsHelper" not being found. Is this a lib file or a system apk it wants?
EDIT2: I gave up on it for now. I tried some lib files, tried installing as many apks as I could (didn't try replacing system apks). It still FCs with the same error log and I can't find any files that reference unified settings. I also downloaded the Kindle Fire 2 update file (the updated original fire) and its using the same APK. LCD Density for the HD is 240 and 160 for the regular Fire 2. I use 160 on my Touchpad so that shouldn't be the issue.
How does one get apks out of Amazon's .bins?
com.amazon.dcp.apk
MyAccount-unsigned.apk
AccountAndSyncSettings.apk
These are the three extra apks (in addition to video apk itself) I needed to get it running on my Nook Tablet back in the day. I noticed back then that it seemed to work a little different for everyone. Some folks didn't need any of those while others of us experienced all manner of crashing without some of them. Sadly, one also forced my NT to appear as a KF in the Amazon app store, which made some of my purchased apps incompatible. Caveat emptor.
Would love to see those posted though if someone gets around to it. Would also love to see Amazon get their rear in gear and release a prime streaming app for android that didn't require all the fuss.
The bin files open for me in WinRAR, I think they are just zip files. AccountAndSyncSettings.apk is gone from the new Kindle Fires, the other two files are still there. I remember using those 3 files before allowed you to add an Amazon account and then open the app and you would already be logged in. With the new 2 files, it FCs in settings when I try to add an Amazon account. I didn't try using the old GB apks, it may be worth a try as they allowed an Amazon account to be added even on ICS.
I'll upload them, there is only 2 now, because you may have a different outcome than me on a different device.
No luck on a simple side load to an Acer A700 or an Acer A100 both stock and unrooted running ICS. I am reluctant to try the other apk's because I also had my a100 appear as a kindle fire and had to restore it to get use of my apps that were not kindle compatible.
I was messing around on my Touchpad with CWM so I always have the option to restore a nandroid if I were to screw something up. But I played around with it a lot this morning and didn't do any damage, everything was FCing.
No luck on Nexus 7. Tried after installing all three apk.
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I too am looking to stream amazon on my cm9_tp but did not see anyone mention the fact it works perfectly on WebOs.
rfauconn said:
I too am looking to stream amazon on my cm9_tp but did not see anyone mention the fact it works perfectly on WebOs.
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I will work through a flash capable browser with a desktop user agent in Android as well, but its not optimized very well for mobile devices. The app is much nicer when it works. At this point we may be better off trying to get the GB version working in ICS since it will at least open and let you browse.
In addition to a better UI in the app, I've also experienced intermittent, albeit minor, audio sync issues with mobile flash that I never had in the app. I hate that.
can someone with a kindle fire hd open up the app and then post the log? Wouldn't we be able to see where the unifiedsettingshelper file was with the log of it opening successfully?
Any update on this?
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We need a Fire HD user or somebody with more knowledge of how things work to figure out where we can get "amazon.unifiedsettings.UnifiedSettingsHelper" from. This is the missing service it crashes on. I can't find any lib files or apks from the ROM that fix this issue. Also even if we get past this crash error another one may appear. At this point I'm thinking we may be better off trying to get the old GB app working since it seems to have fewer issues. It allows you to open and browse to videos on ICS, also allows you to add your Amazon account to the device, but crashes when you go to play a video. Its having a database issue according to the crash log posted over in the GB thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31633773&postcount=193
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We need a Fire HD user or somebody with more knowledge of how things work to figure out where we can get "amazon.unifiedsettings.UnifiedSettingsHelper" from. This is the missing service it crashes on. I can't find any lib files or apks from the ROM that fix this issue. Also even if we get past this crash error another one may appear. At this point I'm thinking we may be better off trying to get the old GB app working since it seems to have fewer issues. It allows you to open and browse to videos on ICS, also allows you to add your Amazon account to the device, but crashes when you go to play a video. Its having a database issue according to the crash log posted over in the GB thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31633773&postcount=193
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could amazon.unifiedsettings.UnifiedSettingsHelper be part of one of the odex files in system/app ?
It will be fantastic once this can be resolved. I hate that they are allowing this on iOS but not on other android devices.
Yes, it is absurd that iPad has access and general android devices are SOL. We purchased our content...and can't watch it reliably (app access). I would encourage everyone to let amazon know this is unacceptable - and I'm hopeful the good people here find a fix for us in the mean time.
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Yes, it is absurd that iPad has access and general android devices are SOL. We purchased our content...and can't watch it reliably (app access). I would encourage everyone to let amazon know this is unacceptable - and I'm hopeful the good people here find a fix for us in the mean time.
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I tried giving Amazon some feedback on supporting other Android devices - they didn't seem to care much. I guess they want to sell more Fires, but if they're selling them at a loss wouldn't they make more profit by supporting their app on other devices?
Our how about, I purchased my kindle to read, purchased a tablet before the fire was a gleam in their eye.
I purchase video content and have limited access to it, so i won't purchase future content with amazon as a result.
No I won't buy a fire and I am encouraged to buy my future content through Google play on top of that!
Loss, loss, and more loss for Amazon. Doesn't make sense.
Sorry for side tracking the thread, I will end the QQ
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I would encourage everyone to let amazon know this is unacceptable - and I'm hopeful the good people here find a fix for us in the mean time.
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Yup. Of course they aren't going to listen to any one complaint, but Amazon is a pretty responsive company on the whole. Squeak enough and they'll grease the wheels. There's no indication they want to make this fire-only, given how many other devices its on, it's just a question of priority. You can bet the apple people whined more than the android people, so if you want them to get it in gear get on their contact page and make the request. I've done it repeatedly, but we need more people to get noticed.
This was something I am making because despite the answer being out there I had to piece it all together from different sources and people recommending seriously good E-Readers but never really what i was looking for...Being able to use the Kindle App with PDF-MOBI-EPUB. In the end i eventually got it to work so i thought i'd contribute - hopefully it helps someone out. Long process at first but once you get it down you'll have a nice OCD-style Kindle Page on the N7.
How to Convert, Load, and enjoy all your DRM_free pdf-mobi-epub(-etc,etc.) with Kindle App
I am running a stock rom unlocked/rooted. See below for the extra info i have in the Screenshot.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
So i have (x) format book.(epub azw3, mobi,) and i want to see it on the Nexus 7 - Kindle App. I want metadata, coverart, etc.
Here is how i got it to work.
First i downloaded Calibre
http://calibre-ebook.com/download
Install your OS-based software.
Step 1:
Plug in the Nexus 7 before you open the Calibre Program
Step 2:
This is your library - this is where you Drap & Drop whatever format your book is in.
Step 3:
This is on your device. This shows you what is present already on the Nexus. (basically just to double check or erase duplicates)
Step 4:
Clean up the metadata. Calibre is pretty good with this. If you have the title and the author.(which you can find on Amazon) it should be pretty straight forward. Unless your book is from some far-off land.
Step 5:
This is where you fix all the metadata. DO the title and author. Then down at the bottom Hit the, "Download Metadata" button.
Step 6:
Calibre will find something that looks like this. Has a short summary and the "typed" metadata stuff including the cover art.
Step 7:
Now it's time to convert the book to the proper format. *.mobi.
Step 8:
This is where you need to make sure that the OUTPUT format says .mobi
Step 9:
On the left hand side there is a tab for MOBI Output. Click that. Right in the middle it has a box called Personal Doc tag: Change that to [EBOK] this is so you can email it to your @kindle account.(If you need to for whatever reason this USB trick doesn't work)
Step 10:
Watch it convert
Step 11:
Now here is where you steal the files back from Calibre to put on your Nexus 7. Finally right. You need to left-click>save to disk>save single format to disk...
Step 12:
Select .mobi format
Step 13:
Chose a directory. I always did Desktop. easiest to find and fastest transfer
Step 14:
Should generate a nice file structure. All you need is the 3 files down in the folder
Step 15:
Transfer to Nexus 7. [Nexus 7>internal storage>Kindle> Go ahead just throw them in there. Calibre has made them all the same name except for the file extensions of those 3 files.
Unplug Nexus from CPU.
Power down Nexus
Turn Back on
Open kindle app. Viola. Should be there. If cover art doesn't show up at first open the book. Exit. Should reload it.
Hope this helps.
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Fantastic guide.. Thanks for taking out the time for this.... I guess there ain't too many out there who still love reading
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Thanks Burlyirishdude,it works perfectly.
The Calibre software forum is at http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166. The author of the software makes frequent postings.
There is also an app Calibre Connection http://www.multipie.co.uk/calibre-companion/ that creates a wireless connection with Calibre to make the transfer of ebooks simple
Yes but the point was to bring the whole process of [x format] into [kindle-able] format with proper metadata, cover-art, etc. Rather than doing what you suggest(scouring forums) or I did(scour forums)...I figured I'd give the trial and error step-by-step that worked for me.
However I will say that there are a lot of alternative e-readers out there. Some with better formatting, better organization, etc, etc. Like BMW and Mercedes....different strokes for different folks. The holy grail though is still to be able to side-load, upload, load in general, properly formatted books into Google Play books, but they are a completely different animal. "it's all for that damn-slick page peel"
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Awesome guide. I'll probably be doing this eventually. I've got a nitpick about it though. When you say "Unplug from CPU", you should be saying "Unplug from your computer". CPU is the Central Processing Unit, meaning the brain of your computer.
Thanks for guide but library thing is useless for me. With root explorer I click on open with -> Kindle. PDF, epub etc work perfect
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Yes CPU does mean Central Processing Unit. It was meant to be shorthand for computer....colloquially speaking it's an acceptable abbreviation for computer.
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first of all, thank you very much for the guide, really usefull...
however i've got some questions...
i'm using a sony tablet s and i love the kindle app, fast simple and not too heavy, the question is, do i really have to download the metadata at caliber?, i have got a collection of about 100 ebooks already with the mobi format and it has taken me a couple days download the cover and edit the info at the metadata (some books are part of series and have sequential order like hyperion cantos or foundation series), and i dont want to loose the hard work replacing it with the metadata calibre downloads.
anyway thanks again and i hope you can respond
Thanks for this. I just drag and drop the mobi files I want into my "Kindle" folder and that seems to do the job.. but editing the tags will be nice indeed.
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Thanks for this. I just drag and drop the mobi files I want into my "Kindle" folder and that seems to do the job.. but editing the tags will be nice indeed.
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It's possible, i have just did, Calibre is quite a dyanamic program, just follow the guide and in the part about metadata skip and edit at you own, it works great if you've got lots of books from the same author
Thanks for the tutorial
Worked great on Nexus 7:good::angel:
Thanks for the tutorial. Aldiko is another ebook reader as well
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first of all, thank you very much for the guide, really usefull...
however i've got some questions...
i'm using a sony tablet s and i love the kindle app, fast simple and not too heavy, the question is, do i really have to download the metadata at caliber?, i have got a collection of about 100 ebooks already with the mobi format and it has taken me a couple days download the cover and edit the info at the metadata (some books are part of series and have sequential order like hyperion cantos or foundation series), and i dont want to loose the hard work replacing it with the metadata calibre downloads.
anyway thanks again and i hope you can respond
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Hmmm.. That's a really good question. I haven't done any, "series," or, "part [i,ii,iii]" I would say that in the step where you bring up the metadata DON'T download any new metadata(especially if you painstakingly went through yourself and did it) Tread carefully and find the pieces you want to update, then push out the *.Mobi with the new data you've added. I think you'll be ok as long as you don't connect to the Calibre or Amazon servers "requesting" new metadata. I know sometimes the Coverart that is recommended is really really small 150x150, 225x136 etc. and sometimes you can just do an Image search on google and find a nice HQ one right at the top. I know there's a way to import that Coverart to use and not download a new crap low quality, pixelated version.
So long-story short, no you don't have to download metadata from Calibre. In fact if you have the 3 files needed(shown in one of the last images on pg.1) you should essentially be able to drag and drop those into the N7>Kindle folder. Reboot. And they should load.
::EDIT:: Just realized you said Sony Reader. Not sure how the file Structure is on the Sony but essentially the process of getting [X format--->Kindle Format] should follow suit for the sony. I'm assuming the Kindle app/program/api/apk/exe/etc for the Sony Reader follows the same standards and guidelines for importing nicely tagged/bagged books in Kindle on Sony Reader.
This whole process was to show any format could be drilled down, cleaned up, loaded up, and look pimp-pressed-and-proper on the N7 Kindle App.
Hope this helped. Sorry if this was a late response. :good:
im still having problems with this, the files are in the right format and im geting this:
"the file type is not supported on this device, if it is a media file, you may be able to use windows media player to convert the file to a playable type prior to transfer"
any reason for this? im putting the JPEG, MOBI, and OPF file directly into the kindle folder.
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im still having problems with this, the files are in the right format and im geting this:
"the file type is not supported on this device, if it is a media file, you may be able to use windows media player to convert the file to a playable type prior to transfer"
any reason for this? im putting the JPEG, MOBI, and OPF file directly into the kindle folder.
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Off the top of my head i can only think that maybe in the, "output," of the e-book there was something missing. Make sure in that output you have it set to [EBOK] Let me know what you find.
Also where is it giving you that dialoge box saying "the file type is not supported on this device."? Is it when trying to transfer? Are you transferring straight from Calibre or from Windows Explorer and/or OSX Finder? Or is this error message coming up on the N7?
-BiD
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Off the top of my head i can only think that maybe in the, "output," of the e-book there was something missing. Make sure in that output you have it set to [EBOK] Let me know what you find.
Also where is it giving you that dialoge box saying "the file type is not supported on this device."? Is it when trying to transfer? Are you transferring straight from Calibre or from Windows Explorer and/or OSX Finder? Or is this error message coming up on the N7?
-BiD
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yeah I did the output just right
im transferring from windows explorer, I go to my computer click on my nexus 7 and drag the files into the kindle folder. I don't know why this is happening and have seen 1 or 2 other people on other forums get the same result. I don't have enough post but if you type in "problem getting epub files on nexus 7" on google, there is a thread with someone on another forum saying they can't get epub or mobi files on their tablet aswell. The only file its taking is the JPEG. I cant post a screen shot right now though since I don't have enough post.
*edit* I don't know if this has anything to do with it but on the calibre program my nexus 7 isn't popping up on device.
also, on your screenshot you transferred your files from [Nexus 7>internal storage>Kindle] while on mine I don't have a internal storage folder and it gos from Nexus 7 straight to Kindle
illegalamigo said:
im still having problems with this, the files are in the right format and im geting this:
"the file type is not supported on this device, if it is a media file, you may be able to use windows media player to convert the file to a playable type prior to transfer"
any reason for this? im putting the JPEG, MOBI, and OPF file directly into the kindle folder.
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dumb question, but are you using separate directories for each book? If not you're overwriting files. Also, with the Nook app/readers if you have a strange character in your filename you will sometimes receive errors that prevent the opening of the book. Filenames on the nook containing the "#" sign result in errors. Your error could be something similar.
Ideally, and this is just me, under the Kindle(Nook) app you should have a directory for your sideloaded books and inside that directory you should have a separate directory for each and every book that you have loaded.
You can also email the books to your Amazon account from within Calibre itself then books will show off in Kindle app under archive. This way you can turn on whisper sync and then read books on many different devices and it sync the process for you.
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dumb question, but are you using separate directories for each book? If not you're overwriting files. Also, with the Nook app/readers if you have a strange character in your filename you will sometimes receive errors that prevent the opening of the book. Filenames on the nook containing the "#" sign result in errors. Your error could be something similar.
Ideally, and this is just me, under the Kindle(Nook) app you should have a directory for your sideloaded books and inside that directory you should have a separate directory for each and every book that you have loaded.
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nope everything is right, and now im even more confused.
I do not have an internal storage folder when I connect via usb cable to my pc. I tried rebooting it and it still doesn't appear.
Also when im on calibre my nexus 7 device does not show up
Ok. the topic title was a little confusing even for me. I appoligize. I have a brand new kindle fire hd 8.9. Rooted it yesterday with a few hitches but those were mostly due to my own silly mistakes. Regardless, i got it up and running but have ran into a sort of problem. The way to access books, by how I know it, is though Kindle Home 'app'. Which takes me to the original screen with the carousel and everything. But that seems like a really round about way to access everything. Is there a way/app/etc to choose specific books to simply add to the main screen? (I'm using GO HD, but have been checking both to see which I prefer) It just seems a bit silly to need to go through hoops rather then be able to add 'Books, Docs, etc' as seperate things on the main screen. Or even just add a specific book itself. I was asking simply cause it makes it easier/faster to access textbooks like this.
If its impossible thats fine too, but I'm new to this all and can't seem to find anything of this sort. Hope its not too dumb a question.
There isn't an application in KFHD to go directly to Books, but curiously there is a Documents path. I think it is because the DRM(protection) that almost all Amazon books have. You can convert your own books to Movi with a PC or Linux program called Calibre(whisper: "even unprotect them")) to make them visible in the Book shelf.
But if you want them to be more accessible and better reading, you can go to Cool Reader, an app that lets you configure all aspects of a book presentation, much better than Kindle. Inside Cool Reader there is a directory browser to find the books wherever they are, The worse is that it can't read DRM protected books, but I've whispered you the program to jump that fence(search google "how to remove DRM from Amazon". You have the right to do it if you have paid money for the book....But not all countries allow that.
How to setup books and pdf documents on the Kindle Desktop
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Ok. the topic title was a little confusing even for me. I appoligize. I have a brand new kindle fire hd 8.9. Rooted it yesterday with a few hitches but those were mostly due to my own silly mistakes. Regardless, i got it up and running but have ran into a sort of problem. The way to access books, by how I know it, is though Kindle Home 'app'. Which takes me to the original screen with the carousel and everything. But that seems like a really round about way to access everything. Is there a way/app/etc to choose specific books to simply add to the main screen? (I'm using GO HD, but have been checking both to see which I prefer) It just seems a bit silly to need to go through hoops rather then be able to add 'Books, Docs, etc' as seperate things on the main screen. Or even just add a specific book itself. I was asking simply cause it makes it easier/faster to access textbooks like this.
If its impossible thats fine too, but I'm new to this all and can't seem to find anything of this sort. Hope its not too dumb a question.
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unspunreality,
Absolutely, you can view just about any document on the Kindle. If I understand you correctly, you would like to have direct access to books from your main desktop, is that correct? Kind of like a Windows or Linux desktop where you are able to place documents and shortcuts to documents directly on the desktop.
If you are looking for software, the following are what we consider the top 5 document readers for the Kindle Fire HD Series:
1. Google Docs
2. Quickoffice Pro
3. Olive Office Premium
4. Camscanner - PDF Creator
5. Openoffice Document Reader
The original Kindle Carousel stores the history of open documents through the carousel which are stored in the order of last opened.
The after market launchers allow you to place anything on the main desktop by long pressing the document and then moving to the desktop.
You are also able to create what are called 'containers' on the desktop, these are really just folders created on the desktop. You can download and install a File Manager like ES File Explorer or Root Explorer which both allow you to create symbolic links or 'shortcuts' from within the application.
Finally, you can also install the Dropbox or Google Drive application on your Kindle and on your office PC, then create shortcuts to the document folders on each network drive - this option allows seamless integration between your Kindle desktop and your office/home PC desktop.
Does this answer your question or did I misunderstand your question?
My favorite reader is ebookdroid. If you go in an tweak the performance settings to use all your cores and prerender pages it is significantly quicker than any other reader I've tried. Plus It'll scan directories and add them to your shelf.
unspunreality said:
Ok. the topic title was a little confusing even for me. I appoligize. I have a brand new kindle fire hd 8.9. Rooted it yesterday with a few hitches but those were mostly due to my own silly mistakes. Regardless, i got it up and running but have ran into a sort of problem. The way to access books, by how I know it, is though Kindle Home 'app'. Which takes me to the original screen with the carousel and everything. But that seems like a really round about way to access everything. Is there a way/app/etc to choose specific books to simply add to the main screen? (I'm using GO HD, but have been checking both to see which I prefer) It just seems a bit silly to need to go through hoops rather then be able to add 'Books, Docs, etc' as seperate things on the main screen. Or even just add a specific book itself. I was asking simply cause it makes it easier/faster to access textbooks like this.
If its impossible thats fine too, but I'm new to this all and can't seem to find anything of this sort. Hope its not too dumb a question.
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You can shortcut to documents using a FM app like Astro. You can also use this to create shortcuts to books as well if you have root access, i think.
Something ive noticed is that if you open a book in the sdcard/books folder using es explorer and choose the kindle app, the kindle app will open fine. If you do this once when you first boot, suddenly the kindle app opens from the app drawer when you try it. Ive only tested this using Nova Launcher Prime but it should work in other launchers. Now all we need to do is create a script that opens and closes a book during boot, this should then allow the kindle books app to be accessed from any launcher instead of using the current approach of going through the 'Home' Launcher.
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Ways to access books/pdfs outside of Kindle? - Kindle Feature Request
Katalystik said:
Something ive noticed is that if you open a book in the sdcard/books folder using es explorer and choose the kindle app, the kindle app will open fine. If you do this once when you first boot, suddenly the kindle app opens from the app drawer when you try it. Ive only tested this using Nova Launcher Prime but it should work in other launchers. Now all we need to do is create a script that opens and closes a book during boot, this should then allow the kindle books app to be accessed from any launcher instead of using the current approach of going through the 'Home' Launcher.
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Katalystik,
We have been looking around for people who can recommend features and you just gave us a great idea for our software. Are you interested in a Startup Manger? We could integarte this feature into our software Kindle Fire First Aide. What I mean by a Startup Manger is an program that would allow you to setup a scenario that would in turn design a script and insert it to the proper location. So, it would work like this, on Monday Wednesday and Friday open a book named "Upon Awakening" or open the book after 8am if the tablet has been left on. Is this the idea you had in mind? This would be very easy a very easy program to write.
Any other ideas or features you would like to see on the Kindle?
Katalystik:
Your approach returns to the last book open, it not lets you to search from there in the book shelf (the Books application). Even so it is a good trick, but appropriate only for a single owner, not for the Kindle shared with the whole family, each with their own book to read ...
There is not need to open the book from ES Explorer nor resetting the Kindle, only open a book from the Books application and press house. Press the "Amazon Kindle" icon and then you are back.
This happens because if you press the house button the app(any app) then waits silently in the background. On the other side, if you press back it obviously returns to the program you were coming. But programs left open in the background consume memory and resources...
Amazon has provided short cuts for all the free aspects of the Kindle, but not for the book shelf, that is not simply a folder. If you copy a DRM book to the Documents folder it don't work. And there Amazon knows good who are his enemies: epubs.
Correction: If you open a DRM book (prc) or mobi from other folder than Books with ES Explorer, it works fine with Kindle app.
I've learned the proper way to go directly to read a particular book! My launcher is ADW but I think it can serve for others.
It is simple and always has been there: In ES Explorer put your finger on the file you want and keep it until it opens a long list of options. Slide it down and find "short-cut" and press on it.
Then, when you return to the main screen of your launcher you'll notice a new icon. press it and select the application that will open, but do not forget to mark the square to open it always with the same program.
Then you can create a folder to put them all in, but that step is different for each launcher and you have to investigate it.
Thanks for the replies. Havent been around. Got class now but with all these options Im certain Ill find something nice to use. Using the kindle books app felt so.. ugh, wrong and backwards. Im glad to be told that I have a lot more options now though.
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I use Mantano Reader ! It works great for epub and pdf files!:thumbup:
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I use Moon+ Reader Pro. Within your bookshelf it will allow you to send a shortcut to the desktop. I actually have my book on my dock. I click it and it opens straight to Moon+ ready to read.
Here i made a guide for this and it works great. Heres the thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2146269
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