08-26-2017, 05:23 PM | #1 |
Thistle Sifter
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Kindle Fire eBooks and Documents
When I had a Kindle Voyager, I finally figured this out. Now it seems the rules are different for a Kindle Fire??
I have ebooks on the Fire but in my Amazon Digital Contents page, they show as .docs, and are not showing up under Books. Why is Amazon showing a format other than what I actually have? If the ebook is in a .mobi format, I thought it was supposed to show up in Amazon under Books. That's how it worked with the Voyager. |
08-26-2017, 05:43 PM | #2 | |
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Anything you send to the fire will show up in the docs tab. It does not necessarily have a .doc. I have sent PDF to a fire. They show up in Docs. I have sent mobi, it shows up in docs. It does not have a .doc. A fire is not an ereader. A fire is a tablet with the kindle app. Your fire cannot and will not act like an ereader. Oh by the way, I shall attempt to get this moved to the proper forum. |
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08-26-2017, 05:57 PM | #3 |
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Moved to the Amazon Fire Forum.
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08-27-2017, 12:26 PM | #4 |
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Thanks for the helpful response. I may return the Fire, since I already have an iPad. I want an ereader, not another tablet that features I don't need.
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08-27-2017, 12:32 PM | #5 | |
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Unless you do many graphic books. My old fire I use for cookbooks. For straight reading, give me anything else. |
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