After further reading I discovered that "I currently have no devices registered that support transferring via USB."
So I cannot get the .mobi to my desktop or to my kindle app. But thanks for helping. Harry On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:28 AM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Oct 7, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > >> I borrowed a kindle ebook from the library. However the publisher will only >> allow downloads via usb. Amazon kindle support cannot tell me how to >> download the book via usb to the kindle app on my 1st generation ipad. Can >> anyone help me??? > > > I don’t know how the library lends Amazon books, but I've installed many > books on the Kindle app on my iPad. > > Amazon uses their own format for books with a "mobi" extension. If you have > one of these files, here's how to copy it into the Kindle app on your iPad. > > Run iTunes. > > Plug in your iPad and wait for it to appear as a device in iTunes. > > Click on your iPad and then on the Apps tab within your iPad settings > window—not the main Apps tab in iTunes. > > Scroll all the way to the bottom of the Apps window to see a list of all the > Apps on your iPad to which you can add media. > > Choose the Kindle app from the list and drag the mobi file into the list of > files in the box associated with the Kindle app. > > Sync your iPad. > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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