Hi, OK I must have misunderstood then from your original post. I think in that case you cannot get it. If the Kindle book is imported into the Kindle app in such a way to be a cloud-based book only, there might not be a way to retrieve it this way and save it locally to the device. I think I saw somewhere on Amazon's site that some books were cloud books only, but please someone else, correct me if I'm way off base here. I also don't have the specific area I saw this in. For example, earlier I was in the Kindle book store and saw many books one could purchase and they had the wireless transfer information there and even had my iPhone listed as a device they could send it to. Maybe these books are to the device only and for local storage in the app without being available to save locally. I may have to dig around more for this. I'm also an Amazon Prime member and part of Prime membership means you get one free loaned Kindle book per month. If its loaned to you I imagine that you won't be able to download it locally.

I hope this helps.

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On 5/3/2013 4:43 PM, Neal Ewers wrote:
Raul. Once again, marvelous answer. But how can I do this if the Kindle tree
view is empty? I know the book is on my device, but when I follow the
instructions you and others give, it does not appear in the tree view of
Kindle books on my device. What now?

Neal



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To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How do I keep a permanent copy of the books I download to the
iPhone

Hi Neal and others. In the Kindle transfer specifically, when you arrow to
the entry and then tab once to the add button you are presented with a file
name edit box. This is like the typical file open selection of Windows.
After you upload the file it will show up in the device section of the
Kindle app. Now since your question is on downloading, what you do in this
case is tab once past the add button and there is a save as button. Press
this and the file you are selected on will save to your last used folder.
Again, the typical Windows file selection dialog will open with the file
name already filled in for you. Press enter to accept the name and location
and it will be in the folder you last used. If you want to change the
folder,k press shift-tab twice when you are in this file name selection
dialog box and you will be in the folder it is going to save to. Press
backspace here to go to the parent folder and if you need to, again until
you eventually navigate to the desktop. Again, this is the same type of safe
as dialog that is found in other windows programs. Once you choose, my
documents for example, press tab twice again to reach the edit box with the
file name and it should still be there, provided you didn't accidentally
change it by selecting an existing file during your folder change trek. Now
press enter and the file will save to the location you chose. The next time
you do this, the same folder will be used. it sounds complicated, but it's
not too bad once you do this. Oh, and earlier i mentioned pressing shift-tab
twice from the file name edit box to reach the list of files in the folder.
This is true for windows vista and 7 users, but if using xp, then shift-tab
is only pressed once. This is because of that extra sorting control ms uses
when you are in an explorer window. I hope this makes sense and that I
didn't complicate it further.

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On 5/3/2013 2:47 PM, Neal Ewers wrote:
David, For someone who does not use windows any more, those were very
good instructions. There is only one problem, Even though my device
says the book is downloaded, the tree view for Kindle which I arrived
at by following your instructions is blank. Interesting in that other
apps have items in the tree view, but not Kindle. So, you have gotten
me to the right place,. I think, perhaps, the Kindle app is doing
something strange here. I'm not asking you to tell me what is going
on. You have answered my question. But it is most curious.

Neal

*From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
Behalf Of *David Chittenden
*Sent:* Friday, May 03, 2013 2:27 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: How do I keep a permanent copy of the books I download
to the iPhone

I no longer use Windows, having transferred to the Mac in 2011. On the
Mac, the process is slightly different. As it has been a couple years,
I cannot provide exact instructions for Windows iTunes.

When you are in the main list, you down-arrow to the iPhone selection.
Press tab to get to a series of radial buttons. Each radial button is
for a different aspect of your iDevice. Since you want to move books
from an app on your iDevice to your computer, you need to select the
apps radial button by pressing either space or enter on it (I think).
You then tab to the information area. Tab through the columns until
you find the table which says something about transferring information
between certain apps and your computer. Find the app that has the
information you desire in the table. With the app highlighted, tab to
the button that tells iTunes to show the information in the app. Find
the information (book in this case) that you want to transfer to your
computer and find the information you select to tell Windows where to
save the book.

David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA

Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

Mobile: +64 21 2288 288

Sent from my iPhone


On 04/05/2013, at 4:01, "Neal Ewers" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

     Hi David you said. "When syncing your iPhone with iTunes, go into
     the apps radial button. You will find a list of apps which let you
     exchange files. You can transfer books to and from the specific app
     to anywhere on your computer using this function."

     I'm sorry, I can't get there with these instructions. I can find the
     list of apps, but I have no clue how to transfer them other than by
     syncing the phone and iTunes. Is this what you meant? If not, could
     you elaborate please?

     Thanks.

     Neal

     *From:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
     [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David Chittenden
     *Sent:* Thursday, May 02, 2013 5:14 PM
     *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
     *Subject:* Re: How do I keep a permanent copy of the books I
     download to the iPhone

     When syncing your iPhone with iTunes, go into the apps radial
     button. You will find a list of apps which let you exchange files.
     You can transfer books to and from the specific app to anywhere on
     your computer using this function.

     David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA

     Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

     Mobile: +64 21 2288 288

     Sent from my iPhone


     On 03/05/2013, at 3:48, "Neal Ewers" <[email protected]
     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

         Hi, If I download a book directly to my iPhone, is there any way
         I can keep it permanently. If I delete if from the phone, it
         will likely delete it from iTunes assuming I have synced it. Am
         I better off downloading books directly to my computer where I
         can place the ones I have read in a particular folder? Or, are
         there other ways to make sure I have a permanent copy of the
         book? Example, is there a place in iTunes where the book is
         stored such that I could make a copy of it?

         Thanks much.

         Neal

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