Hi, Chris. It turns out you need to tell kindle document services which email addresses are allowed to send documents. I had never added my address. Now that I have added my address I should be able to send documents from that address. Thanks.
Sent from my iPhone On May 22, 2013, at 12:11 PM, Chris H <[email protected]> wrote: > It's probably because it's going to your wife's Kindle address and she hasn't > registered an iOS device to use Kindle or the Kindle Personal Documents > service. > > > Chris > E-mail and Facebook: > [email protected] > Skype: > chrishallsworth7266 > Twitter: > http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh40 > Find my blog at > challsworth2.wordpress.com > > On 22/05/2013 19:58, Paul Henrichsen wrote: >> Hi, Chris. It doesn't seem to work for me. Is convert written in all caps or >> with the first letter capitalize? I tried sending a text file with convert >> written in lower case in the subject and with the text file attached. It >> never showed up. >> I have to use my wife's kindle address as she is the one who has the amazon >> and audible accounts tied together in her name. >> Any ideas why this isn't working for me? >> >> On May 15, 2013, at 9:22 AM, Chris H <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello all >>> I tried the Kindle Personal Documents service and it works fine at my end. >>> I attached a text document in an e-mail sent to my personal Kindle address, >>> placed convert, written as is, in the subject, and in a few minutes got it >>> downloaded to my device. Although now deleted it's still in the cloud. How >>> cool is that! >>> >>> >>> >>> Chris >>> E-mail and Facebook: >>> [email protected] >>> Skype: >>> chrishallsworth7266 >>> Twitter: >>> http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh40 >>> Find my blog at >>> challsworth2.wordpress.com >>> >>> On 15/05/2013 13:59, Scott Davert wrote: >>>> Hi Esther. >>>> I was able to get documents to finally sync to my Kindle account, bhut >>>> the few I setn to be converted with "convert" as the subject heading >>>> never came through. I think they somehow were lost in cyberspace. It >>>> is just the word "convert" without quotes, correct? >>>> Thank you for helping people on list with this, I love the Kindle app, >>>> especially as a braille user. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> On 5/14/13, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hi Scott, >>>>> >>>>> My mailed documents took about 2 minutes to show up in the Kindle app, >>>>> except for one that I tried to convert that was an invalid document >>>>> type. In that case, when I checked my email, there was a notice that >>>>> the conversion had failed. >>>>> >>>>> The documents show up in your "Docs" library, so they'll be displayed >>>>> if the screen heading is "All Items" or "Docs" on your Kindle home >>>>> page. You can switch libraries by double tapping the button for the >>>>> library, which is the first item on your library screen -- at the top >>>>> center of the screen, just below the time on the status menu bar. If >>>>> you add documents, or if you decide to use the "Newsstand" to >>>>> subscribe to magazines or journals, you'll probably find it more >>>>> convenient to navigate to separate libraries on your device, instead >>>>> of having everything mixed together. Either touch the button for your >>>>> library in the heading area at the top center of the screen, or >>>>> navigate there with a four finger tap in the top half of the screen, >>>>> and then double tap. On the "Libraries" screen you can flick through >>>>> the list ("All Items", "Books", "Newsstand", or "Docs") and double tap >>>>> to select. You can also use the search option from this screen to >>>>> find books or documents. When I tested sending documents for the first >>>>> time, I switched my selected library to "Docs". The top of the "Docs" >>>>> library screen also lists your personal Kindle email address >>>>> associated with this device at the top of the screen. VoiceOver says >>>>> "send documents to <user id> AT kindle.com". If you want to force the >>>>> screen to refresh, you can do a double tap and hold on the email >>>>> address and then, without lifting your finger from the screen, pull >>>>> vertically down, and then release. You'll hear VoiceOver say "sync >>>>> finished". However, I didn't need to force the sync in order to find >>>>> the document I emailed. >>>>> >>>>> I didn't try any fancy browser or program add-ons when sending the >>>>> trial documents. I just created an email with an attached document in >>>>> the normal way (e.g., on a Mac you can either just do a Command-C to >>>>> copy a file in Finder, and a Command-V to paste it into an email, or >>>>> you can select one or multiple files, and then use a service menu >>>>> option to create a "New email with selection. I just typed in the >>>>> email address, especially since I wanted to make sure that both the >>>>> regular email and the variant using "free.kindle.com" instead of >>>>> "kindle.com" would work. I started with short files of the different >>>>> listed valid file types, since I wanted to check how these worked >>>>> before sending long files. This was how I found out that highlighting >>>>> and notes don't work if you send a document file and don't use the >>>>> "convert" option. You also won't be able to get table of contents >>>>> navigation unless you send a file in mobi format. The Mac has lots of >>>>> authoring tools for ePub, but you'd need to convert ebook format to >>>>> use all the features with the Kindle app. >>>>> >>>>> HTH. Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Esther >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On May 14, 5:46 am, Scott Davert <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi Teresa. >>>>>> Yep, I have my email address listed as one of the approved addresses, >>>>>> so I'm really not sure what the issue is. I tried installing the send >>>>>> 2 Kindle program for windows, but when I right click it, it appears >>>>>> that none of the elements are readable with jaws. Do you know if it >>>>>> should take a long time to receive a book through your documents? I >>>>>> converted a book from Bookshare yesterday and still do not see it. I >>>>>> also have not received any email errors from Amazon, so I am not sure >>>>>> what's going on. *shrugs*. >>>>>> >>>>>> Scott >>>>>> >>>>>> On 5/14/13, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, Scott, >>>>>> >>>>>>> Did you use your Kindle address? [email protected]? Also, on the >>>>>>> website, >>>>>>> under Manage Your Kindle, make sure the address you're sending from is >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> the approved senders list. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Teresa >>>>>>> On May 14, 2013, at 6:41 AM, Scott Davert <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> 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. 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