Getting Kindle to work

[s1wood]

I've installed Kindle via Wine and have a nice icon on my desktop, I have made it executable but nothing happens when I try to open it. This is the same on both my 10.10 and my 11.04 computers.
Any suggestions?

Susan

[winh8r]

I never needed to install anything to use my Kindle (I am running 10.04).

Whenever I plug it in it is recognised and I can just drag and drop books into it from the Calibre library or from downloads if they are from Amazon.

Was yours not showing up on the desktop?

[anewguy]

This will never work in Wine - you need to use Callibre native in Linux. The reason is that you can't use USB devices in Wine, so of course the app will never find the Kindle.

Go native using Callibre - works like a champ!

Dave

[cortman]

I never needed to install anything to use my Kindle

Same here. I use 11.10, and just copy/pasting from the file browser is plenty adequate for me. If I want to read an ebook on my computer I use Calibre.

[anewguy]

Again, everyone please read my post. They were asking about why this wasn't working in Wine. The explanation was given and is simple: wine doesn't support USB device. The solution was also given - use Callibre native in Linux.

[s1wood]

I have Calibre installed and working but what I want to be able to do is download books from Amazon onto my computer (and then transfer them to my e-reader).
Amazon require me to register my computer via the Kindle download which is why I want to be able to open Kindle.
No USB device involved at his point.
If there is a way to use Calibre to access Amazon books could someone explain it from the beginning please.

Susan

[forrestcupp]

Right guys. She doesn't want to hook up her Kindle device. She wants to be able to read her Kindle books with the PC Kindle app.

Honestly, I think you'd be much better off using the Kindle Cloud Reader. It runs perfectly from within Firefox or Chrome, and it's just as good as the Kindle app.

[s1wood]

Right, the cloud reader sounds good. I'll try it out.
Thanks very much

Susan

[cortman]

Again, everyone please read my post. They were asking about why this wasn't working in Wine. The explanation was given and is simple: wine doesn't support USB device. The solution was also given - use Callibre native in Linux.

Sorry, all- just read the second post or so and got distracted. Hope the cloud reader fills your need!

[s1wood]

The Cloud reader takes me to Amazon.com but when I want to buy something I get referred back to Amazon.uk which wants me to install the Kindle app!
I realise this isn't a Ubuntu question any more - unless someone can tell me how to activate that Kindle app, but what am I doing wrong apart from living in the United Kingdom?

Susan