Questions??? And Maybe Answers

[Patricia]

has anyone else read chocolate and conversation? I actually couldn't finish it. had his promise but felt author was all over c the place.

[Debbie]

Has not been on my radar, but I gather, from skimming through the GR reviews, that it's a modernization of Persuasion. Although some reviewers did like it, the negative reviews make it sound pretty scattered. It's sure not going into my TBR pile!

[Patricia]

How is the series marriage of Jane Austen?? Been going back and forth with buying it.

[Patricia]

has anyone seen the Guernsey literary and potato peel society yet?? tried,reading book before it was released yesterday.

what did everyone think??

[Debbie]

Patricia wrote: "How is the series marriage of Jane Austen?? Been going back and forth with buying it."

I see that our Abigail really liked it, based on her review. It's in my TBR pile, but I haven't gotten to it yet myself.

[Sophia]

Loved the book, Patricia! Its a lovely heartwarming and sometimes heartbreaking story about a small piece of WWII history that isn't as well known.

[Patricia]

help please!

I got a arc of a book in mobi format but can not understand how to get it ot my kindle. i downloaded copy to my laptop, have kindle plugged in via usb wire, bugt can not figure out how to get it to kindle.


i am watching youtube videos and reading directions online but still unable to figurethi s out. i am a bit hopeless when it comes to electronics

[wosedwew]

You should be able to e-mail that Mobi file to your Kindle.

Your Kindle e-mail address is probably the e-mail you use at
Amazon with @kindle.com -- at least mine works that way.

Begin an e-mail
Address it as (example) ColbyD@kindle.com
Attach the Mobi file

Send

[SOS]

Patricia wrote: "help please!

I got a arc of a book in mobi format but can not understand how to get it ot my kindle. i downloaded copy to my laptop, have kindle plugged in via usb wire, bugt can not figure out ho..."

If you go into the settings on your kindle, you'll probably find the email to use. I think you can also find it online in your Manage Devices.

Just attach the file to the email and send it to the @kindle,com address. It will take several minutes for it to process though, but it will eventually show up. Last time I did this, it took close to half an hour for the file to show up on my Paperwhite.

[Patricia]

wosedwew wrote: "You should be able to e-mail that Mobi file to your Kindle.

Your Kindle e-mail address is probably the e-mail you use at
Amazon with @kindle.com -- at least mine works that way.

Begin an e-mail ..."

so i use hotmail account for kindle . it owuld be hotmail email but instead of @hotmail it would be @kindle??

[Debbie]

Yep.

[Patricia]

i just tried that and didnt see anything on both my amazon account and kindle.

when i tried sending it to email@kindle.com it added numbers thats not on my email to it at the end

[Patricia]

i go to content and devices on amazon and nothing new

[Debbie]

Ok. Let's start at the beginning, then.

From your Home page (the one listing all your books), hit the Menu key.

Scroll down to Settings and click.

Turn pages until you see the Send-to-Kindle E-Mail heading.

That's where you'll find the correct email address to send your book to.

Note that it also gives directions there that you need to go to www.amazon.com/myk to adjust your setting THERE so it will accept attachments from your usual email address.

Hope this helps.

[Patricia]

Debbie wrote: "Ok. Let's start at the beginning, then.

From your Home page (the one listing all your books), hit the Menu key.

Scroll down to Settings and click.

Turn pages until you see the Send-to-Kindle E..."

ok its on my kindle but i have to search for it in order to find it. it does not automatically appear on my homepage like it does when i buy books

[Patricia]

Thank you all so much!

[Debbie]

Huh. Always shows up right on top for me. Is your list set to "Most Recent First"?

And, yes, I should've mentioned that it's not usually instantaneous when you email it. Sometimes takes 15-30 minutes.

[wosedwew]

Ah … Success!

[Patricia]

yes i checked both

[Debbie]

Go figure! Well, glad you found it. As Rose said: Success!!

[Patricia]

is there an easier way to find files you download to kindle? i think i had to do this before with another book on kindle

[SOS]

Patricia wrote: "is there an easier way to find files you download to kindle? i think i had to do this before with another book on kindle"

Not that I know of. Once downloaded, you might be able to put them into a collection, but I’ve never tried to do that.

[Anji]

Another way to find books is to sort them either by author or title. It can still be a bit laborious to find them if, like me, you've hundreds of titles on your Kindle. I do try to make an effort to add new titles to the various collections I've set up, which are somewhat similar to the shelves I've set up here.

[Sophia]

I don't know if you've already seen this, Patricia, but maybe this might help find some stories, too. I noticed that some of my stories were a different type of file (not Kindle .mobi) so they ended up in the Document section rather than the Book section. You can have both show by searching 'all'. Still, might be worth it to check your Document folder for books that you can't find, too.

Go to Amazon.com, your account, scroll down and click on 'Content and Devices'. Make sure you are in the 'Content' folder and at the top left it will say 'Books', but give you some arrows for other options. If you scroll down, it will include 'Docs'. Check there in documents to see if some of your other non-Amazon books show up.

[Patricia]

I am reading Sir Walter takes a wife on beyond austen.com. I do not see it on goodreads.

could I still add it to my list even though I do not see it on goodreads?

[wosedwew]

Yes, add it to your list. I always add a link to the on-line posting when I add something like that; but I think this one will be deleted soon. It is to be included in a short-story anthology later, I think.

I doubt the author wants it listed separately on GR

[Patricia]

wosedwew wrote: "Yes, add it to your list. I always add a link to the on-line posting when I add something like that; but I think this one will be deleted soon. It is to be included in a short-story anthology later..."
yeah I think I have until midnight to finish reading it.
I am liking it a lot so far!

[Anji]

A question for those who read a lot more unpublished works than I do. I've very recently read Behind the Metadata Wall; a Pride & Prejudice Vignette by Lady Jaeza. It seemed familiar, as though I might have read it before, but in my memory, it was longer and had more characters from Austen and Austenesque fiction in it.

Can anyone tell me if they've read another story like that, or is my age and currently fevered (but thankfully improving) brain playing tricks on me?

[Anji]

Another question. The battery on my Kindle is slowly giving up the ghost. It'll only hold charge for a couple of days now if I don't totally switch it off. I would send it off to a place I know that does excellent repairs (they did a new screen for me about three years ago) but after it took a dive out of my work bag (my own stupid fault!), it needs another new screen. It's still readable if I have the font set large enough as most of the damage is at the top. It's proably going to be cheaper to get a new one than pay for two repairs.

The model I have is one of the older ones with the keyboard at the bottom and a portrait of Jane Austen as one of the lock screen pictures and it was a birthday gift from my husband. So there are several reasons why I don't really want to replace it. However, that day is coming, probably sooner rather than later, and I was wondering what recommendations for a replacement my friends here have. I have the Kindle app on my phone and this (also elderly) iPad, so I'm not without something to read my ebooks on, but I much prefer reading on my Kindle. It's much closer to reading a real book.

So, suggestions, please?

[wosedwew]

Anji wrote: "A question for those who read a lot more unpublished works than I do. I've very recently read Behind the Metadata Wall; a Pride & Prejudice Vignette by Lady Jaeza...."

Jack Caldwell -- Backstage at Pride & Prejudice

I had the same feeling when I read "Metadata" and searched for it.

[Debbie]

Anji wrote: "Another question. The battery on my Kindle is slowly giving up the ghost. It'll only hold charge for a couple of days now if I don't totally switch it off. I would send it off to a place I know tha..."

I have and LOVE that model. I also have an Amazon Fire, which I don't like nearly as much. My original Kindle got killed by salwater (what can I say? I was reading it at the beach, went for a nice walk, and didn't realize that the tide came in so quickly while I was away from my stuff. Killed my cell phone, too!) I got a replacement of the same model using eBay, and I contacted an Amazon customer service tech, who walked me through the process of moving the content from my dead kindle to new.

eBay! Get another one!

[Anji]

wosedwew wrote: "Anji wrote: "A question for those who read a lot more unpublished works than I do. I've very recently read Behind the Metadata Wall; a Pride & Prejudice Vignette by [author:Lady Jae..."


Thanks Rose, that's the one! Just read it again - it's so funny. Wouldn't it be fantastic to see the cast of P&P 1995, as they were then, playing that one out? That's what I was imagining inside my fevered brain as I read it! One more to add to the list for this year. I don't think I counted it in last year's totals.

[wosedwew]

Re-reads count too!

[Patricia]

are there any Austen related short stories ?? I want to add my list for October someone else pick for me , which will be a busy month for me.

[Sophia]

Patricia wrote: "are there any Austen related short stories ?? I want to add my list for October someone else pick for me , which will be a busy month for me."

Most short ones I know of are part of collections or anthologies, but I'll name some of those and some standalones.

There are the Austen in Austin, Volume 1: Four Texas-Set Novellas Based on Jane Austen's NovelsAusten in Austin, Volume 2: Four Texas-Set Novellas Based on Jane Austen's Novels, Teatime Tales: Short and Sweet Austen-Inspired StoriesA Very Austen ChristmasDarcy's DecisionFour Days in AprilSnowbound at Hartfield: A Sweet Tea Novella; Pride and Prejudice sequelLast DanceThe Lovesick Maid: A Pride and Prejudice SequelLessers and BettersPersuadableGeorgia Darcy: A Venetian Romance: A Contemporary Pride and Prejudice Variation NovellaMarrying Well for Fun & Profit: Persuasion's Sir Walter Elliot advises the Upwardly Mobile MissLongbourn RevisitedThree Daughters MarriedAngel of Waterloo: Jane Bennet, War Nurse: A Pride and Prejudice Variation NovelEpiphany with TeaA Darcy ChristmasClashA Vintage ValentineA Twist of Fate

[Patricia]

ok so I downloaded choices series from a file over the summer. now it's not appearing on my kindle. I've even searched both title and author name

[Debbie]

Did you download it via email? If so, try searching for it with the author as your own email address.

[Patricia]

Ok so it's appear ing only on my one kindle but not the others. Not even on my phone app

[Sophia]

You can try going into your account to 'Manage Content and Devices' and choose the action to have it sent to specific devices. It doesn't always work and sometimes you're stuck only being able to read it on the default device when it wasn't a Kindle mobi file in the first place, but just a .mobi file that can be read on Kindle (I know that might seem confusing, but its how the file is formatted that will make the difference).

[Debbie]

Also, each device probably uses a slightly different email address. My Amazon fire has a different email address for me to send files to than my old basic Kindle. You can find what email address your device uses by checking under its Settings.

[Debbie]

Oh, good grief! How did THAT get on here!

[Marlene]

Patricia wrote: "Ok so it's appear ing only on my one kindle but not the others. Not even on my phone app"

As Sophia said, sometimes it works to go to more than one device, and sometimes it does. Usually it does. I tend to have the most trouble with a doc (something I didn't get from Amazon but that I forwarded to my Kindle by e-mailing an attachment to my Kindle e-mail address).

I'd recommend pushing sync on the device that you have it, and then check your other devices. Sometimes I can't even find it with a search, so I go the list of books I have under documents rather than books, and sometimes it'll be there. Perhaps that's because it is filed under my e-mail address rather than the author, as one of the other ladies said may happen.

Hope that helps.

[Marlene]

Debbie wrote: "Oh, good grief! How did THAT get on here!"

I know, right?!! I'm e-mailing Sophia in case she hasn't seen it.

[Marlene]

Debbie wrote: "Oh, good grief! How did THAT get on here!"

Actually, I can't message her because she's not my friend. Oops!

[wosedwew]

Debbie wrote: "Oh, good grief! How did THAT get on here!"

I put a "flag" on it for GR librarians this morning. I have no idea how long it will take to remove it.

[J. W.]

What the crap was that post??? OMG!! Thanks Rose for putting a flag on it. Dang!!

[Sophia]

Testodrive has been deleted as a member. Argh! Sorry about that gals. I'm going to have the Testodrive account flagged and not just this post. I'll leave the post here in case evidence is needed.

[wosedwew]

Thanks Sophia

[Sophia]

Whelp! It's gone . GoodReads acted promptly on that one. Way to go, GR Librarians!

[J. W.]

Yeah... for GoodReads!