Documentation on downloading in paperwhite/voyage/oasis browser
james-s-w-clark opened this issue · comments
I didn't want to find a USB cable for my kindle, and figured I'd try downloading books in my Oasis/Paperwhite browser seen as "send to kindle" doesn't play nice with azw3 (thanks Amazon).
The download dialogue took a few seconds to appear, but the book downloaded directly to the device - and it shows at the top of my library 🥳
My suggestion is that:
- we note this as method 2 under "Amazaon Kindle eInk Devices" in the FAQ.
- we figure out if there's a way to guarantee the kindle will download the Kindle cover thumbnail instead of opening it in a new page.
- I did a quick look and I guess it's Kindle not understanding mime-types/content disposition in the same way as a desktop browser. I found the optional text in php, but can't see what to check next.
The browsing experience is OK, and #126 addresses improving it.
Sure, we can add that to the Kindle how-to. Can you create a pull request?
I don't think it's going to be possible to get Kindle to correctly download the thumbnail, because it has to be placed into a special system folder for it to work. So, your Kindle would probably download it to some downloads folder, and where do you go from there? It'd be too complicated.
I will open a PR about it.
Okay, that makes sense about the thumbnail. Do you know if "send to kindle" would place it in an acceptable folder to be used as a thumbnail?
Send to Kindle supports the following document formats:
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JPEG (.jpg), GIF (.gif), Bitmap (.bmp), and PNG (.png) images.
I highly doubt it, but you could try!