Support for Indie Authors discussion

Does anyone know how I can download my own book?

I had to go though Kindle Direct Publishing with a textbook creator tool to get my book published on Amazon. I can't use the textbook file in a reader, because it is for Kindle Direct Publishing.

Does anyone know if I can download my own book on Amazon or in Kindle Direct Publishing?

Side Note: I don't want to pay for it.

Um... Isn't it going to be free tomorrow as part of the book blast?

Christina wrote: "Um... Isn't it going to be free tomorrow as part of the book blast?"

It sure is!
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I am not sure if I can download it though, it wasn't on sale last time because I don't live in the states, so I don't know if it will be free tomorrow.

I guess it isn't that long until I can check.

On the publishing page "Edit Details" page, one of the previewer links lets you download a .mobi file (I thought I did this once).

Also, I bought my book through Amazon once and ended up only paying a fraction because I received royalties from the sale (well 60-90 days later).

Free is worldwide whereas the countdown sales are US and UK.

Ellison wrote: "On the publishing page "Edit Details" page, one of the previewer links lets you download a .mobi file (I thought I did this once).

Also, I bought my book through Amazon once and ended up only pay..."

The internet seems to agree with you, I however can only seem to make it open the preview or save the webpage for the preview. Not get the source file.

I know how my Grandmother feels now trying to work 'The Facebook'.

I think I will see if I can download it tomorrow for free, that's pretty soon anyways.

Christina wrote: "Free is worldwide whereas the countdown sales are US and UK."

Ooooh! You've just expanded my marking sweep tomorrow... three fold!

You can download a mobi free from Amazon Kindle Direct. On your bookshelf, click on "edit details" for your book. On that page, scroll to the bottom to the downloadable previewer, and click on Download Book Preview File to download your book. After it downloads click on "return to bookshelf" at the bottom and you're done.

Ken wrote: "You can download a mobi free from Amazon Kindle Direct. On your bookshelf, click on "edit details" for your book. On that page, scroll to the bottom to the downloadable previewer, and

click on Download Book Preview File to download your book.

After it downloads click on "return to bookshelf" at the bottom and you're done."

The Bold bit is the part I can't do. I just don't see anything anywhere on the previewer or details page that allows me to download anything.

I think that's because your file isn't a mobi. Your book opens just like a pdf on all of my kindle devices, so I think it has an exclusive file extension. The kpf file you sent me comes up as unsupported when I tried to send to kindle, but the pdf worked. You should be able to get the free download today though.

I tried to be sleeky and deleted the book to get the new version from Amazon, but I forgot to remove it from my devices before I bought it back. The result? Amazon sent me the old version still.

The pdf you sent me works but it doesn't keep the page. It scrolls down from first page to last. So every time I will shut my iPad, I will have to scroll back to where I was and that means, I can't stop in the middle of a chapter.

Still the new version is a lot easier to read. That's a plus.

You can ask Amazon for the new version, GG. And CB, if you send them a message explaining that the formatting was changed for ease of use, they should do an automatic push to anyone who already got the older version.

Christina wrote: "You can ask Amazon for the new version, GG. And CB, if you send them a message explaining that the formatting was changed for ease of use, they should do an automatic push to anyone who already got..."

I think I will do that option once I am sure this version is correct. :)

G.G. wrote: "I tried to be sleeky and deleted the book to get the new version from Amazon, but I forgot to remove it from my devices before I bought it back. The result? Amazon sent me the old version still.

T..."

In the one on Amazon I followed the instructions in the converter to mark chapters. So hopefully that makes it less awful.

Word of warning to everyone: Odd formatting your books makes it really hard to publish into an Ebook!

I sent an email. I'm not sure I explained myself well.. We'll see. The strangest thing though is that when I tried to read the book on my Kindle Paperwhite, it said: Not available for this device.

So amazon sells Kindle books not available for their Kindle device?
I'm lost. (I let them know of that 'bug' too in my email.)

Thanks GG, let me know how it turns out.

I build my e-books (.mobi files) in Calibre, which is a free software program. Then you can send the .mobi file directly to your Kindle.

I tried to convert the pdf to kindle and ebook with calibre but it left spaces between lines and at odd places.

I've received a response from Amazon. I'm not quite sure I understand their instructions though.

Copy paste:


Hello Ginette,

I understand from your email that you would like to have an updated version of the Kindle book and I'm really sorry for inconvenience caused to you. That's not definitely we want our customer's to experience.

I've sent the updated version of " Breakers of the Code (The Anders' Quest Series Book 1) " to your device.

To compete download of the latest version of your book, verify that your device is sufficiently charged and your wireless connection is enabled, and then sync your device:

***Fire tablets
1. Swipe down from the top of the screen to open Quick Settings, and then tap Settings.
2. Tap Sync and Check For Items.

***IPad
1. From Home, press and hold the screen, and then pull down.
2. Release your finger from the screen.

The previous version of your book will be automatically replaced by the updated version.

If you’d like to automatically receive updates to your Kindle books that we have confirmed improvements were made in, you can turn on automatic updates for your books from the Manage Your Content and Devices page.

To enable Automatic Book Updates:

1. Go to Manage Your Content and Devices (www.amazon.com/mycd).
2. Select the Settings tab.
3. Select "On" under Automatic Book Update.

Thanks for using Kindle.

We'd appreciate your feedback. Please use the links below to tell us about your experience today.




Best regards,
Afreen fatima

Did I solve your problem

I have no idea what they mean by 'home'. Tried removing the book and re-upload it and same one came back.

I'd try on their device but I have a paperwhite not a Fire and it doesn't support the file. GRRRRR

They sent me another email, repeating the same instructions but this time it worked without me having to do anything. YEAH!!!!!!

G.G. wrote: "They sent me another email, repeating the same instructions but this time it worked without me having to do anything. YEAH!!!!!!"

That is great! 18th time's a charm!

April wrote: "I build my e-books (.mobi files) in Calibre, which is a free software program. Then you can send the .mobi file directly to your Kindle."

Yes, that would have been the smart thing to do. If you saw the layout of my book though you would know why that doesn't work! :D (In fact you can if you look at it in goodreads, there is a preview.

It has been such an ordeal getting it through to amazon and making it work. I am just glad when I downloaded it today it finally looks correct.

Apparently not everyone writes books full of boxes, upside down writing, glyphs, different text sizes, spreadsheets, and kitty diaries in them... for some reason.