At 10:11 PM 1/7/2013, Dean Kukral wrote:
>My wife and I both have iPads.  We have the "Kindle" app on them.
>
>She has downloaded a book from the Apple Store to her PC, which is 
>synced with her iPad mini, and got to move it over to her mini.
>
>What we want to know is how to buy a book from Amazon.com and get it 
>to an iPad, so that we can read it on the iPad with the Kindle app. 
>(My iPad is synced to a Mac retina.)  We've never purchased books from 
>Amazon before...


Hi Dean

I have an iPad with Kindle app and 1750 books that I purchased (or 
downloaded) from Amazon.com...all presently on the iPad. I prefer to 
keep them on the iPad in case I have a problem connecting to a wireless 
network. (I have the 64 GB iPad.)

My way of getting books onto my iPad is as follows: First open the 
Kindle app on the iPad. Maker sure the view is set for "All items". If 
you touch the topmost book showing on the screen and drag it downward 
(say an inch), a small "Release to synch" should appear in the space 
between the book and the top of the window. Release the drag and you 
should either see "Synced" or "Synch has failed" in small print. If it 
failed, try again...a couple of times may be necessary. You'll probably 
see your purchased book(s) (or items) appear on screen. The new book 
may have a circle with a down arrow at the right. If so, you know the 
item is still in the cloud. (That's why I said it set the screen to 
show all items.) Touch the item (anywhere) and the circle with arrow 
will change to a circle with X inside it while the book downloads. Once 
the download is complete, the circle disappears and you can open the 
item (book, magazine, doc, etc.) for reading by touching it.

Obviously, your iPad must be networked while you are downloading books.

If a new item (book, etc.) doesn't appear, log onto your Amazon.com 
"Magage your Kindle" webpage. Find the book (item) you want and click 
on the "Action" button (far right column). Choose "Deliver to my" and 
then "iPad" from the drop down menu that appears. If you do this, I 
don't think you need to worry about the circle with arrow or X inside 
it because the item should automatically download when you Sync the 
iPad for new Kindle items.

There are other ways to do this, but I like my way best. Because I 
mainly use the iPad for Kindle or Nook reading, I never bothered to 
learn how to synch with my PC. (Well, I did at first but decided I 
didn't like the method.) I admit that my method didn't always work well 
with earlier versions of the iPad operating system, but it works great 
with the latest version that I have installed.

Interestingly enough, I find that the iPad3 Kindle app works much 
better than the Kindle for PC program on my PC (Windows XP SP3, 3 GB 
useable ram, 6 core 3.5 GHz processor, five SSD drives, 30" monitor). 
Go figure.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,
Bill

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