Networking – Kindle: File transfer over WiFi

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I can connect my Kindle via USB and transfer files between my computer and my Kindle. How can I do the same using WiFi? For example, from my computer is there a way to browse what's on my kindle (assuming they are on the same WiFi network)?

Ideally I could access my Kindle as a network share or over FTP, or something.

Best Answer

To upload files to Kindle you can use following approach. In short, you should start Web server on your Computer and after that download files on Kindle using built-in Experimental browser.

On Windows:

  1. Download MiniWeb web server
  2. Extract MiniWeb server. Let's say to path_to_miniweb
  3. Create new folder for books (i.e. path_to_created_book_folder) on your computer and copy your books there
  4. For convenience create Shortcut on desktop: "path_to_miniweb\miniweb.exe" -p 8001 -r "path_to_created_book_folder"
  5. Click on Shortcut. Console window should appear: MiniWeb (built on May 12 2018) (C)2005-2013 Written by Stanley Huang Host: 0.0.0.0:8001 Web root: C:\Users\super_user\Desktop\Books Max clients (per IP): 32 (0) URL handlers: 1 Dir listing enabled
  6. Determine your Computer's IP address. Let's suppose it is: 192.168.0.4
  7. To test if everything is done correctly on this step, open Internet Explorer (or any other browser you have) and navigate to 192.168.0.4:8001. You should see list of books. Please note, if your Wi-Fi connection is set as Public network, Web server may not be visible for your home devices.

On Kindle:

  1. Open Experimental Browser and navigate to 192.168.0.4:8001. As a result you will see content of the path_to_created_book_folder.
  2. Click on Book and accept file download.
  3. After download complete, go to the Home screen. Your book will be there.

Later, every time when you need to upload book:

  1. start MiniWeb server using shortcut on desktop.
  2. Copy book to path_to_created_book_folder
  3. Use Experimental Browser on your Kindle to download book

NOTE: that Kindle supports limited set of book formats (i.e. *.mobi, *.txt)

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