Sending Smashwords Books to Kindle - Automatically

SENDING SMASHWORDS BOOKS TO KINDLE - AUTOMATICALLY

A step-by-step illustrated guide

Susan MB Preston Free guide. SENDING SMASHWORDS BOOKS TO KINDLE - AUTOMATICALLY

How to set it up

Part 1 –What you need from Amazon

Step 1 Find the email address for your (Didn’t know it had one? Neither did I until I needed to Kindle. send something to it.)

Step 2 Go to Amazon. (I presume you have an account  )

Step 3 Sign in

You would have seen this before when you have signed into Amazon. Your email address and password are required. Step 4 Go to the Accounts and Lists dropdown It is at the top, in the black heading bar. Click the arrow at the side of Lists to activate the dropdown. On one side you will see ‘Lists’, on the other Your account. Move your mouse to Manage your Content and Devices. (Shows in this image in color because the mouse – not seen – is resting on it.

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Click that line – it is a link to the page you want.

Step 5 You will be at the top of your ‘Manage Content and Devices’ page.

If you are not on the Settings tab, click to open it. Screenshot trimmed for security of account At the top is your payment details.

Step 6 Scroll down the page. You will find the email address for your Kindle. If you have more than one device you will see them all listed. Choose the one you want and copy it. OR If you already have the address you want the book sent to then scroll further down

Step 7 (My addresses pixelated for security reasons.) In the example there are a couple of ‘approved’ addresses already set up. For you to set up an approved address…

Click the link ‘Add an approved address’

The address you need to add to have books bought on (or free books from) Smashwords is [email protected]

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Click the ‘Add a new approved e-mail address’ link and a small window will open.

Step 8 This is where you paste (or type) in the Smashwords address. Then, click the ‘Add Addresses button which has changed from being grayed out to yellow. It may not stay a yellow color but you will notice the difference as the button will color in.

Next step is going to Smashwords to set up your purchases there being automatically delivered to your Kindle.

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Part 2 Setting up the Smashwords part.

You will need your Send to Kindle Email address copied ready to paste when we change the address for Smashwords to send your book/s to. This 2nd part assumes that you have opened a free ‘account’ with Smashwords. (In other words, have registered with them.) If you already have an account with Smashwords, scroll down this guide to If you are signed in to Smashwords–

If not, here is a quick overview of how simple it is…

Head to http://www.smashwords.com You should arrive at this page…

The books displayed will be different – what you need to click is ‘Join for free; When you have clicked that link a sign-up page will open.

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It is a simple form. (It was too long for one screenshot… the bottom part of the form follows)…

If you are stuck for a reason to put in the comment box about how you heard about Smashwords, you could put in ‘recommended by a friend (or an author) etc. I could not complete the process because I am already signed up, both as a reader and an author. From the FAQs I copied this…

It is the usual – what is called ‘double opt-in’ to protect you. (In case someone has filled it out in your name.) To continue to the registration check the Inbox of the email address you signed up with. It says here that usually within five minutes an account activation email will arrive. (If it does not, check your Spam folder.) When it arrives, or when you find it, click the hyperlink in the email to complete the registration process. Now you can buy, or download the many free eBooks from the Smashwords site. How do you buy? Do you have to give them payment details? No. At least, not until you buy a book.

Read the rest of this guide to find out how to download them automatically into a Kindle e- reader.

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If you are signed in to Smashwords – To set up your email delivery address with Amazon you will need to set up your eBook delivery. This link should take you to where you can set this up. Click the link below… https://www.smashwords.com/edelivery/info You will likely land on this page. The top part and the short video is about sending your eBook purchases to Dropbox.

Scroll down till you reach…

Point 1 provides a link…

If you joined Smashwords after the date given - ‘Deliver to my email address is…’ is functional. Click that link. Now for setting up the delivery to Kindle

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You should arrive at your eBook delivery page. First, I want to change the format from epub to mobi Click the ‘Change Formats’ button

This page should open The epub version has a tick in it. Because I want it sent to my Kindle, I will remove that tick and tick mobi Click the ‘Change Formats button.

This window will go and you will be back at the previous window and the format will update. It should now say the format is mobi.

Now I want to change the default address. I want it to go to my Amazon account. If you have not added Smashwords as a trusted sender as shown in the first part, you will need to stop now and do that. Next is a reminder of the Smashwords address you added in the ‘Approved email’ address line on the Amazon site.

If this is added to your ‘Approved Personal Document email list’ then you can proceed at the Smashwords site. Next, the delivery address needs to be changed. Click the ‘Change Address’ button.

Your ‘default’ address will be in the line. Remove it and paste in your Send to Kindle Email Settings.

When you have changed it, Click the green ‘Change Address’ button.

Check that…

 The format is what you changed it to be  The address has been changed to your Kindle address  That ‘Deliver to my email address…’ is ticked  That ‘Deliver to by Default’ is also ticked – if this is what you want to happen every time. Then, when you next buy a book (or a free one) on Smashwords one of the options available is…

Click ‘Send to Email’ As you have set up the format you require you can ignore the download options.

If you wait a few moments after clicking the ‘Send to Email’ button you should see confirmation that it has been sent… and the format it was sent in.

This is confirmation that the book was sent. The destination it was sent to is the email address. The format it was sent is mobi

And it arrived in my Kindle the next time I turned the Kindle on. (And it reads like any Amazon Kindle purchased book.)

Remember… The Kindle address is only for sending Documents or books to – it is not an alternative email address for you to use.

I hope this guide has been helpful.

Susan PS If you want the free version of Hold the Faith on Smashwords use the link below. (Hold the Faith is the award-winning first book in the Christian Historical Fiction series set in the late 1st Century, AD.) https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/284831

If you have followed the instructions in this guide, Hold the Faith will be delivered to your Kindle within minutes – depending on your Internet connection.