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Sideloading a Digital Publication Bought FromAmazon.com
If you bought a digital book or periodical from Amazon's website but weren't able to download it to your Kindle Fire
HD, you can transfer, or sideload, it from a computer to your device.
• Your computer must be running Mac OS X 10.2 or later or Windows Vista or later.
•If you are using a Mac, you must install the Android File Transfer app available at www.android.com/filetransfer.
• You must have the USB cable that came with your Kindle Fire HD or a compatable USB-to-Micro-USB type B
cable.
• Your computer must have an Internet connection.
Sometimes when you purchase digital content on Amazon.com, you may not be able to download it to your Kindle
Fire HD for a variety of reasons. When you find yourself in such a situation, there's no need to lament the loss of the
content because you can download it to a computer and then sideload it to your device using a USB connection.
Follow these steps to sideload digital content you've purchased from Amazon.com:
1. Open the computer's Internet browser, navigate to www.amazon.com, and then log in to your account, if
necessary.
2. On the Amazon.com homepage, hover your mouse pointer over the Your Account tab, and then select the
Manage Your Kindle option from the drop-down menu that appears.
Figure 7: The Manage Your Kindle online interface
3. Use the number navigation buttons below the Your Kindle Library window or use the Search text field to search
for the publication title you want to sideload to your device.
4. Hover your mouse pointer over the Actions... button to the right of the publication title, and then select the
Download & transfer via USB option from the pop-up menu.
5. In the Download & transfer via USB pop-up window, select the name of your Kindle Fire HD from the drop-
down menu, and then click the Download button to download the publication to the computer.
6. Once the download is complete, connect your Kindle Fire HD to the computer using the USB cable.
Note: When connected via USB to the computer, the device will appear as a removable storage device
where other external USB drives appear when connected to the computer. Windows-based computers
typically show these devices in the Computer or My Computer menu. Mac-based computers show the
device on the desktop.