[artsandhistoryfan]

Yes but how do you find it works when you DO want to sync between 2 kindles but not the third in the house. It seems to be an all or nothing deal. There doesn't seem to be a way to counter this problem.

Ah, okay. I was answering Jeremy's comment which was about two Kindles that should not be sync'd.

Your case is another matter. If it's you who is reading on 2 kindles and someone else has one, you could have a chart up to see who's reading what, when -- and when you're reading a book, the others have to lay off and read some other book until you're finished

 

[Jesslyn]

Not sure if this helps, but this is from the WhisperSync page from Manage Your Kindle

You should only turn synchronization off if:
You and someone else are reading the same book, AND
The Kindles are registered to a single account

When I got my K2, I synced the K1, then downloaded all my unread K1 books to the K2, synched again and all was well. Since then I have given my K1 to my daughter. Since we SO don't read the same thing, I turned it off. I do find the last line odd, since you don't even see the WhisperSync button if you don't have more than one Kindle.

 

[dwaszak]

I actually called cs the second day about this.  The solution I have found that works consistently is when I'm finished reading on one kindle, I go to home page, with whispernet on, go to menu, go to sync and look for new items.  Then when you go to the other kindle, turn on whispernet, go to book ( you can do the home screen too), menu, sync and look for new items, and it has consistently updated to the last page read on my other kindle.  Hope this helps

 

[Anne]

I actually called cs the second day about this. The solution I have found that works consistently is when I'm finished reading on one kindle, I go to home page, with whispernet on, go to menu, go to sync and look for new items. Then when you go to the other kindle, turn on whispernet, go to book ( you can do the home screen too), menu, sync and look for new items, and it has consistently updated to the last page read on my other kindle. Hope this helps

Thanks that sounds easier than what I have been doing.

 

[Anne]

I actually called cs the second day about this. The solution I have found that works consistently is when I'm finished reading on one kindle, I go to home page, with whispernet on, go to menu, go to sync and look for new items. Then when you go to the other kindle, turn on whispernet, go to book ( you can do the home screen too), menu, sync and look for new items, and it has consistently updated to the last page read on my other kindle. Hope this helps

I have a question which Kindle do you sync on first the Kindle you are reading on or the other Kindle you were not reading on.

 

[artsandhistoryfan]

I actually called cs the second day about this. The solution I have found that works consistently is when I'm finished reading on one kindle, I go to home page, with whispernet on, go to menu, go to sync and look for new items. Then when you go to the other kindle, turn on whispernet, go to book ( you can do the home screen too), menu, sync and look for new items, and it has consistently updated to the last page read on my other kindle. Hope this helps

Right. When you have whispernet on, it matches what it has on the Amazon server as a record of your last visited page. The first process mentioned connects with Amazon, and Amazon delivers and then takes note of where you were in each book (by taking the little log file associated with each book -- likely the files that have changed since the last date) -- they back up the associated files. The 2nd process connects with Amazon, which now has your latest reading record for each file renewed for the first Kindle, which will be later than the associated files on this 2nd Kindle, so Amazon updates the 2nd Kindle.

 

[pidgeon92]

I can't try it, since I only have 2 kindles on my account, but I suspect you could sync between just two of your kindles by using your PC.

Try connected the kindle you want to use the latest page from to your PC and then copy the book(s) to use the latest page.

Delete those books from the other kindle before you connect it to your PC.

Then connect that kindle to your PC and copy the saved books to it.

You can't do that. Each book had DRM on it that is specific to that Kindle. It won't open on the other Kindle.

 

[dwaszak]

I have a question which Kindle do you sync on first the Kindle you are reading on or the other Kindle you were not reading on.

Anne, when done reading, sync first with the kindle you were reading on. Then, when you pick up the other kindle with the same book on it, go to book and sync again

 

[Anne]

Anne, when done reading, sync first with the kindle you were reading on. Then, when you pick up the other kindle with the same book on it, go to book and sync again

Thanks that is what I thought. I just want to make sure I had it right.

 

[davem2bits]

But what if there is a second human and a third Kindle in the mix!!!  And that person needs to sync for some reason.


Don't look at me.  luvmy4brats asked.  I can barely afford the K2 I got, let alone one more and a book.   

 

[luvmy4brats]

Yes, so I was actually answering the comment that there should be a way to counter this problem.

As I said, there is a way. We turn synchronization Off, as I did today and I gave the page where we can do that. I go into the K1 to check out some things but I don't want the K2 to be thinking K1's last-visited viewing is where I want to be with the K2. So, we can turn it off. And that problem is solved. (At least it was for me.)

But what if there is a second human and a third Kindle in the mix!!! And that person needs to sync for some reason.

Don't look at me. luvmy4brats asked. I can barely afford the K2 I got, let alone one more and a book.

I'll just do what I've always done. Write the location number down from where I left off and search for that location on new Kindle.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that Amazon should have a system where you can choose which Kindle to sync with. I can send books to Orion, Bella, and Eleanor, why can't I choose which of those to Sync with? It would work much better if when I want to sync it asks which Kindle I would like to sync with instead of just syncing to the last point read.

Hopefully, Amazon isn't finished working out the bugs with this. Even when trying to sync between them, it only works properly about 50-75% of the time anyway.