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Re: Help opening ebook files (epub, mobi, PDF, etc.)

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1. PDF
2. Android (Innjoo Max 2)
3. Yes
4. Immediately the file is downloaded, it goes to the PDF reader app (adobe reader)
5. I have downloaded it but can't open it
6. The error message is: unsupported or damaged file
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1. ePub file
2. Apple iPhone
3. No
4. I knew the ePub file could be read on the nook app so I downloaded the file, but it downloaded as php file. I’m not sure why that happened or what supports php files. I downloaded the nook app as soon as I downloaded the file. But it did not work. I got back an error message when I tried to send it. So I tried to do it through my kindle app also with no success because it was incompatible. I downloaded the barns and noble app and tried to send it to my email to see if it would change but nothing helped. I deleted it and tried redownloading it several times.
5. It goes wrong as soon as I try to open the file in any way on any app.
6. Error. The following files failed to side load: download.php. (Nook App)
Incompatible document type. The document you tried to send is not of a compatible format. (Kindle App)
7. I did read and try the “Top Tips” at the beginning of this post. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or if something is wrong with the file itself.
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Post by Aquarius Moon »

1. ePub
2. iPhone
3. No
4. I try to click the link to download and nothing happens; it doesn’t direct me to anything.
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1. Epub.
2. Mobile phone.
3. Yes.
4. I click on 'open' (downloaded file) > a list of options of apps to open it with appears > I click on the desired app ( usually UB reader).
5. Step 2: After clicking on 'open' it says 'Can't open file.'
I've tried downloading Nook app reader but when I went to play store it says : 'App not available in your country.'
6. 'Can't open file.'
7. I've tried downloading Nook app reader but when I went to play store it says : 'App not available in your country.'
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Meep wrote: 23 Jul 2018, 07:13 1. Epub.
2. Mobile phone.
3. Yes.
4. I click on 'open' (downloaded file) > a list of options of apps to open it with appears > I click on the desired app ( usually UB reader).
5. Step 2: After clicking on 'open' it says 'Can't open file.'
I've tried downloading Nook app reader but when I went to play store it says : 'App not available in your country.'
6. 'Can't open file.'
7. I've tried downloading Nook app reader but when I went to play store it says : 'App not available in your country.'
You need the Nook app reader to read the file.You can try to convert it to PDF via the free Calibre APP. it may work on your reader. If it doesn't help, and you can't get the Nook app, you need to quit the book via your Review Team Page. Please make sure to select only formats you are able to read.
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Post by SA Adinoyi »

I can't open the file. I am using a window phone. I can open through Microsoft word or PDF. Let me have the format please
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Post by Cecilia Enemali »

please help. have not been able to download selected book for review. below are my answers:
1:- PDF format.
2:-An Android phone- itel 1501.
3:-No
4:-tried the usual process.
5:-No
6:-after clicking download - save- it runs for some time then fails
7:-downloading failed.
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Cecilia Enemali wrote: 28 Jul 2018, 02:30 please help. have not been able to download selected book for review. below are my answers:
1:- PDF format.
2:-An Android phone- itel 1501.
3:-No
4:-tried the usual process.
5:-No
6:-after clicking download - save- it runs for some time then fails
7:-downloading failed.
Please try to download it to your PC first, and then move it to your device.
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1. Kiun
2. Fire tablet
3. No
4. Selected the book, chose the format in which i wanted the book, tried downloading using
Kindle Unlimited.
5. Difficulty in subscribing for Kindle Unlimited.
6. Yes. "Your current digital account setting does not allow you to subscribe for Kindle
Unlimited on amazon.com. Please contact customer service to learn about Kindle
Unlimited availability in your local Amazon website."
7. Yes
Tried everything to subscribe for Kindle Unlimited to no avail and am way past my deadline. Please help. Am slowly losing motivation.
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Carris72 wrote: 28 Jul 2018, 06:25 1. Kiun
2. Fire tablet
3. No
4. Selected the book, chose the format in which i wanted the book, tried downloading using
Kindle Unlimited.
5. Difficulty in subscribing for Kindle Unlimited.
6. Yes. "Your current digital account setting does not allow you to subscribe for Kindle
Unlimited on amazon.com. Please contact customer service to learn about Kindle
Unlimited availability in your local Amazon website."
7. Yes
Tried everything to subscribe for Kindle Unlimited to no avail and am way past my deadline. Please help. Am slowly losing motivation.
Only USA citizens can subscribe to Kindle Unlimited. If you aren't one, you need to quit the book via the Update tab of your RT page, and change your Preferences accordingly.
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Please help I have downloaded the file but I can't access it because it keeps saying that it is corrupted or damaged.
1. Fie in PDF format
2. Mobile phone
3.yes
4. I do not have trouble opening a PDF file on my phone.
5. It always open with ease.
6. I tried to download the free nook and kindle app and it said it is not available in my country.
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I am trying to quit a review, as I didn’t agree to do it. The support topics only relate to whether or not I had downloaded/opened the book, there is no option to cancel the review altogether.
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1. kindle app
2. laptop
3. no
6. can't open
7. kindle, amazon
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Post by Ssemp95 »

This is for And then I met Margaret.

1. Kindle Unlimited ( so I guess epub?
2. Kindle app for iphone
3. yes
4. Download book from Amazon, sometimes need to refresh the app's library, and then open the book.
5. It is no longer offered as a Kindle Unlimited book, it now costs $4.99 so I am unable to download it for free.
6. No. I didn't receive a file, it simply stated to go to amazon and download the kindle unlimited book.
7. I don't have a file to try on a different app.
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Post by Ruthie30 »

1. It is a PDF file.
2. An Android phone.
3. Yes.
4. I tried opening it with my office doc after downloading it.
6. The error message was 'file format error, can't open file.
7. I tried downloading a Kindle app, but it is not available for my country.
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