Connect to PC

# Privacy

I highly recommend switching off 'whispersync for books' and amending the 'Privacy' settings of your device.   
Better still don't connect it to your WIFI...


# Linux

Connect your kindle to your computer with a USB cable; the device should display 'USB Drive Mode'.


Identify the kindle drive using 'dmesg':   

    [ 4802.467725] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Kindle   Internal Storage 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
    [ 4802.468745] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
    [ 4802.473757] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 6385664 512-byte logical blocks: (3.27 GB/3.04 GiB)
    [ 4802.579692] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
    [ 4802.579705] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 0f 00 00 00
    [ 4802.689915] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
    [ 4802.924022]  sdb: sdb1
    [ 4803.169675] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk


Find the UUID of the device:

    # blkid /dev/sdb1
    /dev/sdb1: LABEL_FATBOOT="Kindle" LABEL="Kindle" UUID="####-####" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat"


Add UUID to '/etc/fstab':    

    # Kindle
    UUID='####-####'                          /mnt/kindle     auto    user,noauto,nodev    0       0


Make directory on the filesystem to mount it to:    

    # mkdir /mnt/kindle


Mount the kindle:    

    $ mount /mnt/kindle 


You can now copy books in .txt or .mobi format directly to the device; simply copy your files to '/mnt/kindle/documents'.


Unmount the device before disconnecting the USB cable:

    $ umount /mnt/kindle