Option 2 (waaaay easier and faster): use the browser-based Kindle websiteĪn alternative to doing the above steps is to just use the online Kindle version which runs in your browser, here. The current/latest version as of the time of this writing is 9: 'KindleForPC-installer-9.exe'. Get it here: -> click 'Download for PC & Mac'.

Install the latest Kindle app inside Windows 10.Download Windows 10 for free from Microsoft here: -> choose your Edition, then Language, then choose 32-bit or 64-bit (if not sure, choose 64-bit).Install the Virtual Box virtual machine inside Linux Ubuntu:.I couldn't get Kindle to run in wine on Linux at all, but the below solutions work perfectly on Linux Ubuntu (and should also work fine on Mac, and on other Linux distributions), and are no-cost.įor the latest version of Kindle, the solutions I am using are as follows: Option 1: install the Kindle program inside Windows 10 inside Virtual Box inside Linux QObject::startTimer: Timers can only be used with threads started with QThread003c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33f638 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:fixme:file:FindFirstFileExW flags not implemented 0x00000002Ġ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33fb18 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:err:seh:raise_exception Unhandled exception code 80000003 flags 0 addr 0x7bc7df3c When you Cancel the alert, a few additional lines appear in the console window.Ĭonsole output $ wine KindleForPC-installer-4.exeĠ019:fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW ((null),L'AdobeARMservice'): stubĠ019:fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (0xcafe4242,0x0004,0x0000,0x00000000,(nil),0x0001,0x00000000,0x73fc3c,(nil)): stubĠ019:fixme:advapi:DeregisterEventSource (0xcafe4242) 003c:fixme:msvcp:_Mtx_init_in_situ unknown flags ignored: 2Ġ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Mtx_init_in_situ unknown flags ignored: 102Ġ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Mtx_init_in_situ unknown flags ignored: 2Ġ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33f9d8 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33f9a8 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33fde8 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:fixme:msvcp:_Locinfo_Locinfo_ctor_cat_cstr (0x33fdb8 1 C) semi-stubĠ03c:fixme:toolhelp:CreateToolhelp32Snapshot Unimplemented: heap list snapshotĠ03c:fixme:toolhelp:Heap32ListFirst : stub Then a Windows alert dialogue appears which seems to indicate that the files have been installed, and kindle.exe launched, but there is a Windows C++ Runtime issue, and the GUI does not appear. I get a whole lot of error messages (see at end).

I'm not knowledgeable about error messages.

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