#Copy and paste from kindle web reader install
#Copy and paste from kindle web reader update
#Copy and paste from kindle web reader code

Here’s how you can modify the code to match your personal needs. In the above example, the bookmarklet only works for German-English, but what if you want to translate other languages? No problem. Let me know in the comments what you think. But until then it’s certainly a way to get quick translations. Obviously this is just a hack until Amazon will (hopefully) add the use of custom dictionaries to their PC, Mac or Cloud reader application. I’ve adapted their code for language learning purposes (specifically German learning), so that after activating the bookmarklet you get two different options for sending selected text to either or Google Translate. So is Kindle Cloud Reader also a dead-end street if you’re trying to “click & translate” words from your Kindle books? Turns out, binarycrafts from Romania have found a way to circumvent Kindle Cloud reader’s blocking of text copying by use of a simple bookmarklet. Even purchased dictionaries from the Kindle store don’t show up here.įurthermore, Kindle Cloud Reader doesn’t allow copying of text, which is probably to prevent piracy, but also it prevents readers from looking up and translating words or using third-party browser extensions for further study, such as flashcards, etc.

#Copy and paste from kindle web reader install

Also Cloud Reader offers a handful of pre-installed dictionaries, but unfortunately there is no discernible way to install more dictionaries. In case you’re not familiar with it, Cloud Reader is a web-app that allows you to read Kindle books directly from your browser. While trying to get Kindle PC to accept custom dictionaries ultimately proved futile, I started looking into another way to accomplish this with Kindle Cloud Reader. Cloud Reader: Not Enough Dictionaries, No Copy & Paste when reading Kindle books on your PC or Mac. What has been missing from this list so far is an option to get the same feature on desktop computers, i.e. Whether it’s on your Kindle ereader, on your iPhone or iPad Kindle app, or Kindle Android app (see links for detailed instructions), custom dictionaries can be easily integrated, so that all you need to do is tap on unknown words to get an immediate translation. Existing ‘.Mobi’ and ‘.AZW’ files on your Kindle should also still work.As a language instructor and author of language learning textbooks, I’ve always found the Kindle’s built-in dictionary a great tool to make reading foreign language texts more fluid and frictionless. Most people should be fine, since, over the years, these have updated into KF8/AZW3/KFX files. AZW files will no longer be supported by the Send to Kindle programs at some point later in 2022. It’s also worth mentioning in this story that Amazon’s long-standing. You can learn more about it on Amazon’s website. You can get the Send to Kindle app on Android, PC, Mac, Chrome or you can just send your documents through the email address associated with your Kindle. Perhaps in another 15 years, Amazon will actually tear the walls down and let anyone read anything on Kindle. Obviously, this isn’t an ideal situation and requires a bit of a workaround, but at least it seems to be a step in the right direction.

#Copy and paste from kindle web reader update

Amazon has held firm over the past 15 years by keeping the widely accepted (some would even say ‘default’) digital book format, ‘.ePub’, off its digital reading devices, but a truce has finally been struck.Ī new update to the ‘Send to Kindle’ extension/app now ingests ePub files and converts them to a compatible Kindle file type before sending them over to your e-reader.