Saving Previously Downloaded Music to Kindle via Windows Media Player

Saving Previously Downloaded Music to Kindle via Windows Media Player

• Open “Windows Media Player” from your Programs in the Start Menu.
• Locate the music you would like to transfer. 
• Right-click the song and select “open file location”
• A new window will open with your chosen file highlighted.
• Click on the file – drag & drop into the kindle location on the left hand side.
• The file will be copied and saved onto your kindle device.
• You will find it in your music tab in the “Recently Added to Device” playlist.

 

Downloading Freegal Music to your Kindle via USB

Downloading Freegal Music to your Kindle via USB

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Go to the Fort Smith Public Library website (http://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/) on your computer and press the Freegal Music logo on the left sidebar of the homepage. You can also access the Fort Smith Public Library’s Freegal Music page directly at http://fortsmithlibrary.freegalmusic.com. Be sure to plug your Kindle into your computer.

  

Login to Freegal using your library card number. 

Search and locate a song you would like to download. 

I suggest listening to the sample before clicking download.  There are sometimes “cover songs” that are

disappointingly deceiving.  I have fallen victim to this more than once and have learned that it is always

 best to check.

A window will appear at the bottom of your screen asking if you would like to Open, Save or

Cancel the downloaded song.

Click “Save” and then “Save As”

Select “Computer” and then “Kindle”- you do not need to select a folder - just click on “Kindle” and then save.

The song will be added directly to your device. 

You will find it in your music tab in the “Recently Added to Device” playlist.

Downloading Freegal Music to a Kindle Fire

Downloading Freegal Music to a Kindle Fire

Go to the Fort Smith Public Library website (http://www.fortsmithlibrary.org/) on your kindle’s browser and press the Freegal Music logo on the left sidebar of the homepage. You can also access the Fort Smith Public Library’s Freegal Music page directly at http://fortsmithlibrary.freegalmusic.com.

If you prefer, you can connect your Kindle Fire to a computer with the

USB connector, and then access the Freegal Music site on the computer.

Instructions for transferring via USB are included.

• Log in by entering your library card number and your PIN (your library account password).
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• Search for your song.
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• Press Download Now for your selected song.
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• After downloading your selection(s), press logout.
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• Press the Home button on the bottom of your Kindle screen.
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• Press the menu button.
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• Press Downloads and your song(s) should be listed.
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• Press the white arrow to download the song to your device.

You will be taken to Music, where your song(s) are listed. If your song is in the Now Playing bar at the bottom of the screen, you may remove it by pressing the Menu Button, then Now Playing. Then press the Menu Button again, and then Clear Queue.