# New Kindle for Mac app: No linkable items found
**URL:** https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-kindle-for-mac-app-no-linkable-items-found/7210
**Category:** Discussion & Help
**Created:** [October 3, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-kindle-for-mac-app-no-linkable-items-found/7210 "2023-10-03T14:44:06Z")
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### Author:  [@brookter](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/brookter)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-kindle-for-mac-app-no-linkable-items-found/7210/1 "2023-10-03T14:44:07Z")
Hi,
Amazon are forcing users to update to their new Kindle for Mac app as they’re withdrawing ‘Kindle Classic’ at the end of this month.
The new app seems to be a straight port of the iOS version, so it looks slicker, but unfortunately loses some important features, such as decent keyboard support.
Worse, it doesn’t seem to interact with Hook at all: all I get is the ‘No linkable items found’ message, even on books which worked perfectly in the old version.
I’ve deleted all traces of the old and new versions of the app, then reinstalled the new. Then I did a completely fresh Hookmark install before rebooting. When I first tried to link to a Kindle book, it asked me to browse to the app location (it didn’t appear in the default list of applications), which I did.
Still ‘No linkable items found’, on books I know I have linked to before.
Hookmark has permission to open Kindle in Automation.
Trying to navigate through a bookmark created in the old version opens the Kindle new version, but doesn’t open the correct book.
Is there anything else I should try?
Thanks
MacOS 14
Kindle Version: 6.85.2.0 (1.311001)
Hookmark version 5.1.3 (5475) (Scripts version 295)
I don’t think I’m doing anything wrong, but just in case…
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### Author:  [@bchend](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/bchend)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-kindle-for-mac-app-no-linkable-items-found/7210/2 "2023-10-03T22:32:19Z")
Thank you for reporting this issue, @brookter .
The user interface of new Kindle app is different, which causes the problem. We will take a look.
Thank you
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### Author:  [@brookter](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/brookter)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-kindle-for-mac-app-no-linkable-items-found/7210/3 "2023-10-06T16:17:09Z")
That’s great – thanks!
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### Author:  [@Darwin](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/Darwin)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-kindle-for-mac-app-no-linkable-items-found/7210/4 "2023-10-07T00:27:00Z")
I’m having the same issue as @brookter . Thanks for looking into this!
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### Author:  [@LucB](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/LucB)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-kindle-for-mac-app-no-linkable-items-found/7210/5 "2023-10-11T04:43:51Z")
Unfortunately, it appears that in this new version of Kindle Mac app, Amazon has stopped supporting its URL scheme (kindle://book) ☹ . We do not currently see a work-around. The links that Hookmark created with the app have the title and location number, which one can use manually of course to get to the right book and location within it. Not nearly as convenient as just clicking on a link, of course.
It’s a big organization, but maybe they would listen:
> **[Contacting Developers of Other Apps and Information for Developers – Hookmark](https://hookproductivity.com/help/integration/other-app-developers/)**
>
> Hookmark uses AppleScript to integrate with apps, but not all apps are scriptable or sufficiently scriptable. Suppose you open a previously saved resource (document or object) in an app and then invoke Hookmark, but Hookmark is empty except for...
Many years ago I wrote
> **[What's Wrong with the Kindle App: A Knowledge Delver's Perspective](https://cogzest.com/2013/11/whats-wrong-with-the-kindle-app-a-knowledge-delvers-perspective/)**
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> The Kindle® app is fine for superficial reading. And Amazon® has gradually been improving it… But when you want to delve into a book to solve problems, build knowledge or develop yourself, the Kindle app is very disappointing.
>
> The following critique...
and Kindle (coincidentally) improved their app.
Also:
> **[Home](https://linkingmanifesto.org/)**
>
> Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking
>
> We recognize that an immense amount of useful information is available digitally, and that tremendous value can be gained by connecting this information. Connected knowledge enables people to create great products,...
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### Author:  [@brookter](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/brookter)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-kindle-for-mac-app-no-linkable-items-found/7210/6 "2023-10-11T07:29:37Z")
That’s disappointing, but thank you for investigating.
The new ‘improved’ app is nothing of the sort, of course: it’s just a clone of the iPad app so it doesn’t have the useful features of the old one, like sensible keyboard control.
Naturally, because the old one is still more useful, they’re withdrawing it at the end of the month…
Thanks again.
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### Author:  [@David](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/David)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/new-kindle-for-mac-app-no-linkable-items-found/7210/7 "2025-07-25T18:54:23Z")
As of Kindle for Mac 7.37, I’m still not able to get a link to a specific Kindle book, much less a specific location within the book. However, I find that I can at least link to a specific book using the Kindle web browser reader, which you can access from your Content Library in the Amazon page. As best I can discern, when you copy the link using Hookmark (or just copy the URL), the link is to the book–not to a specific page. But the book should open to the last page read. This is a partially functional workaround, but it may be better than nothing. The browser-based Kindle reader does seem to be as fully functional as the Mac app – except that the Collection folders do not appear. I actually prefer the notes field in the browser, because the font isn’t as ridiculously small as it is in the app.