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dham340 · 01-13-2013, 10:45 AM

So, looking for some advice or discussion on what i am about to post.

I have 50 mobi ebooks that i got off the mobileread website (the entire harvard classics set). I was looking for the best way to get them into my kindle paperwhite and kindle fire hd. Ideally i would like syncing between the two plus annotations syncing.

My first try was just a simple side load into the books folder of both devices. No joy on the syncing part but the books opened up on both fine. Figuring there had to be a better way, after some google searches and reading, loaded the books into calibre and proceeded to alter all the Metadata (making sure the ebok tag was set and the aisn - amazon isbn? - set).

After getting all that done, went back and forth as to whether to side load them in the doc folder or to upload them as personal docs then sync from manage my kindle to both devices. I chose the latter.

End result: page syncing and annotation syncing working. Added bonus is that Amazon now has copies of the files in the Amazon cloud.

But i have some questions for some kind soul who knows. First what did i do that made it work? Was it the Metadata manipulation or was it the fact that Amazon converted files to azw when i sent them?

Moreover, I'm still a bit put out by the fact that they are in the documents and not the books folder. Especially noticeable on the kindle fire hd. The paperwhite seems to handle them no different than a book, but on the fire, noticeable that they are "docs" (seperate interface from books and no covers) .

It seems to me that given what i want, going the "send to kindle documents" route vice side loading into the books folder is a better result for syncing and cloud storage but I'm not sure. Anyone have any opinions on this?

All of that said, i still would like it if my annotations from these files stored up on the kindle.Amazon.com site, but from what i have read that's only for books purchased from Amazon. If this isn't true, please tell me how to make it happen

Although i haven't tried it yet, i am assuming i can pull the clippings file of the kindle paperwhite via usb and manipulate it as i wish (also seems to be true that the fire hd does not have a clippings.txt file - what's up with that? ). I'd like to use clippings notes and highlights in word docs and on web site i have so that's the reason for this question.

All in all kind of a roundabout way to get most of what i want done. Amazon really needs to streamline this a bit. If anyone has got a better way or suggestions on this whole process, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks for any and all comments.

01-13-2013, 10:45 AM	#1
dham340 Long Time Lurker Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North east, md Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Mobi kindle management So, looking for some advice or discussion on what i am about to post. I have 50 mobi ebooks that i got off the mobileread website (the entire harvard classics set). I was looking for the best way to get them into my kindle paperwhite and kindle fire hd. Ideally i would like syncing between the two plus annotations syncing. My first try was just a simple side load into the books folder of both devices. No joy on the syncing part but the books opened up on both fine. Figuring there had to be a better way, after some google searches and reading, loaded the books into calibre and proceeded to alter all the Metadata (making sure the ebok tag was set and the aisn - amazon isbn? - set). After getting all that done, went back and forth as to whether to side load them in the doc folder or to upload them as personal docs then sync from manage my kindle to both devices. I chose the latter. End result: page syncing and annotation syncing working. Added bonus is that Amazon now has copies of the files in the Amazon cloud. But i have some questions for some kind soul who knows. First what did i do that made it work? Was it the Metadata manipulation or was it the fact that Amazon converted files to azw when i sent them? Moreover, I'm still a bit put out by the fact that they are in the documents and not the books folder. Especially noticeable on the kindle fire hd. The paperwhite seems to handle them no different than a book, but on the fire, noticeable that they are "docs" (seperate interface from books and no covers) . It seems to me that given what i want, going the "send to kindle documents" route vice side loading into the books folder is a better result for syncing and cloud storage but I'm not sure. Anyone have any opinions on this? All of that said, i still would like it if my annotations from these files stored up on the kindle.Amazon.com site, but from what i have read that's only for books purchased from Amazon. If this isn't true, please tell me how to make it happen Although i haven't tried it yet, i am assuming i can pull the clippings file of the kindle paperwhite via usb and manipulate it as i wish (also seems to be true that the fire hd does not have a clippings.txt file - what's up with that? ). I'd like to use clippings notes and highlights in word docs and on web site i have so that's the reason for this question. All in all kind of a roundabout way to get most of what i want done. Amazon really needs to streamline this a bit. If anyone has got a better way or suggestions on this whole process, I'd love to hear them. Thanks for any and all comments.