11-17-2011, 08:48 PM | #1 |
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Dropbox MOBI's from calibre
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Traded up my nook Color for the Fire today. Mostly happy but I'm having a hard time getting side loaded content to show up. Here's what I did: 1. Converted an EPUB to MOBI in calibre and took off the PDOC tag in the Mobi output options. 2. Installed Dropbox on the Fire 3. Copied file Dropbox 4. Installed ES File Explorer and copied the file into the Books directory I thought I would see it in the carousel, but no luck. I checked the Docs area and it wasn't there either. Any ideas? |
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11-17-2011, 09:29 PM | #5 |
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Yeah I'm seeing this on all of my converted books. The books all work fine in KINDLE4Mac.
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I don't know why yours aren't showing up, OP, sorry. Mine are. |
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Speaking of calibre, does Fire browser work with calibre content server?
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11-17-2011, 09:39 PM | #10 |
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I have been putting my MOBI files in the books folder and they do not seem to show up until after I reboot my Fire.
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11-17-2011, 09:49 PM | #12 |
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When I sideload via USB they do show up in the reader app without a reboot. So there must be some notification event that triggers the rescan for ebooks, and unplugging USB sets that event.
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Try synching maybe that will do it.
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11-17-2011, 10:11 PM | #14 |
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Yeah, there must be something going on with the dropbox portion of things, maybe? Try sideloading a few, see what happens.
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