Book vs Document

gm139 · 04-01-2013, 09:10 AM

I am pretty new with my Paperwhite Kindle.
I did not understand why sometime the transfer of AZW3 files worked correctly and I was able to see the book on the kindle while in other times the book did not show up.

Now, I discovered that when the book does not show up it is listed as "document" and not as a "book".

So, the question is: is there a setting or a tag that makes the difference, by creating a book or a document?

SampleAndy · 04-04-2013, 12:29 PM

I have a similar situation on my Kindle Fire HD. I downloaded four books from Baen Books, imported them into Calibre, and pushed them out to the Kindle. On my PW, two show up with a "Personal" banner on the cover, on the HD they show up in the Docs library instead of the Books library. The other two show up normally.

I saw something in the Fire forum about a tag that was PDOC instead of EBOK, or something like that. Where would I find this tag in Calibre?

OK, I found it (I think) under Conversion/Mobi Output, but... That's only the settings that will be performed when you DO a conversion, right? Is there someplace that shows you what the setting in the book currently is? Can it be changed without performing a conversion, since I don't really want to convert the book?

As always, thanks for your help.

theducks · 04-04-2013, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SampleAndy

I have a similar situation on my Kindle Fire HD. I downloaded four books from Baen Books, imported them into Calibre, and pushed them out to the Kindle. On my PW, two show up with a "Personal" banner on the cover, on the HD they show up in the Docs library instead of the Books library. The other two show up normally.

I saw something in the Fire forum about a tag that was PDOC instead of EBOK, or something like that. Where would I find this tag in Calibre?

OK, I found it (I think) under Conversion/Mobi Output, but... That's only the settings that will be performed when you DO a conversion, right? Is there someplace that shows you what the setting in the book currently is? Can it be changed without performing a conversion, since I don't really want to convert the book?

As always, thanks for your help.

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SampleAndy · 04-04-2013, 10:09 PM

Continued here

gm139 · 04-05-2013, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SampleAndy

I have a similar situation on my Kindle Fire HD. I downloaded four books from Baen Books, imported them into Calibre, and pushed them out to the Kindle. On my PW, two show up with a "Personal" banner on the cover, on the HD they show up in the Docs library instead of the Books library. The other two show up normally.

I saw something in the Fire forum about a tag that was PDOC instead of EBOK, or something like that. Where would I find this tag in Calibre?

OK, I found it (I think) under Conversion/Mobi Output, but... That's only the settings that will be performed when you DO a conversion, right? Is there someplace that shows you what the setting in the book currently is? Can it be changed without performing a conversion, since I don't really want to convert the book?

As always, thanks for your help.

The "PDOC" setting works only when you convert to MOBI format. However, I tried to convert to mobi without this option but without result.
Again, when converting books and pushing them to the kindle, sometime they are seen as books other time as personal documents.
I did some research on internet to understand the reason of this behavior but so far I did not find anything interesting.

alansplace · 04-05-2013, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gm139

The "PDOC" setting works only when you convert to MOBI format. However, I tried to convert to mobi without this option but without result.
Again, when converting books and pushing them to the kindle, sometime they are seen as books other time as personal documents.
I did some research on internet to understand the reason of this behavior but so far I did not find anything interesting.

Go here and download the file MobiMetaEditor.zip which will do what you are asking.

gm139 · 04-06-2013, 05:46 AM

thanks

DoctorOhh · 04-07-2013, 08:43 AM

Not to confuse things but IIRC no matter what tag (PDOC or EBOK) you have in the book if you send it via email it will be placed in your Personal documents area.

04-01-2013, 09:10 AM	#1
gm139 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: kindle paperwhite	Book vs Document I am pretty new with my Paperwhite Kindle. I did not understand why sometime the transfer of AZW3 files worked correctly and I was able to see the book on the kindle while in other times the book did not show up. Now, I discovered that when the book does not show up it is listed as "document" and not as a "book". So, the question is: is there a setting or a tag that makes the difference, by creating a book or a document?

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SampleAndy Addict Posts: 271 Karma: 644344 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Device: KPW, KFire HD, KFire, KTD 3g, KT, K4B, K4S, K3g, K3g SO, K2, K1	I have a similar situation on my Kindle Fire HD. I downloaded four books from Baen Books, imported them into Calibre, and pushed them out to the Kindle. On my PW, two show up with a "Personal" banner on the cover, on the HD they show up in the Docs library instead of the Books library. The other two show up normally. I saw something in the Fire forum about a tag that was PDOC instead of EBOK, or something like that. Where would I find this tag in Calibre? OK, I found it (I think) under Conversion/Mobi Output, but... That's only the settings that will be performed when you DO a conversion, right? Is there someplace that shows you what the setting in the book currently is? Can it be changed without performing a conversion, since I don't really want to convert the book? As always, thanks for your help.

04-04-2013, 10:09 PM	#4
SampleAndy Addict Posts: 271 Karma: 644344 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Device: KPW, KFire HD, KFire, KTD 3g, KT, K4B, K4S, K3g, K3g SO, K2, K1	Continued here

04-06-2013, 05:46 AM	#7
gm139 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: kindle paperwhite	thanks

04-07-2013, 08:43 AM	#8
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,864 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Nexus 7	Not to confuse things but IIRC no matter what tag (PDOC or EBOK) you have in the book if you send it via email it will be placed in your Personal documents area.

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