11-09-2011, 05:38 AM | #1 |
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Whispersync between K3 and iPhone kindle app
I've been trying to figure out how to get 'last read location' to sync between my K3 and iPhone kindle app. It works great for books bought through Amazon, but I haven't (yet) been able to get it to work for non-Amazon books.
I've been searching these forums, but with rather limited success. There are lots of posts saying either that it works or that it doesn't. (Roughly equal numbers...) Supposedly it relies on the ASIN field being filled in, which recent versions of Calibre does when converting to mobi. Is there a trick to copy the books to the devices? (I read a lot about DiskAid or iPhoneFolders, neither of which I've managed to use properly...) I prefer to use the Calibre Content Server when copying to the iPhone, and USB cable or e-mail to transfer to the Kindle - Is that supposed to work? I would expect to see something in the wiki section, a bit like this, but for iPhone. If I figure out how to do it I promise to write it! I'm currently using kindle app version 2.8.5 and K3 firmware 3.3. |
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If you have firmware 3.3, the sychronization of personal documents should work naturally with no hoops to jump though (Bullet 3):
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So technically, calibre's behind the scenes ASIN-faking could actually hinder that new process. Quote:
A very large thread discussing the old method(s). Last edited by DiapDealer; 11-09-2011 at 07:10 AM. |
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Thank you for the help!
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One would naïvely think that two releases so close to each other would be fundamentally functionally synchronized, but after working in the software business for 15 years I know that that's not necessarily the case. Quote:
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I don't have a smart-type, app-phone to test these things on, myself, unfortunately (actually, I consider myself quite fortunate in that regard, but you get the gist ). |
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11-09-2011, 11:35 AM | #5 |
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I would go with the Personal Documents method as you will get syncing of farthest page read, highlights, bookmarks, etc. If you want to sideload books to an iPhone you will need to use an application like DiskAid on your PC to be able to view and copy to the correct iPhone folder. Its a PITA and quite frankly it didn't always work right in my case. Plus sideloaded books only synced farthest page read, they did not sync highlights and bookmarks.
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Right now I appear to be unable to 'deliver' my 'personal document' to the iPhone app. I tried again, just now. I downloaded the latest news from the Economist (thank you Calibre!) and emailed the .mobi to <my.device>@kindle.com. I can then (from the on-line Amazon/Digital_account/Manage_your_kindle service) 'deliver' the document to my kindle, or ... nothing else: Everything's greyed out except 'my kindle' - even the 'Kindle cloud reader! Have these features not been fully rolled out yet? Or is it supposed to 'just work'? Quote:
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Apparently it's not a bug but a feature.
According to the relevant help pages: Quote:
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So, it looks like we're limited to sideloading using dodgy tools like DiskAid and the like. What a shame. |
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11-10-2011, 09:16 AM | #8 |
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Popup: Those quotes may just be amazon being honest about the limitations of their various apps at the moment. Hopefully a future update to the apps will bring personal doc delivery and syncing.
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The following (from the announcement I quoted above) was published in October.
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That ought to teach me to read the full post. (but it probably won't) |
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